Term schedules 2006-2007
Three Term Schedule 2006/2007
As agreed by Academic Council
Applicable to all Undergraduate and Postgraduate Taught Programmes, other than those endorsed by Academic Council as exceptions, and therefore exempt from parts of this scheduling.Introduction
The Schedule details the following:- Use of planning and induction weeks.
- Registration – all stages.
- Student withdrawal arrangements.
- Option choice system.
- Examination arrangements, including sitting exams in overseas venues.
- Timing of postgraduate Progression and Award Boards.
- The approach to extenuating circumstances.
- Final receipting of coursework.
- The schedule for SAPs and PABs.
- The timing of Award Ceremonies.
- Structure for coursework retrieval.
- Deferred/referred examination schedule.
The Teaching Year
The normal teaching year for academic staff commences 2 weeks before the beginning of the scheduled 11 weeks of teaching in the Autumn Term i.e. 18th September 2006. This includes the induction week for students which in some Schools may be used to complete the resit assessment process. The normal teaching year ends with the final day of the PAB week of the summer which is the week after the end of the Summer Term i.e. 6th July 2007. Allowing for the two three week vacation periods at Christmas and Easter this adds up to 36 weeks. The remaining two weeks of the teaching year are assigned individually by each School to enable cover to be provided for various needs such as post summer PAB, student guidance, clearing and deferred exams and marking in late August/early September. These arrangements apply generally across the University except in certain curriculum areas within the Schools of Health and Social Care and Education and Training where, by custom and practice, there is an extended teaching year linked to particular professional programmes.
Christine Rose
Director of Student Affairs
July 2006
Deferred/ Referred Exams from 2005-2006 Academic Session
| Week | Date | Student | Course Co-ordinator/ Programme Leader/ Directors of Learning & Quality |
Heads of Department | Student Affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2006 | Reassessment Week | Reassessment Week | Reassessment Week | Reassessment Week Receipt of referred/deferred coursework | |
| 28 Aug 2006 (UK Bank Holiday) |
Reassessment Week (overflow week) | Reassessment Week (overflow week) | Reassessment Week (overflow week) | Reassessment Week (overflow week) | |
| 4 Sept 2006 | Deadline for signed off reassessment marks | ||||
| 11 Sept 2006 | Reconvened Progression and Award Boards Signing off of Results lists (referred students) | Entry of results | |||
| 18 Sept 2006 | Administration Week | Administration Week | Results letters to referred students |
Term 1
| Week | Date | Student | Course Co-ordinators/ Programme Leaders/ Directors of Learning & Quality |
Heads of Department | Student Affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2006 | Reassessment Week | Online registration Confirm option choices | |||
| 28 Aug 2006 (UK Bank Holiday) | Induction for some programmes in the School of Health and Social Care | Re-assessment Week (overflow week) | Online registration Confirm option choices | ||
| 4 Sept 2006 | Induction for some programmes in the School of Health and Social Care | Deadline for signed off reassessment marks | Online registration Confirm option choices | ||
| 11 Sept 2006 | Some face-to-face registration for targeted students | PAB week for resit students Reconvened Progression and Award Board | PAB week for resit students | Registration for some targeted groups | |
| T1.0 | 18 Sept 2006 | Some face-to-face registration for targeted groups | Administration Week | Administration Week | Registration for some targeted new student groups On-line Registration |
| T1.1 | 25 Sept 2006 | Induction Week New Student Registration Referred students receive confirmation of results | Induction Week | New students will have an induction programme in the first week of the session (subject to local arrangements) | New Student Registration |
| T1.2 | 2 Oct 2006 | Induction continuing for all new students including registration Online registration for students who have passed re-sit exams Term 1 Teaching begins |
Provision of:
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New students should agree their individual programmes of study for the year Heads of Department to confirm option choice selection for new undergraduate student cohorts. (There is no student entitlement to change courses.) | Registration of new students Online registration for re-sit students On-line registration for continuing students completed (6 October 2006) |
| T1.3 | 9 Oct 2006 | Continuing Induction, including new student registration Online registration for students who have passed re-sit exams | Data completion for course option choices (new students) Registration of new students On-line registration for re-sit students | ||
