Student Handbook 2023/24

Fail (0 to 49)

An answer in the Fail range does not meet the minimum requirements of the assessment criteria.  Such answers typically contain one or more of the following:

• Evidence of a lack of basic understanding
• Many errors or omissions
• Evidence of a lack of appropriate reading
• Failure to answer the question posed, e.g., answering a different question from that set by the examiner
• Disorganised presentation
• Very poor use of English, such as poor grammar and spelling and incoherent statements
• Failure to complete the examination by answering too few questions  

 In addition to the above, in a problem question, the answer:

• Fails to identify several important issues
• Fails to apply relevant legal and other rules
• Fails to make appropriate use of the relevant legal and other principles