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The weighting of E-tivities 1, 2 and 3 have been adjusted in Section 8 for all modules, excluding the dissertation module (UHM500). Having previously been equally weighted, they are now weighted as follows: o E-tivity 1 is worth 12% of the overall module mark; o E-tivity 2 is worth 12% of the overall module mark; o E-tivity 3 is worth 6% of the overall module mark. The deadline for a second attempt at the coursework for a module has now been specified (see Section 5). A resubmission fee will apply to students making a second attempt at the coursework for a module, as the resit fee applies for those making a second attempt at the examination. When a second attempt is made at the coursework for a module, the overall module mark will be capped at 50%. The elective module Human Rights and Development UHM150 has been updated and renamed to provide an expanded focus on environmental justice and business and human rights, whilst retaining foundational learning on human rights and development. The assessment for the module remains unchanged. The new module title is Human Rights, Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice UHM. The progression rules for registering on the dissertation module UHM500 have been adjusted in Section 7 (7.4).
Alternative assessments during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak In line with our current General Regulations, the University may offer you alternative assessments where necessary. This includes holding online timed assessments in place of written examinations, which are usually held at examination centres. Please note that this statement replaces any published information relating to assessments or written examinations in any of our materials including the website. Previously published materials relating to examinations should therefore be read in conjunction with this statement. The University of London continues to work towards supporting the academic progression of all its students. The University also continues to be mindful of the health and wellbeing of its students during this pandemic, whilst protecting the academic standards of its awards.
2 Registration
2. Your effective date of registration will be either: 1 October if you first registered before the September registration deadline, or 1 February if you first registered before the January registration deadline. 2. An effective registration date of 1 October allows you to sit your first examination in the following January. An effective registration date of 1 February allows you to sit your first examination in late May/early June of the same year.
2. 3 The minimum and maximum periods of registration to complete the programme are counted from your effective date of registration. Details of the minimum and maximum periods of registration can be found in the Programme Specification. 2. 4 If you progress from the PGCert to the PGDip or MA, or from the PGDip to the MA, your maximum period of registration will continue to be counted from your effective date of registration for the first qualification for which you registered. 2. 5 If you start by taking individual modules and then register for the PGCert, PGDip, or MA Human Rights we will give you a new maximum period of registration for the PGCert, PGDip or MA.
Each module runs for a 14 - week study session that begins in either February or September, including a two week revision period before the final assessment. Refer to Appendix A to see which modules run in each study session. To register for a module, you must select it and pay for it by the deadline date. When you register for a module you are committing to studying the module in that study session, so you should only register for modules that you are ready to study. All students start by taking the core module, Understanding Human Rights UHM010. Students can choose to take the core module, Translating Human Rights into International Law UHM030 at the same time in the first study session. All core modules run in both study sessions and elective modules run in one session each year. See the progression rules in Section 7 which state what you must do before registering for (core module) Securing Human Rights UHM020 and the elective modules.
2. 6 If you register for a core, elective or dissertation module, you must study it when you are eligible to take it in the first study session that it runs.
2. 7 You do not have to register for any new modules in a particular session if you do not want to. However note that when you initially register for the programme you must register for (core module) Understanding Human Rights UHM 010. 2. 8 The maximum number of new modules for which you can register in any study session is two, and the maximum number of modules for which you can be registered in any session, including failed or resumed modules, is three, subject to regulations governing progression. See Section 7 (regulations 7. 5 – 7.7) for progression within the programme.
2. 9 You may apply to take up to two credit-bearing modules (40 credits) on a stand-alone basis without being registered for the PGCert, PGDip or MA. If you apply to progress to the PGCert, PGDip or MA and this is approved, you will be credited with any individual modules successfully completed within three years of your application. 2.1 0 If you wish to take an individual module(s) which requires study of a prerequisite module, you must undertake the prerequisite module first. If you hold an equivalent qualification or are able to demonstrate equivalent prior experience, this should be noted in your application. The Programme Director will decide if this satisfies the prerequisite requirements. UHM030 is a prerequisite for UHM13 0. 2.1 1 If you are permitted to progress from an individual module(s) to the PGCert, PGDip or MA and have not already taken UHM010, this will be the first module you study under your new registration on any of the qualifications. 3 Recognition of prior learning and credit transfer Where approved, credit transfer allows you to use the mark that you gained from a module completed during a previous registration with us, or with a member institution of the University of London, to contribute towards your final award. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a generic term for the process by which we recognise and, where appropriate, award credit for learning that has taken place at an institution other than the University of London before entry onto a programme of study. See the General Regulations, Section 3, for more information.
