| Faculty
of Law
Graduate Studies in Law
Policy
on Extensions
for submission of assessment in postgraduate courses taught
in intensive mode
Effective:
1 January 2006
Unless otherwise
stated in the Course Outline or agreed with students,
the following deadlines for submission of pieces of assessment
will apply in postgraduate courses taught in intensive
mode:
1. The assessment
for a course must be submitted no later than 6 weeks after
the completion of the last class in the course.
2. The teacher
in a course may grant an extension of up to four weeks
beyond this date.
3. The Director,
Postgraduate Coursework Program may, in exceptional circumstances,
grant a further extension of up to an additional two months.
4. No further
extensions will be granted beyond a total of three months
from the original deadline for submission, unless the
Director, Postgraduate Coursework Program considers that
the circumstances would satisfy a special examination.
http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/rules/examstfrules.pdf
5. Examiners
in intensive courses should endeavour to submit final
results by four weeks after receipt of assignments from
students.
6. Applications
for extensions should be made before the applicable deadline.
7. If assessment
is submitted after the due date and time without an approved
extension, the mark awarded will be reduced by 1% of the
marks available for that assessment item (when expressed
as a mark out of 100) for each day or part thereof (including
weekends and Public Holidays) that it is submitted late.
For example, if an individual assessment item is given
an initial mark of 65% but is submitted 2 days late, the
mark awarded will be reduced to 63%. If the item is submitted
5 days late, the mark awarded will be reduced to 60%.
The normal
pressures of work - including predictable periods of high
workload - are not generally sufficient to justify extensions.
Students are encouraged when planning for their participation
in postgraduate courses to set aside not just the days
needed to attend classes, but also a sufficient number
of days to research and write the assignment.
Students should
note that those who seek extensions may not receive their
results in time to graduate at the next ceremony or at
the advertised time for the release if results. International
students should in particular take note of the delays
that may result from submission of assessment after the
original deadline.
This policy
does not apply to students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma
in Legal Practice.
Approved by the Board of Studies-Graduate Program in Law
meeting no.4/2002 held on 04/07/02 revised 10/12/02; revised
Postgraduate Studies Committee (PSC) 10/08/05
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