Regulation Governing Undergraduate Awards 2012-2013 Version 1.0 1
Table of Contents 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS... 3 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS... 3 3. MATRICULATION... 4 4. STUDY REQUIREMENTS... 4 5. COURSES OF STUDY... 5 6. PURSUIT OF COURSE OF STUDY INCLUDING CREDIT IMPORTATION... 7 7. EXTRAMURAL TRAINING... 8 8. SUBMISSION OF ASSESSED WORK... 9 9. PROGRESSION BETWEEN STAGES... 10 10. SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT (ALL STAGES)... 12 11. PERFORMANCE IN SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT (ALL STAGES)... 14 12. STUDENTS TRANSFERRED TO A COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE ORDINARY DEGREE OF BACHELOR TOPPING-UP FOR HONOURS... 15 13. SUBSTITUTION OF UNITS... 15 14. CARRY FORWARD OF MARKS... 16 15. AWARD OF A DEGREE... 16 16. RE-ENTRY TO A COURSE OF STUDY... 16 17. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS... 17 18. PERFORMANCE IN THE FINAL STAGE OF A DEGREE COURSE... 19 19. SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT OF THE FINAL STAGE OF A DEGREE COURSE 21 20. AEGROTAT AWARDS... 22 21. AMENDMENTS TO SYLLABUS... 23 22. ASSESSMENT RESULTS... 23 2
1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1.1 This Regulation covers undergraduate awards in general. Detailed provisions for particular courses of study leading to these awards are set out in the individual Course Regulations. 1.2 Exceptionally and with the explicit approval of the relevant School Board and the Senate, the Course Regulations for a particular course of study may contain provisions which amend and supersede parts of these Regulations. 1.3 Schools are required to supply to students both this Regulation and any Regulations, provisions, guidelines and procedures for their particular course of study. 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS 2.1 In this Regulation, the following terms are employed: 2.1.1 Course of Study: the whole of a specific scheme leading to a named award. 2.1.2 Pathway: an approved combination of units within a course of study which provides for specialisation within that course of study. 2.1.3 Programme of Study: the combination of units for which an individual student is registered. 2.1.4 School: the School responsible for the administration of the course of study concerned. 2.1.5 Unit: an identifiable component of learning within the curriculum which is separately assessed and for which a discrete assessment mark is returned. 2.1.6 Credits: the numerical value attached to a unit. 2.1.7 Level: the academic level of a unit study, according to the following definitions: Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level M Preliminary undergraduate Introductory undergraduate Intermediate undergraduate Advanced undergraduate Taught postgraduate 2.1.8 Stage: a discrete section of a course of study that must be successfully completed before progression to the next stage and/or for the award. 3
2.1.9 Core Unit: a key part of the degree programme which is compulsory and all students taking the degree must study the body of knowledge contained within the core. It may, however, be compensated under the regulations. 2.1.10 Optional Unit: a unit selected by a student according to parameters set within the particular Course Regulations. 2.1.11 Elective Unit: a unit selected by a student from a range made available across the University. 2.1.12 Linked Unit: an indivisible unit which is taught across two semesters or three trimesters at the same Stage, with all summative assessment normally at the end. 2.1.13 Module: a unit which is one-twelfth of a student s workload for a Stage and requiring a 100 hours of notional learning time (timetabled hours, private study and assessment). 2.1.14 Assessment: the variety of methods by which the performance of a student on a unit is formally measured. 2.1.15 Sessional Assessment: assessments, other than Supplementary or Final Degree Assessments, set by a School as prescribed by the approved Course Regulations. 2.1.16 Supplementary Assessment: extra assessment(s) set by a School, as may be required, for a unit and designed to provide a student who has not passed at the initial attempt at the assessment(s) with a further opportunity of passing. 2.1.17 Final Degree Assessment: assessments which count towards the final degree classification awarded to the student. Where Final Degree Assessments take place in a Stage of the course prior to the final Stage, they are denoted as: 3. MATRICULATION Final Degree Assessment, Part I (and similarly) 3.1 Every student for admission to a course of study leading to one of the awards must satisfy the Ordinance on Matriculation, the requirements set out in the Regulation for the Admission of Students to Undergraduate Programmes of Study, and the Course Admission Requirements are set out under the Course Regulations for each course of study. 4. STUDY REQUIREMENTS 4.1 FOUNDATION STAGE Students must study units amounting to 120 Credits at Level 0. 4
4.2 STAGE 1 Students must study 120 credits with at least 100 credits at Level 1, with the option of 20 credits at Level 2. 4.3 FOUNDATION DEGREE In addition to meeting the requirements for Stage 1, students must study units amounting to 120 credits in Stage 2, with at least 100 credits at Level 2, with the option of 20 credits at Level 1 or 3. 4.4 HONOURS DEGREE OF BACHELOR In addition to meeting the requirements for Stage 1, students must study units amounting to 120 credits in Stage 2, with at least 100 credits at Level 2, with the option of 20 credits at Level 1 or 3. Students must also study units amounting to 120 credits in Stage 3, with at least 100 credits at Level 3, with the option of 20 credits at Level 2 or Level M OR Level 1 for a language module. If a language is studied at Level 1 in Stage 3 of a programme, then it should not be included in the calculation of the degree classification but the achievement of credit is still required. 4.5 ORDINARY DEGREE OF BACHELOR In addition to meeting the requirements for Stage 1, students must study units amounting to 100 credits in Stage 2, with at least 80 credits at Level 2, with the option of 20 credits at Level 1 or 3. Students must also study units amounting to 100 credits in Stage 3, with at least 80 credits at Level 3, with the option of 20 credits at Level 2 or M OR Level 1 for a language module. If a language is studied at Level 1 in Stage 3 of a programme, then it should not be included in the calculation of a classified degree should the student subsequently top-up for honours, but the achievement of credit is still required. 4.6 INTEGRATED DEGREE OF MASTER (e.g. MPharm, MChem, MEng) In addition to meeting the requirements for Stages 1, 2 and 3 for the Honours Degree of Bachelor, students must study units amounting to 120 Level M Credits at Stage 4. 5. COURSES OF STUDY 5.1 Core units may not comprise more than a total of: 5.1.1 300 of the 360 Credits attached to the units which students are required to study for the award of an Honours Degree of Bachelor, and pro rata for the Foundation Stage and for courses of study leading to the award of a Certificate or Diploma of Higher Education or the Foundation Degree. 5.1.2 400 of the 480 Credits attached to the units which students are required to study for the award of an Integrated Degree of Master. 5
