ASSESSMENT SUPPORT FOR ELITE AND TALENTED ATHLETES

Background

• 1. The University is committed to supporting elite and talented athletes to balance their studies whilst aiming to achieve their full sporting potential. The students who qualify for this support are those who have been accepted onto the following University programmes:

• Performance Athlete Support Programme (PASP)
• Talented Athlete Support Scheme (TASS)
• Match Officials
  Unipro International Football Academy
• Students supported by Team Hallam as High Performance Athletes

• 2. Students on these programmes are identified by the Sport Development Support Assistant (SDSA) in Sport Hallam and information provided to Student Support Advisers, Academic Administration and Course Leaders prior to each academic year.

• 3. Students are expected to consider the individual sport, training and competition commitments in relation to their teaching and assessment commitments. Students should liaise with their Course Leader, Module Leaders, Student Support Advisers, Academic Advisers and their
  Lifestyle Advisers through Sport Hallam (where applicable) to discuss how best to balance their sporting commitments with their assessments.

• 4. Should a clash between sporting commitments and assessments occur, students can request an extension to their coursework deadline or a postponement of their examination.

Requesting extended deadlines for coursework

• 5. Students can submit an extension request) via My Student Record. It may not be possible to facilitate an extension for presentations, practical work assessments, group work, time-bound assessments, etc. Students are advised to contact their Student Support Adviser to discuss whether it is possible to have an extension for these types of assessments.

• 6. If you wish to request an extension you should submit a request through your My Student Record account. You can request an extension up to 24 hours after your submission deadline. You do not need to provide any evidence and if you have not exceeded the 4 extensions in an academic year, the request will be automatically granted. This means that you will have an extra 10 working days to submit your work.

• 7. Students will normally be granted an extension of up to 10 days. The length of time permitted
  will be dependent upon whether it is possible to mark and moderate the work before the
  assessment board deadline.

• 8. Where the change to commitment is such that a 10-day extension is not appropriate, the
  Student Support Adviser can grant an extended deadline to the next reassessment period (i.e.
  the equivalent of a deferral) via My Student Record.

Requesting to postpone an examination

• 9. Students can request to postpone an examination by contacting their Student Support Adviser to discuss this as soon as possible.

• 10. If you are representing a home nation at an international sporting event, it may be possible to take a reassessment exam overseas but this is not normally permitted for first attempt examinations.

General principles

• 11. These processes are in place in order to provide a consistent approach for this category of students and to support their sporting commitments where possible.

• 12. Postponing assessments may impact on other upcoming assessments so it is expected that students will only request an extended deadline once they are sure that they will not be able to submit on time despite best efforts.

• 13. Although evidence of the commitment is not required at the point of the request, the University reserves the right to request evidence should an allegation of a misuse of these processes arise.

• 14. The usual policy and procedures should be followed by these students should they have exceptional circumstances which impact on their assessments. The usual policy will be applied in these cases, i.e. 5-working day extension only and an Exceptional Circumstances request must be submitted to be granted another opportunity without the mark being capped (deferral).