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Where the following regulations refer to assignment results it is the raw result, before application of any late penalties, which is meant.

1. It is the student’s responsibility, having made an honest attempt at an assessment, to submit it in a timely manner. If, in the judgement of the marker, a serious attempt to answer the question has not been made, the assignment will fail with no opportunity to resubmit. Assessments which fail for other reasons are dealt with according to the following regulations.

2. Essays and assignments awarded a Fail Level 1 may be resubmitted if the student so desires. Essays and assignments awarded a Fail Level 2 must be resubmitted. Resubmitted assignments will not be awarded more than 50%. They must be resubmitted not later than 4 weeks after return of the result, or the first day of college examinations. In some units a Fail Level 1 requires a mandatory resubmit as indicated by the unit syllabus Progression Statement.

3. If an assignment is submitted late without prior permission and also fails at the original marking, or fails as a result of the late downgrade, then the option of a re-submit will not be offered.

4. In the event that a student is unable to submit an essay as the final part of their thematic assignment by the due date, the normal policy for late submission should apply with the tutor serving the role of the chaplain.

5. In the event that a student is unable to submit a response to a workshop or forum within the given time period they forfeit the allocated marks for the response.

6. Unit syllabi normally contain a Progression Statement. This states what must be achieved, in terms of matters such as attendance and assessment results, in order for that unit to be successfully passed. Where a syllabus does not have a Progression Statement the regulations of this Handbook apply, in terms of what is required to pass the unit.

7. Students re-enrolling in a unit which was previously failed are required to undertake all assessment components of the unitThe prescribed length of a written assessment is both a guideline for the amount of work to go into the topic and part of the educational objectives for the unit. It is an exercise in self-discipline which involves the selection of the appropriate material to develop the argument of the essay and support its conclusions. For this reason, word length limits are taken seriously.

8. All written assignments should be kept to the prescribed length.  If written work exceeds the maximum length, it will not be returned to students but will be downgraded 5 marks per 100 words or part thereof. For example, 1 to 100 words over the limit would attract a 5 mark penalty, 101 to 200 words over would attract a 10 mark penalty, and so on.

9. The prescribed word length (for all courses except MTh and PhD) excludes:

• Title page,

• Synopsis,

• Bibliography

• Bibliographic references  (e.g. Chavalas, “Did Abraham Ride a Camel?,” 64)

4. Only the references in footnotes are excluded from the word count, commentary and notes are included.

5. See “Late Submissions” for information on downgrades for late submission.