Assessment (including examinations) - definitions

means any component part of the course for a degree or a diploma of the university, whether described as a subject or as a unit, which is taught and examined as a discrete entity but does not mean a unit which the unit faculty board has determined is not a discrete entity; or in the case of a masters degree, a thesis or project for which separate examination rules are provided in the regulations of the faculty concerned;

is any form of additional assessment resulting from the application of special consideration.

means the assessment of a candidate's performance in a unit;

is a form of assessment: assignment, oral, short test, supplementary examination etc.

is an examination that is granted to a student in accord with the prescribed rules and conditions of the relevant Faculty Board (see. Sections 4 of Examination Regulations.) It is intended to be bestowed in predefined and determinable circumstances such as when a candidate obtains a mark in a particular mark range or after certain requirements have been satisfied, (eg. when it is the last unit necessary to complete a graduate course of study, which has been undertaken in the last semester), provided that the student has completed all the work for the unit, has sat the final examination and has obtained a mark of at least forty per cent in the unit .

usually referred to as a deferred examination, (see section 4.5 of the Examination Regulations). Deferred examinations are normally those held when a student is unable to sit the examination at the scheduled time, although in certain circumstances, e.g. severe illness or serious cause, a deferred examination may be granted to a student who has sat all or part of the original examination. Such examinations differ from supplementary examinations in that, either having not sat for the exam or having sat all or part of it and received a mark between 0 - 49, the student is able to satisfy the Faculty that medical or other circumstances so severely affected the performance in the examination that the student should be entitled to another examination. This may also be applied in exceptional circumstances when the student receives a mark between 50 - 79.