Each module (aside from the Dissertation UHM500) includes a separate participation-based E-tivity where you are awarded marks if you have actively participated in the discussion sessions for that module. See the Programme handbook for more information. 4. If you cannot participate in a particular discussion forum due to mitigating or other exceptional circumstances, you should contact the Student Administrator by email. If accepted, you will be recorded as ‘participating’ for that discussion session. This may be done no more than twice per module. The Student Administrator can be contacted at MAUSHR@sas.ac.uk.
You can pass a core or elective module with a mark of less than 50% in one of the E-tivities provided that the examination or coursework element achieves a mark of at least 50%, the other E-tivity marks are at least 50% and the overall combined weighted mark for the module is at least 50%.
4. 3 You will pass a core or elective module if you obtain a combined weighted mark for the elements of 50% or more, including a mark of at least 50% in the examination or coursework and 50% or more in at least two E-tivities. 4. 4 You will pass the dissertation module if you obtain a combined weighted mark for the elements of 50% or more, including a mark of at least 50% in the dissertation thesis.
See Section 5 for what happens if you do not attend a written examination or do not submit a coursework item, E-tivity or dissertation.
4. 5 When you register for a module you must take the assessments for the module at the first available opportunity and in the sequence given in the Module Timetable on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). 4. 6 You must retain a copy of all of your submissions to us in the event of any electronic difficulties in their submission to us or return from us. 4. 7 E-tivities, coursework and dissertation items must be submitted through the VLE by the submission dates given in the Module Timetable on the VLE.
4. 8 If after having registered for a module you no longer wish to study it in that study session, we will allow you to defer taking the module’s assessments if you notify us no later than 14 days prior to the final assessment deadline/examination date for the module. You can defer a module regardless of whether you have completed the assessment entry process or not. 4. 9 We will not allow you to defer a module if you have taken its written examination, submitted coursework or submitted its dissertation thesis. 4. 10 If you defer a core or elective module after you have taken the E-tivities the marks achieved for E-tivities will be carried forward. If you defer a module after failing the E-tivities at your first attempt, you may use your second attempt on resuming the module. 4. 11 We will allow you to defer each module once without paying an additional fee. 4. 12 You must request our permission to defer a module on a second occasion. If we give permission: for core and elective modules: you must pay a new module fee by the deadline date when you resume the module; and for the dissertation module: you must pay the dissertation-second-deferral fee when restarting the module. 4.1 3 If you defer the Dissertation UHM500 on a second occasion we cannot guarantee continuity of dissertation supervision when you resume.
If you think you may miss a deadline, contact the Student Administrator through the VLE immediately. See also mitigating circumstances below.
4. 14 You must keep to the deadlines stated in the Module Timetable on the VLE. If you are late in submitting an E-tivity, an item of coursework or dissertation we will reduce the mark you receive by deducting three marks from the original mark for every day that the item is late. Work submitted more than 10 days after the deadline will not be marked. It will count as an attempt at the assessment and will be assigned a mark of zero. You will lose marks if you do not keep to these rules. For example: all assessments are graded out of 100, so work ordinarily graded at 65/100, but submitted up to 24 hours late, will receive a final mark of 62. See Section 5 (regulations 5.3 and 5.4) for more information on assessment attempts.
