13.6. Late Submission Policy

Important to note

• No extensions are permitted under any circumstances for any assessment.

• Essays and dissertations can be submitted up to 7 days after the specified deadline, but will be recorded as late, and a late penalty will be applied – see the Mark Deduction section below.

• No late submissions are permitted under any circumstances for online exams, MCQs or FAEs. 

Late Submission EC claim

(For essays and dissertations only)

If you have extenuating circumstances to explain your late submission of an essay or dissertation, you should submit an EC claim in line with the following procedure to request for the late penalty to be revoked.

When submitting your EC claim in MySIS, please select 'late submission' as the EC Impact and include the date you submitted work as the Late Date. Although you may see the option to request an extension in MySIS, you must still select ‘late submission’ as the School does not permit extensions.

If you wish to submit a late submission EC claim, you should first submit your work up to 7 days late, then submit your EC claim before the EC deadline. This is in case you are able to submit your work before the deadline, or you are not able to submit it at all – for both instances, a late submission EC claim would be declined. The School cannot process your late submission EC claim until we know when you have submitted your work late.

Mark Deduction

If an essay or dissertation is submitted up to 7 days after the specified deadline, it will be recorded as late, and a late penalty will be applied. For every period of 24 hours or part thereof that an essay or dissertation is overdue, there shall be a deduction of 5% of the total marks available (i.e. 5 marks for an assessment marked out of 100).

A late penalty may be revoked where a student provides good reason for the late submission under the extenuating circumstances policy. A student must submit a late submission EC claim with supporting evidence in line with that policy in order for the circumstances to be considered.

A student may submit work of passing standard but fail the module because of the late submission penalty. Where the student is eligible for a resit attempt in such a case, the student shall not be required to resubmit the assessment; instead, the minimum pass mark of 50 will be entered for the resit. Where a student is not eligible for a resit, this provision does not apply.

If a student does not submit their work within the 7-day late submission period, they will receive a mark of 0-NS (Non Submission) and will have to resit at the next opportunity. However, extenuating circumstances may apply for non-submission – please refer to the non-submission EC claim guidance for further information if appropriate.

Certain assessments may cease to be a valid measure of a module’s learning outcomes prior to the seven working day cut-off. For example, where feedback has been provided to the class, any submission made after that point would not be an accurate measure of attainment. In such cases, the late submission policy shall apply as normal up to the day on which feedback is given; at that point, a mark of zero (0FL) shall be applied, even if this is within seven calendar days of the deadline. Schools and Institutes must make clear to students in advance where this variant policy applies, or else the general policy shall be applied.