Late submission of assessments
Assessments submitted after the published deadline will be marked as late and will receive a penalty, unless a student has approved extenuating circumstances. The penalty depends on the type of assessment as outlined on this page.
1. Examinations
- Late submission is not possible for in-person written exams or for online exams where answers are uploaded automatically in real time. In these cases, the work will be marked as it stands at the exam’s scheduled end time.
- Online exams that require students to manually upload their work include time for uploading within the exam duration. After the scheduled end time there is a ten-minute period during which submissions are still accepted, but they will be marked as late and receive a penalty of 10% of the total marks available (eg ten marks deducted from a total of 100). After that point, the submission portal closes, and no further uploads are allowed; the assessment will be recorded as a non-submission and given a mark of zero.
2. Other assessments
- For assessments other than exams, students may submit up to seven calendar days after the deadline but a penalty of 5% of the total marks available will be applied to the assessment for each 24-hour period (or part of it) that the work is late (eg five marks deducted each day from a total of 100). After seven calendar days the assessment will be recorded as a non-submission and given a mark of zero.
- In some cases, assessments may no longer be accepted once feedback has been given to the class. If feedback is released before the seven-day limit, any submissions made after the feedback point will also receive a mark of zero. Students will be informed in advance if this applies.
3. General provisions
- A student may receive a passing mark on an assessment but still fail the module due to late penalties. If they are eligible for a resit, the original (pre-penalty) mark will be used for the resit attempt. This does not apply where the student is not eligible for a resit.
- Extensions may be granted by the school or institute if a student has valid extenuating circumstances. Students must apply before the deadline and include supporting evidence. Extensions cannot go beyond the next meeting of the relevant Subject Examination Board. If more time is needed, the Board may instead consider offering a first sit.
- If a late submission is due to approved extenuating circumstances, the late submission penalty may be removed. For this to be considered, a student must submit a formal claim with supporting evidence.