Reassessment

Postgraduate taught reassessment should take the form of one piece of assessment only that assesses the intended learning outcomes of the failed course unit.

The Course Co-ordinator will determine what form the reassessment for their course unit will take (i.e. examination only or coursework only). The postgraduate taught regulations state that ‘ The reassessment must be designed to assess the achievement of the same intended learning outcomes but need not be of the same form as that originally used.’ It should be clearly communicated in the full course outline how a course unit will be reassessed.

Generally, if a course unit is assessed by examination, the reassessment will also be an examination (resit) and similarly, if a course unit is assessed by a piece of coursework, the reassessment will also be a piece of coursework (rework). However, there are occasions when the reassessment will be a different format to the main assessment and students should check the full course outline for details.

The University’s Policy concerning the location of resit examinations is that these are taken only at the University of Manchester campus and under no circumstances will arrangements be made for students to take resits at any other location than the University of Manchester.

The resit examination period is set by the University and can be found in the Exams section of your My Manchester, Dates of University Exam Periods No resit examinations are held at any other times.

The exact dates of individual resit examinations are published on the Student Portal via My Manchester toward the end of July.

The resit mark will normally be based on 100% examination (i.e. any coursework component mark gained in the course unit will not be included in the resit mark).

The pass mark for a resit or rework is 50% as required on a Masters programme. However, in accordance with Postgraduate Taught Degree regulations, marks at the reassessment stage are capped at 40%. Students who have to undertake one or more reassessment are not eligible to achieve a Distinction. Students who achieve lower marks in their resit or rework than at their first attempt will not be permitted to substitute the original mark. Resit marks will be used to determine progression to the Dissertation stage of the programme.

On recommendation from the Mitigating Circumstances Panel, the Board of Examiners may permit students who are absent from an examination or missed a coursework submission with good reason to take the examination/submit coursework as a first attempt in the August assessment period.

The mark obtained in these first sit examinations will be weighted with any coursework component mark gained for the course unit, if applicable.

There will be no opportunity for a resit within the academic year if a student is absent from or fails the first sit examination in the August assessment period.

Normal compensation rules apply to August first sit examinations/assessment.

The mark obtained in first sit examinations/assessment will be used to calculate the average for the taught part of the MSc programme and progression to the Dissertation stage with the opportunity to achieve a Distinction available.

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