| T1.4 | 16 Oct 2006 | Heads of Department to confirm with Student Affairs the definitive listing of the names of teachers delivering lectures/seminars and names of personal tutors. Schools can input data directly onto Banner | All registration schedules completed | ||
| T1.5 | 23 Oct 2006 | Award Ceremonies | Assessment Schedule (& coursework hand-in dates) for undergraduate programmes passed to Student Affairs via Student Centres | Assessment Schedule (& coursework hand-in dates) for undergraduate programmes passed to Student Affairs via Student Centres | |
| T1.6 | 30 Oct 2006 | Authoritative course lists will be available from Banner Collated Assessment Schedules produced | |||
| T1.7 | 6 Nov 2006 | HESA Audit begins | |||
| T1.8 | 13 Nov 2006 | Auditing students in attendance to check registration status and confirmation of accuracy of Banner listings Pre-PAB reports (Postgraduate students) | Auditing students in attendance to check registration status and confirmation of accuracy of Banner listings | Final reminder to students regarding withdrawal of continuing students who have not checked in | |
| T1.9 | 20 Nov 2006 | ||||
| T1.10 | 27 Nov 2006 | HESA Audit completed | HESA Audit completed | ||
| T1.11 | 4 Dec 2006 | Course results for December Postgraduate Boards to Student Affairs | Entry of Postgraduate marks on to Banner | ||
| T1.12 | 11 Dec 2006 | Term 1 Teaching ends (Friday) Postgraduate Progression and Award Boards | |||
| 18 Dec 2006 | Students not checked in sent notification of withdrawal | Production of Postgraduate Progression and Award Board Reports (local conditions may apply) | |||
| 25 Dec 2006 | |||||
| 1 Jan 2007 | Publication of arrangements for second marking and internal moderation for all exceptional Term 1 Only cohorts |
Term 2
| Week | Date | Student | Course Co-ordinator/ Programme Leader/ Directors of Learning & Quality |
Heads of Department | Student Affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T2.1 | 8 Jan 2007 | Term 2 Teaching begins |
Exceptional Term 2 courses start Provision of:
|
Production of Postgraduate results Letters sent to Postgraduate students | |
| T2.2 | 15 Jan 2007 | ||||
| T2.3 | 22 Jan 2007 | ||||
| T2.4 | 29 Jan 2007 | ||||
| T2.5 | 5 Feb 2007 | ||||
| T2.6 | 12 Feb 2006 | Mark collection for all Term 1 Only courses to Student Affairs (or mark input via Schools) | Mark collection for all Term 1 Only courses to Student Affairs (or mark input via Schools) | ||
| T2.7 | 19 Feb 2007 | All information on draft examination papers for assessment should be sent to Heads of Department | All information on draft examination papers for assessment should be sent to Heads of Department | ||
| T2.8 | 26 Feb 2007 | Course results collated Coursework marks on the Web | |||
| T2.9 | 5 Mar 2007 | Deadline for students to inform Student Affairs of their wish to take Term 3 exams overseas | Draft examination papers and mark schemes sent to External Examiners for comment following internal consideration | Publication of arrangements for second marking and internal moderation for all other courses | Student Affairs to schedule exams in consultation with Schools |
| T2.10 | 12 Mar 2007 | Examination Schedule sent to Heads of Department | |||
| T2.11 | 19 Mar 2007 | Term 2 Teaching ends (Friday) Deadline for students wishing to claim entitlement for special exam arrangements | Receipt of information concerning special examination arrangements Pre-PAB Report run & checked (Final Years) | Receipt of information concerning special examination arrangements | |
| 26 Mar 2007 | Pre-PAB Report run (Continuing Years) | Signed Pre-PAB Report received & actioned (Final) | |||
| 2 Apr 2007 | Signed Pre-PAB Report received & actioned (Continuing) | ||||
| 9 Apr 2007 (Easter Monday - UK Bank Holiday) |
Term 3
| Week | Date | Student | Course Co-ordinator/ Programme Leader/ Directors of Learning & Quality |
Heads of Department | Student Affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3.1 | 16 Apr 2007 | Term 3 Teaching begins Option choice selection All continuing students to have chosen their 2007/2008 programme of study. Students should check their programme of study with their Personal Tutors. This will be confirmed in June and will form the basis for registration | Teaching begins Option choice selection Programme Leaders to confirm Programme of Study statements for the following academic year Continuing undergraduate students should be asked to complete on-line their programme of study requests for 2007/2008 | Teaching begins | |
| T3.2 | 23 Apr 2007 | Teaching continues | Teaching continues | Teaching continues | |
| T3.3 | 30 Apr 2007 | Teaching ends (Friday) | Teaching ends | Teaching ends Final receipts for coursework | Final receipts for coursework |
| T3.4 | 7 May 2007 (UK Bank Holiday) |