5.1.3 240 of the 300 Credits attached to the units which students are required to study for the award of an Ordinary Degree of Bachelor. 5.2 Students are encouraged to take elective units, but these may not comprise more than a total of: 5.2.1 30 of the 360 Credits attached to the units which students are required to study for the award of an Honours Degree of Bachelor, and pro rata for the Foundation Stage and for courses of study leading to the award of a Certificate or Diploma of Higher Education or the Foundation Degree. 5.2.2 40 of the 480 Credits attached to the units which students are required to study for the award of an Integrated Degree of Master. 5.2.3 30 of the 300 Credits attached to the units which students are required to study for the award of an Ordinary Degree of Bachelor. 5.3 The Credits attached to a unit shall be in multiples of 10 Credits, except in the case of free-standing units which may attract 5 Credits. 5.4 A dissertation, project, major report, etc. shall not account for more than 60 Credits. 5.5 No unit in any one semester, other than a dissertation, project, major report, etc., shall be larger than 30 Credits. 5.6 Any course of study, pathway or programme of study, which is undertaken on either a full- or part-time basis, may comprise entirely double and/or linked units. 5.7 No linked unit shall be larger than 40 Credits or smaller than 20 Credits. 5.8 All units at a given Stage shall count equally, according to their Credit value, in the calculation of the overall average mark for that Stage. 5.9 A course of study may not include at a particular Stage any unit which students have already studied and passed at an earlier Stage of that course of study. 5.10 For 'and/with' course combinations the balance of subject areas should be as follows: A and B - where there is an equal balance between the two components A with B - for a major/minor combination where the minor subject accounts for at least 25% of the programme. 5.11 A student may transfer from one course of study to another on the recommendation of the relevant Department(s)/School(s) and with the approval of the Dean(s) of the relevant School(s). The school must record the date and reason for the transfer and shall be responsible for notifying Student Registry in writing of the date of the transfer. 5.12 A student may suspend their course of study for a specified period of time with the approval of the School Board. The school must record the dates of and the reason for the intercalation and shall be responsible for notifying Student Registry in writing of the 6
period of intercalation and the date on which the student intends to resume their studies. 6. PURSUIT OF COURSE OF STUDY INCLUDING CREDIT IMPORTATION 6.1 Every student shall pursue the course of study laid down in the Course Regulations and in the Scheme of Study thereunder. Unless otherwise exempted by the Academic Policy Committee on the recommendation of the School Board responsible for the administration of the course of study concerned, the student shall be required to satisfy the Board of Examiners, as appropriate, in the assessments prescribed in the Scheme of Assessment, and also to fulfil such other requirements as are laid down in the Course Regulations. 6.2 Student attendance is required at all scheduled learning activities, together with satisfactory completion and submission by the due dates prescribed by the school of all assessed work and such other practical and written exercises as may be required by the relevant Course Regulations. 6.3 Students failing to pursue the course of study as set out under 6.1 and 6.2 above shall be deemed by the School to have withdrawn from the course. 6.4 A student may be permitted by the School to import specific academic credit for prior certificated learning and/or prior experiential learning up to a maximum limit of 50% of the balance of the named award for which the student wishes to be registered, subject to the conditions set out in 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8 and 6.9 below and to any which may be prescribed in the Regulations for that named award. 6.5 Students who are permitted to import specific academic credit must, as a minimum, study units amounting to 60 Credits at Level 3, in order to be eligible for the award of the Honours Degree of Bachelor. 6.6 The import of specific academic credit for certificated prior learning shall be permitted only on the basis of either a certificate of an award or a transcript of credit achieved within an award-bearing framework, which has been authorised by an institution or body acceptable to the Senate. 6.7 The import of specific academic credit for prior experiential learning shall be permitted only on the basis that the learning must be measurable and that academic credit cannot be awarded for experience itself. 6.8 Where a student is able to produce satisfactory evidence of a marking or grading scheme in relation to certificated prior learning, from which marks can be translated into the credit-bearing, modular framework used by the University for its awards, the actual marks obtained shall be used for the purposes of this Regulation. Where a student is able to produce satisfactory evidence of a grading scheme in relation to prior certificated learning, from which grades can be translated into the credit-bearing, 7
