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Essay Submission Guidelines

 

Essays wil be marked anonymously. Your coursework must be submitted in the following way, by the deadline, to be accepted for marking.

•  You should make two paper copies of your coursework and insert only your Examination Number in the header of every page
•  Do not add your name to your coursework
•  Add a completed, standard ‘Front Page' to each copy
•  Staple each copy and paperclip the two copies together
•  Add your completed ‘Declaration of Own Work' to the top copy only
•  Put both copies in the marked Drop Box opposite Undergraduate Reception (G.08) unless advised to hand them to the Course Secretary in G.08.

 

Templates for the Front Page and the Declaration of Own Work are on the Student Intranet at http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/student/undergraduate/coursework/

 

Coursework deadlines

It is essential for fairness that all students hand in their coursework by the same deadline. The deadlines for your coursework will be in course handbooks and on relevant areas of WebCT or your subject's website.

It is your responsibility to check your own deadlines.

There are penalties for late coursework.

 

Late Coursework

Late coursework submitted without an authorised extension will be recorded as late and the following penalties will apply: 5 percentage points will be deducted for every working day it is late, up to a maximum of 5 working days. After this time a mark of zero will be recorded.

An initial mark of 70% will therefore be reduced to 65, 60, 55, 50 and 45 over five working days, and then to 0.

These penalties follow the University's Assessment Regulations.

Late coursework will only be accepted without penalty if you have provided a good reason and have been granted an extension.

 

Return of Coursework

You should collect your marked coursework from Undergraduate Reception (G.08). You may be asked to produce your student card to confirm your Examination Number.

You will be notified by email when coursework is ready for collection.

 

 

 

To sum up:

 

 

3rd and 4th Years:

 

Two copies of your essay/exercise are to be submitted on or before the deadline.

 

Your work will be marked anonymously .

 

Attach a standard Front Page to each copy of your essay and write on it your exam number, the course name, the essay title and the word count.

 

Staple each individual copy of your work, and clip the two pieces together securely (i.e. use a large paper clip; do NOT use anything sharp such as pins or tacks, or anything which may not be secure). Attach one 'Declaration of own work' form to the copies of your essay.

 

Declaration of own work

 

(The procedure for applying for extensions in Honours (3rd and 4th Year) courses has changed for Session 2011/12. Please see the new procedures in the Classics Honours Handbook 2011-12, available here (as amended on 22/09/11).

 

 

 

1st and 2nd Years:

 

  • Your coursework must be submitted as directed above (unless specifically directed otherwise by the Course Organiser), by the deadline, to be accepted for marking.
  • If you require an extension, it is your responsibility to apply for an extension in advance of the published submission deadline. Please remember that you do not have an extension until authorisation has been confirmed. If you submit coursework after an authorised extended deadline, the usual penalties for late submission will apply.

 

Coursework Extension application (Sub-Honours) - pdf

 

Coursework Extension application (Sub-Honours) - word

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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