PURPOSE: this regulation explains the number of assessment and reassessment opportunities within one delivery of a module and explains the different forms of reassessment available.

3.1 Entitlement
When you register on a module, you are given access to teaching and learning resources. You are entitled to:
• an initial attempt at the assessment task(s)
• one reassessment attempt (if you do not pass at the first attempt).

3.2 Reassessment in a module
If you do not achieve a minimum pass mark for the module overall, you are entitled to another assessment attempt at the end of the module.
Where there are multiple tasks within a module, you will only need to be reassessed in the task that you have failed. This will usually be:
• In the same format as the initial task (e.g. if the initial task was an exam, the reassessment will normally be an exam).
• A re-work of the original task, or where this is not appropriate (i.e., in a multiple choice test where answers have been revealed) a new task will be required.
• An alternative format of the task may be set if it is not appropriate for you to be assessed by the same method as at the initial attempt, for example, if this was group work or took place on a field trip.
 
3.3 Passing a module following reassessment
3.3.1 Modules which are marked using percentage marks

You will pass a module marked by percentage if you achieve an overall module mark of the minimum pass mark or above. For some professional courses, you will also need to achieve the specified pass mark in all the module assessment tasks in order to pass the module.
The maximum mark you can achieve in a reassessment task is the minimum pass mark.
If your mark after reassessment is lower than your initial attempt, your initial (higher) mark will be used to calculate the overall module mark.
If you do not take the reassessment task, a mark of zero will be recorded and your initial mark will be used to calculate the overall module mark.

3.3.2 Modules which are marked using pass/fail grades

You will pass a module that uses pass/fail grades only if you achieve an overall pass grade. For some professional courses, you will also need to achieve other pass criteria as specified in the module information to pass the module.

3.4 Academic Conduct Sanction

If an allegation that you have breached the Academic Conduct Regulations is upheld, reassessment in a module may be set as a sanction.