The University

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The Universitys examination and assessment
regulations

• Hilary Gilbert
• Academic Standards and Partnership
• h.gilbert_at_brighton.ac.uk

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Regulations

• General examination and assessment regulations
  (GEAR)
• principal regulations (section C)
• examination boards (section D)
• coursespecific regulations
• PSRB requirements/exceptions

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Qualifications framework

• modular
• multiples of 10 credits
• mandatory (taken and passed)
• compulsory (taken and can be compensated)
• optional
• credit based
• maximum registration period

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Marks and grades

• pass mark 40 (threshold 30)
• undergraduate
• common marking/grading scale
• local marking/grading criteria
• postgraduate
• , fail/pass/distinction
• from 2009/10 new students
• scale, pass mark 50

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Extensions to deadlines and mitigating
circumstances

• late work, non-submission of work, non-attendance
  at exam 0
• extension to deadline procedure
• mitigating circumstances procedure

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Examination Boards

• two-tier
• Area Examination Board (AEB)
• Course Examination Board (CEB)
• single tier examination board

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AEBs

• confirm module marks
• determine the module result
• pass, fail, refer
• pg distinction
• mitigating circumstances are flagged but not
  considered

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AEBs

• determine the nature of any reassessment/attendanc
  e
• marks recommendations forwarded
• to CEB

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Referral

• permitted at all levels
• discretion of exam board
• no minimum mark
• maximum 50 of total credit studied in a stage
• module capped at 40

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Course Examination Board

• student profile AEB recommendations
• determines whether student
• progresses to next stage
• continues studying at same stage
• excluded on academic grounds
• receives an award (exit award)

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Course Examination Board

• considers cases where
• more than maximum number of referrals
• mitigating circumstances
• borderline cases
• recommendations of investigating panel

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Unconditional progression

• passed modules in the stage
• compensation awarded
• any level
• discretion of exam board
• maximum 20 credits per 120 credit stage
• no change to mark/credit awarded
• not for mandatory modules
• no minimum/stage average

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Conditional progression

• repeat (trailing)
• up to 20 credits for every 120 credits to be
  studied
• permitted at all levels
• discretion of exam board
• module capped at 40
• attendance or by assessment only

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Retrieving failure

• referral
• repeat (trailing)
• compensation
• deferral (mitigating circumstances)
• number of attempts at module
• first attempt at module, referral, repeat
  attempt at module, referral

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Awards

• Honours degree
• L2L3 in ratio 2575
• borderline within 2
• Integrated Masters degree
• L3LM in ratio 5050
• classification as honours degrees
• Foundation degree
• L2 - merit (60-69), distinction (70)
• Postgraduate awards
• currently - pass, distinction (70)
• new - pass, merit (60), distinction (70)
  overall weighted mean and dissertation mark

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Borderline

• at least half of the credit contributing to
  classification, including at least half of credit
  at level of award, should be in higher category
• mandatory modules e.g. project
• discretion of board to consider
• proximity to classification
• progressive improvement
• mitigating circumstances

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Administration

• external examiners handbook
• school (or Faculty)
• exam board arrangements, students work, course
  handbooks, assessment policy
• fees and expenses forms
• registry
• annual report, GEAR, external examiners handbook

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How to contact the university

• externalexaminers_at_brighton.ac.uk
• external examiners homepage
• http//staffcentral.brighton.ac.uk/quality