The student charter of the University of East London (UEL)

Assessment

We aim to give you high-quality, fair, thorough and clear assessment procedures and practice.

You can expect us to:

• provide conditions for assessment in each module, including how we will mark it, the standard you must reach and information on the type of feedback you can expect;
• give you information on what will happen if you hand in work late, and how we deal with plagiarism (copying other people’s work) and other examples of cheating;
• make sure that students with disabilities and dyslexia are not disadvantaged by providing appropriate changes to assessments;
• provide a receipt for any piece of work you hand in for assessment;
• give feedback on assessments, normally within four weeks of the formal date for handing assessments in;
• *publish details of the exam timetables five weeks before the exams begin;
• provide feedback on exam results within five weeks of the exam period ending;
• let you know before exams begin where and when results are published; and
• send you an academic transcript six weeks after the end of the year listing all the modules you have taken during the academic year and your results. (Students who owe us tuition fees or other charges will not receive their transcript.)

* This timescale does not apply to resits.

We expect you to:

• make sure you hand your coursework in on the given dates and that they meet the conditions we have given you;
• make sure you know the dates and times of your exams;
• prepare and revise carefully for your exams, and contact your personal tutor if you are having problems;
• tell us as soon as possible if you have a disability or dyslexia so that we can make any changes to assessments that may be necessary;
• attend all your exams and make sure that you do not disturb other students or affect their performance;
• get to know the accepted methods of academic writing (including referencing) and read our regulations for dealing with assessment offences (such as cheating or copying the work of others); and
• make sure the information on your academic record is correct and tell your school office and Student Records if any details have changed.

For more information and advice, please contact your personal tutor, your school, a member of the Student Services staff or the Students’ Union.

We would like to hear from you as to how we are doing in keeping our promises to you and how we could do even better, please contact us on charter@uel.ac.uk

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