4. 17 You must bring any mitigating circumstances to our attention as soon as you become aware that your performance may be adversely affected by serious circumstances beyond your control. This must not be any longer than three weeks after an examination and not after the deadline date for E-tivities, coursework or the dissertation. 4. 18 Under these circumstances if you are unable to meet a deadline you may apply for an extension to the deadline and provide accompanying medical or other independent evidence. 5 Number of attempts permitted at assessments
5. The maximum number of attempts permitted for an E-tivity, coursework item, written examination or dissertation item is two.
5. 2 If you obtain a mark of 50% or more for any item of assessment or E-tivity from any module you may not retake that item. 5. If you do not submit an E-tivity, an item of coursework or an item of the dissertation it will count as an attempt, you will be given a mark of zero for the item and it will be classified as a fail. 5. If you achieve a mark of less than 50% in E-tivity 1 or 2 and intend to retake it, you may retake it within 14 days of the E-tivity result release date.
5. 5 When you register for UHM010 or UHM030 you must take the examination element of these core modules either at the end of the study session that you take the module, or at the end of the subsequent session.
5. 6 If you do not take the examination in either the first or second permitted examination session, your registration for the module will be cancelled. To restart UHM010 or UHM030, you must pay a new module fee. Any previous marks for E-tivities and the number of permitted deferrals for the module will carry forward. You may only restart these modules on one occasion. 5. 7 Restarting the module will allow you two attempts at the examination. If you are absent from the examination on two occasions your registration on the programme will cease.
5. 8 If you obtain an overall mark of less than 50% for a core, elective or dissertation module at the first attempt this will be classified as a fail and you will be required to make one further attempt at the item(s) of coursework in which you obtained a mark of less than 50%.
Where the fail mark is condonable and you choose to progress, the further attempt may not be required (see 5.9). Note that one E-tivity fail can be carried forward provided that the overall module has been passed. See ‘Passing a module’ in Section 4 for more information. If you need to retake an examination or resubmit coursework you will need to make another assessment entry and pay the resit or resubmission fee by the assessment entry deadline.
A condonable fail is where a student has failed a module but attained a mark within a certain range allowing the module to be considered for classification purposes. 5. If you are registered on the PGCert, PGDip or MA and receive a mark of between 45 – 49% for a module (excluding UHM500) you may choose to progress with this condonable mark or to make a second attempt at the examination or item of coursework that was failed. A maximum of 2 0 credits can be condoned in this way.
5. 10 If you are required to make a second attempt at a written examination or have decided not to proceed with a condonable mark, you must attempt it at the next opportunity. If you first failed the examination in May/June, the next opportunity to retake it is January of the following year. If you first failed the examination in January, the next opportunity to retake it is May/June of the same year. To retake the examination you must make another examination entry and pay the examination resit fee by the examination entry deadline.
5. 11 If you are required to make a further attempt at a coursework item(s) for UHM02 0 or have decided not to proceed with a condonable mark, you must submit the coursework within 28 days of the official results release date. Submission at the second deadline will count as your second and final attempt. Provisional individual coursework results are sent to you by email prior to their official release on the University of London website, following the meeting of the Examination Board.
5. 12 If you are required to make a further attempt at coursework for an elective module or have decided not to proceed with a condonable mark, you must submit it within 28 days of the official release of results. Submission at the second deadline will count as your second and final attempt.
6 Assessment offences and penalties You must comply with the General Regulations, including the areas relating to plagiarism. See Rules for coursework, projects and dissertations in Section 8 of the General Regulations for regulations and penalties that apply. Refer to the dissertation section of the Programme handbook for further details on writing and submitting your dissertation.
6. If you draw on your own previous written work, whether submitted as coursework for your current degree, or for a previous degree or qualification, this must be clearly stated to avoid self-plagiarism. If you draw on work from E-tivities or coursework that you have undertaken as part of this programme for the dissertation module, then you must have this approved by your dissertation supervisor and this must amount to no more than 3,000 words in total. 7 Progression within the programme
7. You must register for the core module Understanding Human Rights UHM010 in your first study session. You can opt to register for Translating Human Rights into International Law UHM at the same time.
7. You must have registered for Understanding Human Rights UHM010 in a prior study session before you can register for Securing Human Rights UHM020 or any elective module.
