The University has introduced a ‘no detriment’ approach to maintain the integrity of our awards and our obligations as a degree awarding body and to allow Boards of Examiners to use academic judgement in their ultimate discretion to make provisional progression or award decisions where marks are missing.
Module Moderation Boards and Board of Examiners are comprised of academic colleagues who use their academic expertise in the relevant subject to determine whether learning outcomes have been achieved, based on the information that is available to them, providing timely outcomes where possible.
In seeking to mitigate the potential impacts of the marking and assessment boycott, we have respected the importance of ensuring your work is marked by your lecturers and supervisors who are experts in the topic area. In this spirit, we have not used external markers. We have also not asked academics in the University not participating in the marking and assessment boycott to mark work on modules on which they do not teach. If you have assessments that have yet to receive a mark, these will be marked by your lecturer/supervisor once the boycott is over.
Dissertations and other large pieces of work are double marked, which means we receive a mark from two independent markers. If one mark is missing due to the marking and assessment boycott, it is possible we will use one mark for your provisional degree classification. You will receive your final dissertation mark, although this mark may be returned once the boycott has ended, resulting in a delay to feedback being given and an overall final mark being awarded.
Where the Board of Examiners have made any provisional decision on an award classification due to industrial action, a student’s overall profile of actual marks will be reviewed and where a higher classification is recommended, the student will receive the higher award. All actual marks will eventually be available in a student’s transcript although some may be delayed.
Last reviewed: 07.09.2023