Where do I find information about my assessments?

Information about the tasks you need to complete, what format your assessment will take and submission instructions will be found on the Canvas site for the module.

You can find a list of all your assessment deadlines on Sussex Direct > Study > Timetable > Assessment Deadlines and Exam Timetable.

If you have deferred your dissertation, or you have brought forward a resit from next summer, you may receive separate information about this by email. If you’re not sure, please contact the Curriculum and Assessment team at mah-cao@sussex.ac.uk.

How can I find resources and support with planning and writing?

The university provides plenty of resources to help you plan and carry out your work on the SkillsHub.

Module tutors often hold a workshop or individual consultations with students at the end of term to support you with your assessment. You can also see them in their student hours, which will be listed on the module Canvas site. This is a vital resource for help with understanding the task, so please use it!

Your module Canvas site will explain how to submit your work. This is usually through Turnitin, but certain formats may need to be submitted differently. Again, your module Canvas site will explain this if needed.

Please ensure you read and understand the submission instructions. We cannot accept work for marking which has been submitted to the wrong submission point, and it is the responsibility of the student to submit correctly. Check with your module tutor well in advance of the deadline if you’re not sure.

If you have a timed assessment, make sure you know when that paper is released.

What if I have problems submitting?

Firstly, we would always recommend you submit ahead of the deadline. This is especially important if you have media files to submit, as these can take a while to upload. Try to leave at least an hour before the deadline, which is usually 4pm. 

If you are having problems submitting, and it is before the deadline, contact IT Services. Remember that Turnitin does not work well on Safari, please make sure you’re using Chrome or Firefox as your web browser.

If the deadline has now passed, but you have been attempting to submit and have not edited your file since before the deadline, then please email mah-submissionerrors@sussex.ac.uk and the Curriculum and Assessment team will send you a form to fill in and submit with your file.

We cannot guarantee that an assessment submitted in this way will definitely be accepted, and it will usually be subject to a late penalty (see below).

Remember, it is your responsibility to ensure that you submit on time.

What happens if I submit late?

If you submit up to 24 hours after the deadline, you will normally have five percentage points deducted from your mark (ie. a mark of 62 becomes a mark of 57). 

If you submit up to 7 days late, you will normally have ten percentage points deducted from your mark (ie a mark of 62 becomes a mark of 52). 

We do not accept work submitted more than 7 days after the original deadline. You will be given a mark of 0. It’s best to check that your assessment has a late period attached; some such as presentations and timed assessments, won’t. You can check this on Sussex Direct by going to Student Details, scrolling down to your modules, and clicking in the Assessment column on the numbers. This will take you to a list of the assessments for that module, with either a +7 or a +0 next to them. This will indicate the number of days late you can submit.

If there are circumstances impacting on your ability to submit on time or at all, then you can submit an exceptional circumstances claim to request removal of a late penalty.

What happens if I can't submit at all?

You will usually be offered a resit of your assessment if you don’t submit an assessment, or you don’t reach the pass mark (40% for UG, 50% for PG). Resits normally take place in the August resit period. Please be aware that resits are capped at the pass mark.

If you didn’t submit due to circumstances beyond your control, you should consider making an exceptional circumstances claim. Please be aware that technical issues don’t count as exceptional circumstances. If accepted, the claim will remove the cap on your resit marks.

How will my work be marked?

Your work will normally be marked by your tutor against the marking criteria used by the department and the wider MAH faculty criteria. Please check with your tutor if you have not been made aware of the criteria used to mark this assessment.

• MAH Undergraduate assessment criteria

• MAH Postgraduate Taught assessment criteria

• Subject-specific assessment criteria

For questions about how to do the assessment, contact your module tutor.

For questions about submitting, contact mah-cao@sussex.ac.uk

For questions about exceptional circumstances and resits, contact mah-studentexperience@sussex.ac.uk

Good luck with all your assessments, from all of us in MAH!