modular framework used by the University for its awards, the following marks shall be attached to the grades achieved: Grade Mark A: 75.0% B: 65.0% C: 55.0% D: 45.0% E: 35.0% F: 25.0% 6.9 Where a School has confirmed with a student and with the institution(s) with which that student has previously studied that the student is unable to produce satisfactory evidence of a marking or grading scheme (for example: where marks or grades from the scheme cannot be translated into the credit-bearing, modular framework used by the University for its awards) and where academic credit is given for prior experiential learning, judgements about the student's eligibility for the named award for which the student is registered shall be based on the performance in units taken at the University or its off-site partners only, subject to the approval of the School Board, the Academic Policy Committee and the Senate. For a student entering directly into the final Stage of an undergraduate course of study, this will mean that the Degree is classified on the basis of the performance at the University of Bradford (or its off-site partners) in the final Stage only. 7. EXTRAMURAL TRAINING 7.1 Where the Course Regulations prescribe a period or periods of integrated extramural training, such training: 7.1.1 Shall be acceptable to the School as complementing studies carried out in the University; 7.1.2 Shall be assessed by the School by means which shall normally include tutorial visits to the place of training; 7.1.3 Shall, except as noted in 7.3, 7.4 and 7.6 below and unless the student has been otherwise exempted by the Senate on the recommendation of the appropriate School Board, be completed by the student prior to proceeding to the next academic period of the course, during which the School shall, at the earliest possible date, confirm whether or not the training has been satisfactory. 7.2 The award for a course of study which includes, as a condition for that award, a period of integrated extramural training shall not be conferred on any student unless the Dean 8
of the School, having consulted with the organisations or firms at which the training was given, has previously certified to the Registrar and Secretary at the end of each training period that the student has completed this requirement to the satisfaction of the School. 7.3 Always provided that the conditions of 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 above are satisfied and that the requirements of any Supplementary Assessment are duly completed, a student following extramural training in the interim period whilst either awaiting an opportunity to take or pending the result of Supplementary Assessment shall be permitted to count this period in part fulfilment of the extramural training requirement as defined in the relevant Course Regulations. 7.4 Notwithstanding the provision in 7.3 above, it shall be within the discretion of a Board of Examiners to recommend that a named student either awaiting an opportunity to take or pending the result of Supplementary Assessment shall be required either to defer entry upon the period of extramural training which would normally have followed the initial attempt at the Supplementary Assessment, or to curtail such period before the due date of completion. In this event, a Board of Examiners may further recommend that such named student be granted permission, as provided under 7.6 below, to defer completion of any part of the extramural training period thus outstanding until the end of the course of study. 7.5 A student failing to complete satisfactorily a period of extramural training may be required, on the recommendation of a Board of Examiners, to undergo a further period of extramural training, the duration of which shall be at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. 7.6 Where, for special reasons, a period of extramural training has been interrupted or broken off, a student may - at the discretion of the School - be permitted to defer completion, if necessary until the end of the final year of the undergraduate course. 7.7 A School which operates a thin sandwich course with one group of students entering the University in September, and the other in February, must arrange for Supplementary Assessments to be appropriate to the needs of the students in the particular group concerned. 8. SUBMISSION OF ASSESSED WORK 8.1 Arrangements for the completion of assessed work, including submission dates, shall be determined and made known to students (normally within one week of the start of the semester) by the School. 8.2 Schools shall clearly communicate to their students at the commencement of their course of study the procedures for the granting of extensions to submission dates and the penalty imposed by the University for late or non-submissions. 8.3 An extension of time for assessed work shall be granted only in the event of unforeseen circumstances. 9
8.4 A request for an extension of time, detailing the extenuating circumstances and accompanied by relevant supporting evidence shall be submitted by the student to a specified, named individual in the School in writing and approved before the submission date. 8.5 The decision on whether or not to accept a request for an extension, and on the degree of latitude to be exercised in a particular case shall be at the discretion of the School, having regard to the student s circumstances, any academic requirements relating to the unit(s) concerned or the course of study as a whole, and the avoidance of any unfairness with regard to other students. 8.6 Students who do not submit assessed work and do not gain approval in advance for missed assessed work, including for any previously agreed extension, shall receive a mark of 0%. They will be required to pay a charge for missed assessment before they will be permitted to present themselves for any re-assessment in that module. 8.7 A student who is unable to comply with the requirement to submit a request in advance shall submit the request at the earliest opportunity thereafter, together with the reasons for the delay in the submission; if it is subsequently accepted that the circumstances amount to good cause, which could not have been notified in advance, the request shall be treated as if it had been received and approved by the due date and there will be no charge. 