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PROGRAMME SPECS
Programme Regulation
of Assessment
Assessment Rules and Degree
Classification:
• To qualify for their award (PG Cert, PG Dip
or MEd) students must complete all the
appropriate course requirements, course
requirements, and must achieve a pass mark
in each module with assessed work.
• All summative assessment is double marked.
In certain cases, a third marker may review
the assessed work, particularly in the case of
borderline marks.
• The first 30 ECTS credits from the PG Cert do
not count towards the final grade awarded in
the MEd.
• For the PG Cert and PG Dip there are two
possible grades, ‘Commended’ and ‘Not yet
Commended’. There is no division into merit
or distinction. However work submitted for the
PG Dip is marked with a percentage grade and
this will count towards the final MEd grade.
• Full assessment details for each course within
the programme are provided in the relevant
section of this Handbook.
• Deviation from stipulated word counts (above
or below limits) will result in penalties of 5%. or
• All MEd students will have a completion viva
(not normally at PG Cert or PG Dip).
• Assessed work is weighted in proportion to
ECTS credit for overall degree mark and thus
grade.
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• The outcomes are approved by Examination
Board convened under Imperial College
Regulations.
• If no work is submitted for summative
assessment, then in line with Imperial College
regulations, a mark of not commended/fail
will be recorded, without exemption.
For postgraduate taught programmes: The Pass Mark
for postgraduate taught courses is 50%. In order
to be awarded a result of merit at the MEd stage, a
candidate must obtain an aggregate mark of 60% or
greater; a result of distinction requires an aggregate
mark of 70% or greater.
Processes for Dealing with
Mitigating Circumstances:
For postgraduate taught programmes: A candidate for
a Master’s degree who is prevented owing to illness
or the death of a near relative or other cause judged
sufficient by the Graduate School from completing
at the normal time the examination or part of the
examination for which he/she has entered may, at the
discretion of the Examiners:
either
(a) enter the examination in those elements in
which he/she was not able to be examined on the
next occasion when the examination is held in
order to complete the examination;
(b) be set a special examination in those
elements of the examination missed as soon
as possible and/or be permitted to submit any
work prescribed (e.g. report) at a date specified
by the Board of Examiners concerned. The
special examination shall be in the same format