Examinations and Assessments
A-B | C | D-E | F-H | I-N | O-Q | R-Z
A-B
- Advice on how to tackle problem questions
- Anonymous Marking
- Appeals general - see Student Services Centre web page - with links to "appeals and policies"
- Appeals - stage 1 form - Law School form for those submitting an appeal
- Appeals - stage 2 form - University form for those submitting an appeal
- Assessed coursework - see "Coursework" below
- Assessment - Feedback - School of Law Feedback Guidance 2010
- Assessment - marking criteria and marking conventions - see "Regulations - UG" below; or your PG Programme Handbook
C
- Calculators - use of in examinations - see University Policies
- Cheating in examinations or assessments and the consequences - see "Penalties" below
- Classification of Masters degrees - see PG Regulations in Law School Handbook
- Classification of UG Honours degrees - see "Regulations - UG" below
- Compensation of failed UG course units - see "Regulations - UG" below, and...
- Conventions for marking - see "Regulations - UG" below; or your PG Programme Handbook
- COURSEWORK
- Coursework/Assignments - PG students
- Coursework - Assessed LLM coursework - Guidelines - see also Blackboard
- Coursework - Assessed LLM coursework - Submission form - see also Blackboard
- Coursework - Assessed LLM coursework Feedback form - please go to section F to download a copy of the Feedback form and/or go to Blackboard
- Coursework -Assessed PGT Criminology/Socio-Legal Studies coursework Guidelines
- Coursework - Assessed PGT Criminology/Socio-Legal Studies coursework - Submission form
- Coursework - Assessed PGT Criminology/Socio-Legal Studies coursework - Feedback form - see below under F for Feedback, and also Blackboard
- Coursework - Assessed Coursework UG (LLB and BA) - Guidelines
- Coursework - Assessed Coursework UG (LLB and BA) - download cover sheet
- Coursework - Assessed Coursework UG (LLB and BA ) - download Declaration form
- Coursework - Assessed Coursework UG (LLB and BA) - download feedback sheet under "F" below
- Coursework - Assessed Coursework UG (BACrim) - Guidelines
- Coursework - Assessed Coursework (Erasmus, Exchange & Visiting students with permission to do alternative assessment ONLY) - Guidelines
- Coursework Titles - see each individual course unit section on Blackboard
- Coursework deadline Extension Request form (PG) - download form
- Coursework deadline Extension Request Form (UG) - download form
D-E
- Dates of examinations - go to Student Services Centre pages - see under "Examinations"
- Dictionaries - use of in examinations - see University Policies
- DISSERTATIONS
- Dissertations or Research Papers (PG) - see Programme Handbook for guidelines
- Dissertations (UG) - Download UG law Guidelines
- Dissertations (UG) - Dissertation UG cover sheet
- Double Marking
- Essay Wiriting Guide 'It's Not Easy' - to help with UG Assessed and Non-Assessed Coursework
- Essay Writing - Citations and Bibliography - The boring bits
- Essay Marking and Criteria
- Examinations Guide - for LLM students
- Examination Guide - for Undergraduate Students
- Exclusion following exam failure - see "Appeals" above
- External Examiners (information/forms for external examiners - a section of the University's Manual of Academic Procedures)
F-H
- Frequently asked questions relating to results
- Failed exams? Information for PG students
- Failed exams? Information for UG students
- FEEDBACK
- Feedback - best answers to examination questions - available for about one month on individual Blackboard course unit sections after exams
- Guidance on Feedback to UG and PGT Students 2011-2012
- Feedback - consultation about new feedback form Dec 2008
- Feedback form for assessed UG coursework (feedback form for level 1 course units)
- Feedback form for assessed UG coursework (feedback form for level 2, 3 and 4 course units)
- Feedback form for Level 1 non-assessed UG coursework
- Feedback form for Level 2 and 3 non-assessed UG coursework
- Feedback - "outlines of issues" - the issues which the examiners expect to be in ideal answers to examination questions - available for about one month on individual Blackboard course unit sections after exams
- Feedback form for CSEP DL coursework - see also Blackboard
- Feedback form for LLM assessed coursework
- Feedback form for PG Criminology coursework
- Feedback form for PG Research papers (LLM) - see below under R for Research Papers
- First Year students - advice on exams questions - see "Advice for first years" above
- Graduation ceremonies following finals - see Student Services Centre
I-N
- Illness- see mitigating circumstances
- Length of Examination Paper - see "Assessment, methods of" (above)
- Marking Conventions and Assessment Criteria - see "Regulations - UG" below; or your PG Programme Handbook
- Marking Policy
- Materials in Exams - with effect from the start of the academic year 2008-09, the School of Law policy is that candidates are not permitted to take any materials into examinations. However, there are some exams which have variations on this rule. Students should check with course directors if uncertain.
- Materials in Exams - statement on `clean materials`
- Mitigating Circumstances affecting assessments and examinations: Mitigating Circumstances
- Mitigating Circumstances download: Form for reporting mitigating circumstances (undergraduate and postgraduate)
- Mitigating Circumstances - how the Law School deals with degree classification for those affected by mitigating circumstances
- Number of questions on an examination paper - see "Assessment, methods of" (above)
O-Q
- Past Examination Papers
- Penalties for cheating in exams and plagiarism
- Plagiarism and avoiding it - Law School Resources
- Plagiarism - see University Policies
- Plagiarism - Student Services
- Prizes - download general information
- Policies in relation to examinations - University Policies
- Questions on examination papers - number & choice - see "Assessment, methods of" (above)
R-Z
- Regulations for University of Manchester Degree (including Assessment/Examinations information):
- RESEARCH PAPERS FOR LLM
- Research Papers guidelines
- Submission Form
- Feedback Form (please ensure that all areas of the form that requires your student ID is completed)
- Resits in August - UG or PG - see "Failed Exams" above
- Resits as an External Student Guidance - UG; Resits as an External Student Guidance - PG
- Results dates - see Diary page
- Results Information page
- Students with special needs in examinations
- Timetable for examinations - see Student Services Centre - follow link under "examinations"
- Transcripts of results - available from Student Services Centre - see link to "Official Documents"