8.8 Notwithstanding the terms of 10.1 below, a Board of Examiners may require a student to repeat the previous academic period of the course within the University, completing all the attendance, assessed work and other assessment requirements, if the nature of the deficiency in assessed work is such that it cannot be made good before the beginning of the next academic period. 8.9 Assessed work which exceeds a specified maximum permitted length will be subject to a penalty deduction of marks equivalent to the percentage of additional words over the limit. The limit will exclude bibliographies, diagrams and tables, footnotes, tables of contents and appendices of data. 9. PROGRESSION BETWEEN STAGES 9.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 9.1.1 The Course Regulations may specify those units in which students shall be required to obtain at least 40.0% in meeting the criteria for progression set out below. Approval shall be sought for all such units. 9.1.2 Notwithstanding the requirements set out below, a Board of Examiners may recommend that students be permitted to proceed to the next Stage of the course where, exceptionally and in particular, individual cases, the Board of Examiners judges a student s performance to be satisfactory on other grounds; such cases and the reasons for them shall be reported to and be 10
subject to approval by the School Board and (in a case involving Final Degree Assessment) the Senate. 9.1.3 Notwithstanding the requirements set out below, a Board of Examiners may recommend that students be permitted to proceed to the next stage of the course, or may recommend another course of action, due to extenuating circumstances affecting that individual; the reasons for the decision shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Examiners. 9.2 FOUNDATION STAGE 9.2.1 Students may progress from the Foundation Stage to Stage 1 if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Foundation Stage units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Foundation Stage units amounting to the other 20 Credits. 9.2.2 The referral for re-assessment of failed credit from the Foundation Stage into Stage 1 of an undergraduate honours programme is not permitted where the Foundation Stage is a free-standing year. Students studying on Foundation Stages which are recognised as an integrated part of an honours degree are exceptionally permitted to be referred into the first year of the degree programme in up to 20 credits. 9.3 DIPLOMA IN HIGHER EDUCATION, ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION, FOUNDATION DEGREE, HONOURS DEGREE OF BACHELOR AND INTEGRATED DEGREE OF MASTER 9.3.1 Students may progress from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of the course of study for the Diploma in Higher Education, the Foundation Degree, the Advanced Diploma in Higher Education, the Honours Degree of Bachelor or the Integrated Degree of Master if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 1 units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 1 units amounting to the other 20 Credits. 9.3.2 Students may progress from Stage 2 of the course of study for the Advanced Diploma in Higher Education, the Honours Degree of Bachelor or the Integrated Degree of Master to Stage 3 of the course of study for the Advanced Diploma in Higher Education, Honours Degree of Bachelor or the Integrated Degree of Master if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to the other 20 Credits. 9.3.3 Students may progress from Stage 3 of the course of study for the Integrated Degree of Master to Stage 4 of the course of study for the Integrated Degree of Master if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 3 units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 3 units amounting to the other 20 Credits. 11
9.3.4 Students who fail to achieve the requirements necessary for progression to the next Stage of the course of study for the Integrated Degree of Master may, if they achieve the relevant requirements, progress to the next Stage of a course of study for either the Honours Degree of Bachelor or the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor (with either the same or an alternative title for the award) as appropriate and available. 9.4 ORDINARY DEGREE OF BACHELOR Students may progress from Stage 2 of the course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor to Stage 3 of the course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to 80 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to the other 20 Credits. 10. SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT (ALL STAGES) 10.1 Students who at the initial attempt have not achieved the requirements either for progression to the next Stage of their course of study as set out in section 9 above, or for the award as set out in section 17 below, and as defined in the relevant Course Regulations are entitled to undertake Supplementary Assessment on one occasion, as of right. Further attempts (up to a total of 4, including the initial attempt) are at the discretion of the Board of Examiners (see section 11.5 below) and will be based on the approved School algorithm. 10.2 Students on an Honours Degree of Bachelor or Integrated Degree of Master programme who do not achieve at least 60 credits at 40.0% at the initial attempt will forfeit the automatic right to Supplementary Assessment without attendance in the Supplementary Assessment period. A Board of Examiners may require such students to repeat the Stage with attendance or to undertake individual units with attendance during the forthcoming academic year. 10.3 The Board of Examiners should apply the following algorithm to determine whether a student on an Honours Degree of Bachelor or Integrated Degree of Master programme should be permitted Supplementary Assessment without attendance in the Supplementary Assessment period. No cognisance should be taken of marks which fall within the compensatable range of 35.0-39.9%. 80 credits or more at below 40.0% - required to repeat the Stage with attendance; 70 credits at below 40.0% - required to repeat individual units with attendance during the forthcoming academic year, meanwhile not permitted to proceed; 60 credits or less at below 40.0% - permitted supplementary assessment in the Supplementary Assessment period with a view to proceeding on the Honours course. 10.4 A Board of Examiners may also permit students who do not meet the criteria for progression on an Honours Degree of Bachelor programme to transfer to an Ordinary 12
