17. Award Postgraduate Taught Programmes

17.2. Borderline Policy

Borderline Policy:

Examination boards may use a borderline policy when making recommendations for final degree classifications. The following criteria are used:

  • Students with Classification Marks within 1.5% of a borderline (except at the pass/fail border) shall be determined to fall within the ‘zone of consideration’;
  •  All students falling within a zone of consideration shall be considered as possible cases for application of the borderline policy;
  •  Students falling within the zone of consideration and with at least half of all credits with marks at the level of the upper classification (or higher), shall be raised to the higher classification. The credits at the higher level may include the dissertation or project, but this is not a requirement. Where a student studies on a part-time basis, all modules comprising the full-time equivalent final year shall be used in the borderline policy.