Published for 2023-24
2.1 Overarching Principles | 2.3 Progression and Award Rules |
2.2 Assessment Information for Students |
2.1 Overarching Principles
Principle 9: Student Handbooks (or equivalent) must explain to students the aims and overarching principles of assessment, and the rationale behind the number, type and timing of assessments on their programme. |
Principle 13: Faculties, Departments and UCL services must ensure that information for students on all aspects of their assessment is explicit, transparent, targeted towards students, up-to-date and readily available. |
Principle 14: The Portico Progression and Award Rules Tool must clearly define the requirements for a student to progress through the programme and be eligible for a qualification and a classification. |
2.2 Assessment Information for Students
1. | Departments must ensure that students receive accurate and up-to-date information for each assessment task. |
2. | Information may be provided in a number of formats including Student Handbooks, Moodle sites and the UCL intranet. |
3. | The information provided to students for all assessment tasks should include: |
a) | A comprehensive description of the assessment task including any rubrics. | |
b) | The marking criteria against which students will be assessed. | |
c) | If applicable, clear instructions on when and where a written examination, presentation, lab test or other assessment event will take place. | |
d) | If applicable, clear instructions for collaborative or group work, including whether and how the contribution of individuals will be assessed. | |
e) | If applicable, clear instructions for peer assessment and how the marks awarded by peers will be second-marked and moderated by academic staff. | |
f) | If applicable, clear instructions about word counts, the inclusion of footnotes, diagrams, images, tables, figures and bibliographies etc., and any penalties that may be applied for exceeding these parameters. | |
g) | Coursework submission deadlines and information about penalties for late submission. | |
h) | An indication of when students can expect to receive marks and feedback on their work. |
4. | The following information must also be readily available to students: |
a) | The marking scale in use on the programme or module. | |
b) | For written examinations, a clear link to the Exams and Assessments guidance which is published annually on the Students webpages. | |
c) | For coursework submissions, clear information about where and how to submit work, including details of any electronic submission methods and the technical support available. | |
d) | Links to information about Reasonable Adjustments, Exam Adjustments and the support services available to students. | |
e) | Links to information about when, where and how to submit a claim for Extenuating Circumstances. | |
f) | Links to information about accepted referencing methods and UCL’s Student Academic Misconduct policies and penalties. | |
g) | Where applicable, links to information about research ethics and integrity. | |
h) | Links to information about the Consequences of Failure. | |
i) | Links to information about the External Examiner process and how to access reports via Portico. |
2.3 Progression and Award Rules
1. | All programmes must maintain an accurate record of their regulations in the Portico Progression and Award Rules Tool. This must explain any approved programme-specific regulations over and above the UCL threshold standards set out in this Assessment Framework for Taught Programmes. |