Degree of Bachelor programme, where such a course of study exists, if they meet the following criteria: 10.4.1 Students may progress from Stage 1 of the course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor to Stage 2 of the course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 1 units amounting to 80 credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 1 units amounting to another 20 credits. 10.4.2 Students may progress from Stage 2 of the course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor to Stage 3 of the course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to 80 credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to another 20 credits. 10.5 Students on a course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor who are eligible to progress only to the course of study for the Ordinary Degree may be permitted by the Board of Examiners, as an alternative and with a view to achieving the requirements for progression on the course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor to undertake supplementary assessment in the Supplementary Assessment period, as set out above. 10.6 Students on an Ordinary Degree programme who do not achieve at least 50 credits at 40.0% at the initial attempt will forfeit the automatic right to Supplementary Assessment without attendance in the Supplementary Assessment period. A Board of Examiners may require such students to repeat the Stage with attendance or to undertake individual modules with attendance during the forthcoming academic year. 10.7 The Board of Examiners should apply the following algorithm to determine whether a student on an Ordinary Degree programme should be permitted Supplementary Assessment without attendance in the Supplementary Assessment Period. No cognisance should be taken of marks which fall within the compensatable range of 35.0 39.9%. 70 credits or more at below 40.0% -required to repeat the Stage with attendance; 60 credits at below 40.0% - required to repeat individual units with attendance during the forthcoming academic year, meanwhile not permitted to proceed; 50 credits or less at below 40.0% - permitted supplementary assessment in the Supplementary Assessment period with a view to proceeding on the Ordinary Course. 10.8 Students on whose behalf evidence is presented attesting that for good cause the standard of their performance in the initial attempt was impaired may be permitted to undertake Supplementary Assessment. In such cases, the more successful performance, whether on the first or subsequent occasion, shall stand. 13
11. PERFORMANCE IN SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT (ALL STAGES) 11.1 Students who, following Supplementary Assessment, meet the relevant requirements set out under section 9 above may progress to the next Stage of the course of study. Students who have undertaken Supplementary Assessment with a view to attaining an award according to the requirements set out under section 17 below and who now meet those requirements shall be eligible for the award in question. 11.2 Students who, following supplementary assessment, do not meet the requirements for progression on the Honours programme, may progress from Stage 1 of the course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor to Stage 2 of the course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 1 units amounting to 80 credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 1 units amounting to another 20 credits. 11.3 Students who, following supplementary assessment, do not meet the requirements for progression on the Honours programme, may progress from Stage 2 of the course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor to Stage 3 of the course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor if they achieve at least 40.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to 60 credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 2 units amounting to another 20 credits. 11.4 Students on a course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor who are eligible to progress only to the course of study for the Ordinary Degree may be permitted by the Board of Examiners, as an alternative and with a view to achieving the requirements for progression on the course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor to undertake further Supplementary Assessment in specified units at the relevant Stage with attendance. 11.5 Students who do not meet the requirements for progression may, exceptionally and at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be referred in up to 20 credits with a view to achieving the progression criteria for the award on which they are registered. Such students may only be referred where the actual number of credits below 40.0% is no more than 20 in total. Such students may proceed to the next Stage of the appropriate course only on condition that the requirements are achieved by the close of that Stage. Students who, following re-assessment, do not meet the requirements for progression may, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, be permitted to undertake supplementary assessment on one further occasion. Students who do not meet the requirements following this fourth and final attempt will be required to withdraw from the course. 11.6 In the case of students who, following supplementary assessment, do not meet the requirements for progression set out in section 9 above (and do not progress under section11.4 above), or do not meet the requirements for an award set out in section 17 below, a Board of Examiners has the discretion to permit a student to undertake supplementary assessment on up to 2 further occasions (up to a total of 4, including 14