Assessment Week (Final Year Exams) | Internal marking and moderation | Internal marking and moderation Heads of Department to inform Student Affairs of definitive list of continuing student option choices for 2007/2008 | Organisation of Examinations |
| T3.5 | 14 May 2007 | Assessment Week (Final / Continuing Year Exams) | Internal marking and moderation. | Internal marking and moderation | Organisation of Examinations |
| T3.6 | 21 May 2007 | Assessment Week (Continuing Year Exams) Deadline for Extenuating Circumstances Requests (Final Year exams and coursework) | Internal marking and moderation Mark entry (Final Year) Deadline for Final Year Extenuating Circumstances Requests | Internal marking and moderation Mark entry collection forms sent to Student Affairs (local arrangements apply) Deadline for Final Year Extenuating Circumstances Requests | Organisation of Examinations Course choice data input Mark entry (Final Year) Deadline for Final Year Extenuating Circumstances Requests |
| T3.7 | 28 May 2007 (UK Bank Holiday) | Deadline for Extenuating Circumstances Requests (Continuing students exams and coursework) | Mark entry (Continuing students) Deadline for Continuing students' Extenuating Circumstances Requests | Mark entry collection forms sent to Student Affairs (local arrangements apply) Deadline for Continuing students' Extenuating Circumstances Requests | Deadline for Continuing students' Extenuating Circumstances Requests Mark entry (Continuing students) Authoritative course lists will be available through Banner |
| T3.8 | 4 June 2007 | Subject Assessment Panels – Final Year. Local conditions apply Pre-PAB Report Term 2 intakes | Input of results (Continuing students) PAB Reports (Final Year) | ||
| T3.9 | 11 June 2007 | Subject Assessment Panels – Continuing students Extenuation Panel (Final Year) | Extenuation Panel (Final Year) | PAB Reports (Continuing students) (Final Year students results completed) | |
| T3.10 | 18 June 2007 | ||||
| T3.11 End of Session | 25 June 2007 | Progression and Award Boards (Final) | Progression and Award Board meeting (Final Year) Extenuation Panel (Continuing students) | Progression and Award Board meeting (Final Year) Extenuation Panel (Continuing students) | Continuing students marks completed |
| 2 July 2007 | Progression & Award Boards (Continuing) Summer University Begins | Progression and Award Boards (Continuing students) Summer University Begins | Progression and Award Boards (Continuing students) Summer University Begins | Signed off Results Lists (Final Year) received Summer University Registration | |
| 9 July 2007 | Guidance on retrieval provided | Retrieval information for students sent to students | Retrieval information for referred students sent to students | Signed off Results Lists (Continuing students) received General letter regarding retrieval information sent to referred students. | |
| 16 July 2007 | Final Year students receive written confirmation of results Summer University Ends Award Ceremonies (Greenwich) | Final year students receive written confirmation of results | |||
| 23 July 2007 | Continuing students receive written confirmation of results Award Ceremonies (Medway) | Continuing students receive written confirmation of results and confirmation of option choices | |||
| 30 July 2007 | On-line Registration begins (confirm option choices) | ||||
| 6 Aug 2007 | On-line Registration (confirm option choices) | ||||
| 13 Aug 2007 | On-line Registration (confirm option choices) |
Deferred/ Referred Exams 2006-2007
| Week | Date | Student | Course Co-ordinator/ Programme Leader/ Directors of Learning & Quality |
Heads of Department | Student Affairs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2007 | Reassessment Week (all Final Year students) | All rooms will normally be available for examination purposes. (Availability for invigilation and marking) | Referred exams only timetabled if appropriate named staff available for invigilation and to mark exam papers | Organisation of Examinations On-line Registration | |
| 27 Aug 2007 (UK Bank Holiday Monday) |
Reassessment Week (overflow week) | Final receipt of referred/ deferred coursework | Final receipt of referred/ deferred coursework | Organisation of Examinations On-line Registration | |
| 3 Sept 2007 | Deadline for extenuating circumstances (Resits) | Deadline for signed off reassessment marks for Student Affairs | Deadline for signed off reassessment marks for Student Affairs | PAB Reports for referred/deferred (Continuing students) On-line Registration | |
| 10 Sept 2007 | Some face-to-face registration for targeted students | Reconvened Progression and Award Board | Reconvened Progression and Award Board Signing of Results Lists (referrred students) | On-line Registration Entry of results | |
| 17 Sept 2007 | Students receive confirmation of results via web Some face-to-face registration | Administration Week for 2007-2008 session | Administration Week for 2007-2008 session | On-line Registration Issue of results letters to referred students (Final Year) |