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THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH FINAL ESSAY DEADLINE IN STAGES 2 AND 3
THE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH FINAL ESSAY DEADLINE IN STAGES 2 AND 3
This concerns the end-of-term deadline that applies to all Stage 2 and 3 modules offered by the School of English.
It explains the force of this deadline, the procedures for seeking any extension to the deadline and the grounds on which extensions can and cannot be considered. It reiterates basic information about this in the Dossier on the School website but goes into more detail.
Coming in advance of the deadline this term, this posting is intended to make these matters clear to all students to whom it applies. No claim of ignorance will therefore be accepted as an excuse for failure to meet with its requirements. PLEASE THEREFORE READ AND TAKE THESE POINTS ON BOARD
1. The deadline falls at 1600 on Monday 11th April
2. For students in Stage 2 – One copy of the essay must be submitted to the School Office (or to another agreed submission point at the other campuses for part-time students). Students in Yr 2 are required to submit one copy via MOODLE and must attach a receipt to the hard copy of the essay
For students in Stage 3 - Essays submitted in single copies will not be forwarded for marking by the Office staff until a second copy is supplied. It is not the job of the Office staff to do photocopying for students who submit single copies.
Email submission to seminar leaders is not accepted and does not count as submission. Only hard copies accompanied by a signed pink cover sheet are deemed acceptable.
3. Essays that miss the deadline will not be accepted and so will receive marks of zero (except where arrangements for late submission have been formally agreed: see below).
English does not operate a system of graded penalties whereby fixed tariffs of marks are deducted from late work: either an essay is deemed acceptable, and so gets the full mark that it merits, or it is not, in which case it does not get a mark.
4. Extensions to the deadline can be granted ONLY by your Student Support officer, either Patricia Debney or Emma Bainbridge
Seminar leaders do not have discretionary authority over the final deadline in Stages 2 & 3, so don’t apply to them for any extension.
5. Any arrangement for the permitted later submission of work must be agreed BEFORE the deadline. Retrospective tales of woe will not be accepted.
The Student Support Officers will be available during extended office hours during Week 12 to discuss possible applications for extensions. Particularly if you feel your reasons for seeking an extension may not be accepted (see below) ask as early as possible. Applicants need to complete a form on which a new formal submission deadline will be recorded.
6. Extensions can be granted only on Concession and therefore in line with Faculty and University practice in considering Concessions.
Grounds include significant, unforeseen disruption to your study time due to illness or exceptional personal circumstances (eg bereavement, divorce).
They do NOT include routine academic difficulties with the work or mismanagement of workload leading to difficulties in getting everything done on time.
Medical evidence will be expected with applications on medical grounds; other kinds of evidence or tutorial support will be sought with applications made on personal grounds.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE DURING THE TERM ASKED THE MEDICAL CENTRE TO SEND THE SENIOR TUTOR A ‘CONCESSIONS LETTER’ THAT IS NOT ITSELF AN APPLICATION FOR A CONCESSIONARY EXTENSION. YOU NEED TO SEE THE SENIOR TUTOR AND COMPLETE AN EXTENSION FORM.
7 Students who have an acknowledged long-term health problem or registered disability such as entitles them to extended time on assignments should still go through the application process.
It is important that the length of extensions is agreed; also that there is a full record of concessionary allowances extended to you.
8. Students claiming that they have lost work due to computer failure will not get Concessions.
The University directs that students always back up frequently (on a networked drive, on a memory stick) any essay work that they are doing on university or personal computers, and does not consider concessions application from students who have not done this and whose work is lost as a result.