the initial attempt). This decision will be based on the approved School algorithm and a Board of Examiners shall recommend one of the following options: 11.6.1 That they be permitted to undertake further Supplementary Assessment in specified units at the relevant Stage with attendance; 11.6.2 That they be permitted to repeat the previous Stage of the course of study with attendance; 11.6.3 That they be required to withdraw from the course of study. 11.7 Students who have exhausted all the attempts permitted by the Board of Examiners and still do not meet the requirements either for progression set out in section 9 above, or for an award as set out in section 17 below, will be required to withdraw from the course of study. 11.8 The facility to undertake supplementary assessment without attendance, as a third or fourth attempt following one unsuccessful attempt at supplementary assessment, is not permitted, other than under the provisions of 11.5 above. 12. STUDENTS TRANSFERRED TO A COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE ORDINARY DEGREE OF BACHELOR TOPPING-UP FOR HONOURS 12.1 Students who successfully complete a course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor at the end of Stage 3 will be permitted to undertake a further period of study for the additional Credits from all three previous stages necessary to achieve the requirements for the award of the Honours Degree of Bachelor. 12.2 The provision set out under 12.1 above shall not be available to students who are awarded an Ordinary Degree on completion of a course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor or the Integrated Degree of Master. 12.3 The provision set out under 12.1 above shall be subject to a time limit of three years from the date of graduation for students who are awarded the Ordinary Degree for eligibility to top-up for Honours. 12.4 Students topping-up for Honours shall be permitted no more than four attempts in total at individual units from Stages 1, 2 and 3, in line with opportunities available to students on the Honours route. 12.5 No student is permitted to study more than 120 credits at any stage in an attempt to gain an Honours degree. 13. SUBSTITUTION OF UNITS 13.1 Students shall be permitted to substitute units other than core units up to a total of 20 Credits in each Stage, including the final stage. 15
13.2 Substitution of a unit shall only be permitted after two (and no more than two) attempts at the original unit, except in the case of students who are required under Sections 10.2 and 10.6 above, to repeat the stage with attendance or to undertake individual units with attendance during the forthcoming academic year, who are permitted to substitute after the initial attempt at assessment. Such students will be permitted up to four attempts in total at the assessment (initial attempt at original module and up to 3 further attempts at substitute module) at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. 13.3 Students shall be permitted to substitute for the original unit on one occasion only. 13.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10 above, only one attempt at Supplementary Assessment shall be permitted in the case of a substitute unit. 14. CARRY FORWARD OF MARKS 14.1 The maximum carry forward mark awarded to students following Supplementary Assessment will be capped at 35.0%, or the original mark if higher, in each unit for the purposes of the Final Degree classification or in the calculation for an award with Distinction or Merit. 14.2 The provision in 14.1 above shall also apply in the case of a substitution of a unit in accordance with section 13 above. 14.3 The provision in 14.1 above shall also apply in the case of students who have achieved a Foundation Degree offered by the University of Bradford, who have undertaken Supplementary Assessment in Stage 2 of the Foundation Degree, and who progress to stage 3 of a course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor. 14.4 The provision in 14.1 shall not apply to students who fail the initial attempt for good cause. 15. AWARD OF A DEGREE 15.1 Prior to the award of the Honours or Ordinary Degree of Bachelor, the Foundation Degree or the Integrated Degree of Master, a student shall have completed all of the appropriate assessment requirements relating to previous Stages. 16. RE-ENTRY TO A COURSE OF STUDY 16.1 A student who under the provisions of 11 above has been required to withdraw from the course of study may subsequently apply to the Dean of School for re-entry. 16.2 Permission to re-enter at an appropriate Stage may be granted by the Senate on the recommendation of the School Board. 16
17. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS 17.1 CERTIFICATE OF FOUNDATION STUDIES 17.1.1 To be eligible for the award of the Certificate of Foundation Studies, students must achieve the requirements set out under 9.2.1 above. 17.1.2 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.1.1, attain an overall average of at least 70.0% in the Foundation Stage assessments shall be eligible for the award of the Certificate of Foundation Studies with Distinction. 17.1.3 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.1.1, attain an overall average of at least 60.0% in the Foundation Stage assessments shall be eligible for the award of the Certificate of Foundation Studies with Merit. 17.1.4 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust any of the boundaries for Distinction and Merit set out above by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum overall average mark. 17.2 CERTIFICATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 17.2.1 To be eligible for the award of the Certificate of Higher Education, students must achieve at least 40.0% in individual units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual units amounting to 20 other Credits, including at least 100 at Level 1 or above. 17.2.2 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.2.1, attain an overall average of at least 70.0% in the assessments for the units required shall be eligible for the award of the Certificate of Higher Education with Distinction. 17.2.3 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.2.1, attain an overall average of at least 60.0% in the assessments for the units required shall be eligible for the award of the Certificate of Higher Education with Merit. 17.2.4 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust any of the boundaries for Distinction and Merit set out above by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum overall average mark. 17.3 DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION 17.3.1 To be eligible for the award of the Diploma of Higher Education, students must achieve the requirements set out in 17.2.1 and attain at least 40.0% in individual units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual units amounting to 20 other Credits, including at least 100 at Level 2 or above. 17.3.2 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.3.1, attain an overall average of 70.0% in the assessments for the units required shall be eligible for the award of the Diploma of Higher Education with Distinction. 17
