Plagiarism is considered a breach of academic conduct regulations. It is considered a serious offence and is dealt with according to the University’s Student disciplinary regulations and Academic conduct: Code of practice for staff and students. Good referencing practice is the best way to avoid unintentional plagiarism and you will find help and resources about this on the Be Wise, Don’t Plagiarise website. Your School Academic Conduct Officer (ACO) is responsible for investigating allegations of breach of Academic Conduct Regulations. Academic conduct officer [name] [room] [phone number] [email] 5.5 Fit to Sit / Extenuating Circumstances If you submit a piece of assessment or undertake an examination you are declaring yourself as " fit to sit" and in doing so are confirming that you are able to undertake the assessment to the best of your abilities. As part of submission/sitting assessments, you will be asked to confirm that you are fit to sit as part of the declaration. You will not be able to submit your assessment until you tick a checkbox that includes that you are fit to sit. The options available to you if you feel unable to submit assessment are to apply for an extension, deferral or extenuating circumstances. You should note that extenuating circumstances will not increase your individual marks’. If you pass an assessment that you have submitted an EC1 form for, that mark will stand. More details are available from . Please speak to your programme leader/ personal development tutor to get help completing the EC1 form. It is your responsibility to ensure that your Extenuating Circumstances form is submitted by the required deadline. 6. When will I get my feedback and marks? 6.1 How and when do I get feedback on my assignments? The University currently undertakes in our student charter to ensure that students will get feedback on their work within three working weeks of the assessment being submitted. Details of the exact date and form of this feedback can be found by referring to the assessment matrix contained in appendix A of this handbook and should also be in the assessment brief and module handbook. Very occasionally there may be an issue associated with getting feedback back to students within the three week time limit e.g. due to staff illness. Should there be a delay, students will be informed by the Module Leader. Details of the revised feedback date may be given during class, via email,
Plagiarism is considered a breach of academic conduct regulations. It is considered a serious offence and is dealt with according to the University’s Student disciplinary regulations and Academic conduct: Code of practice for staff and students. Good referencing practice is the best way to avoid unintentional plagiarism and you will find help and resources about this on the Be Wise, Don’t Plagiarise website. Your School Academic Conduct Officer (ACO) is responsible for investigating allegations of breach of Academic Conduct Regulations. Academic conduct officer [name] [room] [phone number] [email] 5.5 Fit to Sit / Extenuating Circumstances If you submit a piece of assessment or undertake an examination you are declaring yourself as " fit to sit" and in doing so are confirming that you are able to undertake the assessment to the best of your abilities. As part of submission/sitting assessments, you will be asked to confirm that you are fit to sit as part of the declaration. You will not be able to submit your assessment until you tick a checkbox that includes that you are fit to sit. The options available to you if you feel unable to submit assessment are to apply for an extension, deferral or extenuating circumstances. You should note that extenuating circumstances will not increase your individual marks’. If you pass an assessment that you have submitted an EC1 form for, that mark will stand. More details are available from . Please speak to your programme leader/ personal development tutor to get help completing the EC1 form. It is your responsibility to ensure that your Extenuating Circumstances form is submitted by the required deadline. 6. When will I get my feedback and marks? 6.1 How and when do I get feedback on my assignments? The University currently undertakes in our student charter to ensure that students will get feedback on their work within three working weeks of the assessment being submitted. Details of the exact date and form of this feedback can be found by referring to the assessment matrix contained in appendix A of this handbook and should also be in the assessment brief and module handbook. Very occasionally there may be an issue associated with getting feedback back to students within the three week time limit e.g. due to staff illness. Should there be a delay, students will be informed by the Module Leader. Details of the revised feedback date may be given during class, via email,
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