7. You must have passed Translating Human Rights in International Law UHM030 before you can register for Topics in International Human Rights Law UHM130.
7. 4 You must have attempted the examination element or the entire coursework element in six modules and passed at least four modules before you can register for the Dissertation UHM500.
7. 5 If you are not retaking any modules and have no deferred modules, we will allow you to register for up to two new modules in a session.
7. 6 If you have one deferred or failed module, we will allow you to register for up to two new modules in the next study session. 7. 7 If you have more than one deferred, failed or restarted module, we will not allow you to register for any new modules from the point at which you receive your results and you must first attempt the assessments for the deferred, failed or restarted modules.
7. A mark or grade awarded for completion of an individual module cannot be used to replace any mark or grade for a certificate, diploma or degree already awarded. 7. We will consider the transfer from an individual module to the PGCert, PGDip or MA on a case- by-case basis, upon receiving an application to this effect. You can apply to transfer from an individual module to the PGCert, PGDip or MA by logging an enquiry via the ask a question tab in the student portal. 8 Scheme of award
See Appendix C for the Assessment Criteria. 8. All assessments will be marked according to the published Assessment Criteria.
8. The overall mark for each of Understanding Human Rights UHM010 and Translating Human Rights into International Law UHM030 is calculated by weighting the marks achieved for the three E-tivities (1, 2 and 3) and the written examination item in a ratio of 1 2 : 12 : 6 :70. 8. The overall mark for Securing Human Rights UHM020 is calculated by weighting the marks achieved for the three E-tivities (1, 2 and 3) and the two coursework items in a ratio of 12 :1 2 : 6 :35:35. 8. The overall mark for each of the elective modules, namely UHM110, UHM120, UHM130, UHM140, UHM150 and UHM160, is calculated by weighting the marks achieved for the three E-tivities (1, 2 and 3) and the coursework item in a ratio of 12 :1 2 : 6 :70.
8. 5 The overall mark for Dissertation UHM500 is calculated by weighting the marks achieved for the dissertation proposal and the dissertation thesis in a ratio of 15:85.
8. To be considered for the award of Distinction you should obtain a mark of 60% or more in each core and elective module and obtain a mark of 70% or more in the dissertation module and a weighted average of at least 70% across all modules.
8 .1 4 If you wish to progress from the PGCert to the PGDip or MA, or from the PGDip to the MA, you must notify us of your intent to do so prior to accepting an intermediate qualification. Should you accept a qualification and then wish to progress to a higher qualification on the programme you will need to return the qualification if we allow you to progress. At the end of your registration with us, you will receive only the highest qualification for which you have met the requirements.
8 .1 5 The Board of Examiners has discretion to grant a PGCert or PGDip Human Rights as an exit qualification to a student of the MA or PGDip who does not successfully complete the qualification for which they registered but who does meet the criteria for a PGCert or PGDip given in the qualification requirements.
8 .1 6 If you have accepted the award of the PGCert as an exit qualification we will not allow you to transfer your registration to the PGDip Human Rights or the MA Human Rights. 8 .1 7 If you have accepted the award of the PGDip as an exit qualification we will not allow you to transfer your registration to the MA Human Rights.
8 .1 8 If you have been awarded the PGCert Human Rights and wish to progress to the PGDip or MA Human Rights, we will consider your request subject to the following conditions: You were not awarded the PGCert as an exit qualification following your failure to progress or complete your studies. No more than three years have passed between the award of the PGCert and your registration for the PGDip or MA. You will be required to surrender the PGCert prior to the award of the PGDip or MA being made. 8. 19 If you have been awarded the PGDip Human Rights and who wish to progress to the MA Human Rights, we will consider your request subject to the following conditions: You were not awarded the PGDip as an exit qualification following your failure to progress or complete your studies.
No more than three years have passed between the award of the PGDip and your registration for the MA. You will be required to surrender the PGDip prior to the award of the MA being made.
8. 20 The date of award will be 1 August in the year that the requirements for the qualification were satisfied.
8. All standalone individual module assessments are marked and graded according to the assessment criteria for the MA Human Rights.