17.3.3 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.3.1, attain an overall average of 60.0% in the assessments for the units required shall be eligible for the award of the Diploma of Higher Education with Merit. 17.3.4 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust any of the boundaries for Distinction and Merit set out above by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum overall average mark. 17.4 FOUNDATION DEGREE 17.4.1 To be eligible for the award of the Foundation Degree, students must achieve the requirements set out in 17.2 and attain at least 40.0% in individual units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual units amounting to 20 other Credits, including at least 100 at Level 2. 17.4.2 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.4.1, attain an overall average of at least 70.0% in the assessments for the Stage Two units required shall be eligible for the award of the Foundation Degree with Distinction. 17.4.3 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.4.1, attain an overall average of at least 60.0% in the assessments for the Stage Two units required shall be eligible for the award of the Foundation Degree with Merit. 17.4.4 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust any of the boundaries for Distinction and Merit set out above by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum overall average mark. 17.5 ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION 17.5.1 To be eligible for the award of the Advanced Diploma of Higher Education, students must achieve the requirements set out in 17.3 and attain at least 40.0% in individual units amounting to 60 Credits at Level 3. 17.5.2 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.5.1, attain an overall average of at least 70.0% in the assessments for the Stage Three units required shall be eligible for the award of the Advanced Diploma with Distinction. 17.5.3 Students who, in achieving the requirements set out in 17.4.1, attain an overall average of at least 60.0% in the assessments for the Stage Three units required shall be eligible for the award of the Advanced Diploma with Merit. 17.5.4 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust any of the boundaries for Distinction and Merit set out above by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum overall average mark. 17.6 HONOURS DEGREE OF BACHELOR 17.6.1 To be eligible for the award of the classified Honours Degree of Bachelor, students must comply with the requirements set out in 4.2 and 4.4 above, 18
must achieve the requirements set out in 9.3.2 above, and attain at least 40.0% in individual Stage 3 units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 3 units amounting to the 20 other Credits in Stage 3 of the course of study. (See also Section 18) 17.7 ORDINARY DEGREE OF BACHELOR 17.7.1 To be eligible for the award of the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor, students must comply with the requirements set out in 4.2 and 4.5 above, must achieve the requirements set out in 9.4.1 above, and attain at least 40.0% in individual Stage 3 units amounting to 80 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 3 units amounting to the other 20 Credits in Stage 3 of the course of study. (See also Section 18) 17.8 INTEGRATED DEGREE OF MASTER 17.8.1 To be eligible for the award of the Integrated Degree of Master, students must comply with the requirements set out in 4.2, 4.4 and 4.6 above, must achieve the requirements set out in 9.3.1, 9.3.2 and in 9.3.3 above, and attain at least 40.0% in individual Stage 4 units amounting to 100 Credits and at least 35.0% in individual Stage 4 units amounting to the other 20 Credits in Stage 4 of the course of study. (See also Section 18) 17.9 CERTIFICATE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION 17.9.1 Students who achieve at least 40.0% in any number of individual units at any level but who do not qualify for one of the above awards shall be eligible for the award of a Certificate of Continuing Education. 18. PERFORMANCE IN THE FINAL STAGE OF A DEGREE COURSE 18.1 The Foundation Degree shall be awarded to students on a course of study for the Foundation Degree who have satisfied the requirements set out under 17.4 above and laid down in the relevant Course Regulations and who have attained the required standard in Stage 2, or in accordance with the provision set out under 19.1 below. 18.2 The classified Honours Degree of Bachelor shall be awarded to students who have satisfied the requirements set out under 17.6 above and laid down in the relevant Course Regulations and who have attained the required standard in Stage 3, or in accordance with the provisions set out under 19.4 below. 18.3 The Honours Degree of Bachelor shall, on the basis of a student s performance, be awarded by class and division as follows: First Class Honours Second Class Honours - First Division 19
Second Class Honours - Second Division Third Class Honours 18.4 The class and division of the Honours Degree of Bachelor shall be awarded to the individual students according to the order of the final overall weighted average marks from the assessments in Stages 2 and 3, derived from a 30.0% weighting for Stage 2 and a 70.0% weighting for Stage 3. 18.5 Subject to the provisions of 18.6 below, the classes and divisions of the Honours Degree of Bachelor shall be awarded on the basis of the following minimum final overall weighted average marks: First Class Honours 70.0% Second Class Honours - First Division 60.0% Second Class Honours - Second Division 50.0% 18.6 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust any of the boundaries for classification purposes set out in 18.5 above by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum final overall weighted average marks. 18.7 Where a Board of Examiners has decided exceptionally to recommend the award to a particular student of a classification other than that which would be indicated under the provisions of 18.2, 18.5 and 18.6 above because of extenuating circumstances affecting that individual, the reasons for the decision shall be recorded in the Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Examiners. 18.8 Where a Board of Examiners has decided exceptionally to recommend the award to a particular student of a classification other than that which would be indicated under the provisions of 18.2, 18.5 and 18.6 above, on other grounds, such cases and the reasons for them shall be reported to and be subject to the approval of the School Board and the Senate. 18.9 The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor shall be awarded to students: 18.9.1 On a course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor who have satisfied the requirements set out under 17.7 above and laid down in the relevant Course Regulations and who have attained the required standard in Stage 3. 18.9.2 Having completed the course of study for the Honours Degree of Bachelor or Integrated Degree of Master who, following all permitted supplementary assessment, have failed to reach the standard required for the award but who meet the requirements set out in 17.7 above, even where no separate course of study for the Ordinary Degree of Bachelor exists. 18.10 The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor shall be awarded with Distinction to students who achieve an overall average of at least 70.0% in the Stage 3 units which are required for the award. 20
18.11 The Ordinary Degree of Bachelor shall be awarded with Merit to students who achieve an overall average of at least 60.0% in the Stage 3 units which are required for the award. 18.12 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust any of the boundaries for Distinction and Merit set out in 18.10 and 18.11 by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum overall average mark. 18.13 The unclassified Integrated Degree of Master shall be awarded to students who have satisfied the requirements set out under 17.8 above and laid down in the relevant Course Regulations and who have attained the required standard at Stage 4. 18.14 The Integrated Degree of Master shall be awarded with Distinction to students who achieve an overall average of at least 70.0% in the Stage 4 units which are required for the award. 18.15 The Integrated Degree of Master shall be awarded with Merit to students who achieve an overall average of at least 60.0% in the Stage 4 units which are required for the award. 18.16 A Board of Examiners shall be permitted to adjust the boundaries set out in 18.14 and 18.15 above by up to 2.0 percentage points above or below the stated minimum overall average mark. 18.17 Students who have satisfied the requirements for the award of the Integrated Degree of Master shall also be awarded a classified Honours Degree of Bachelor, according to the requirements specified in the Course Regulations and under 18.3, 18.4, 18.5, 18.6, 18.7 and 18.8 above, and this will be awarded on completion of the Integrated Masters programme. 18.18 The Honours Degree of Bachelor, as appropriate, shall be awarded to students who have failed to attain the award of the Integrated Degree of Master but who meet the requirements set out under 18.2 above. 19. SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT OF THE FINAL STAGE OF A DEGREE COURSE 19.1 Students who at the initial attempt have failed to attain an award under the provisions of section 17 and 18 above, shall be permitted to undertake supplementary assessment under the provisions of section 10 and 11 above. 19.2 Students who are undertaking Supplementary Assessment in accordance with the provisions of 19.1 above, shall, if successful, be awarded the class and division of the Honours Degree of Bachelor according to the final overall weighted mark calculated using the maximum carry forward mark awarded to students following supplementary assessment which is capped at 35.0%, or original if higher, in each unit. 19.3 Students who are undertaking Supplementary Assessment in accordance with the provisions of 19.1 above, shall, if successful, be awarded a Distinction or Merit for the 21
Certificate of Foundation Studies, Certificate of Higher Education, Diploma of Higher Education, Foundation Degree, Advanced Diploma of Higher Education, Ordinary Degree or Integrated Degree of Master according to the final overall weighted mark calculated using the maximum carry forward mark awarded to students following supplementary assessment which is capped at 35.0%, or original if higher, in each unit. 19.4 Students on whose behalf evidence is presented attesting that for good cause the standard of their performance in the initial attempt was impaired may be permitted to undertake Supplementary Assessment. In such cases, the more successful performance, whether on the first or subsequent occasion, shall stand. 19.5 Students who are undertaking Supplementary Assessment in accordance with the provisions of 19.4 above shall be eligible, if their performance in the Supplementary Assessment so warrants, for the award of the degree for which they were registered, according to the provisions set out in section 18 above. 19.6 At the discretion of the Board of Examiners, a student undertaking Supplementary Assessment of the final Stage of a degree course who has already fulfilled satisfactorily any requirement for part of a unit in which the student has not attained at least 40.0% may, on the occasion of the Supplementary Assessment, be excused from further assessment in that part of the unit. 19.7 The date for Supplementary Assessment in accordance with the provisions of 19 above shall normally be at the first available examination opportunity, if the student is eligible under section 10.2 and 10.3 above, unless specific approval has been given by the School Board and the Senate to deviate from this. 20. AEGROTAT AWARDS 20.1 A student who is prevented by illness or other good cause from taking either the whole or part of the assessments for the final Stage of a course of study but has completed all the other requirements for that course of study may, on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners and subject to the approval of the School Board and the Senate and under the conditions prescribed under 20.2 below, be treated as a successful student and granted an Aegrotat award. 20.2 In recommending the award of an Aegrotat, the Board of Examiners shall be satisfied that the evidence presented on the student s behalf is sufficient. The evidence presented shall always include: 20.2.1 In the case of illness, a certificate signed by a Registered Medical Practitioner, after all necessary consultations with those with knowledge of the circumstances, regarding the student s inability, for good cause, to undertake the assessments; 22