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The relevant Head of Department will also attend the board which is Chaired by the Executive Dean of the School or their nominee. They all attend the exam boards at which their students’ work is considered. Module lecturers, tutors and Year Managers from each course team are the staff who know each student and their work best. All marks are provisional and may go up or down until the Board of Examiners has been confirmed and published final marks. The Assessment and Moderation Cycle shows you the process and considerations lecturers follow when assessing your work. This moderating of grades is then also looked at by an external examiner to ensure appropriate grades are awarded. All assessments are marked in line with these criteria and then grades are checked by a moderator to make sure they are consistent and fairly awarded. Ensuring that the grades you are awarded are fairīefore assignments are given to students, they are subject to an internal moderation process which ensures they are at an appropriate level, allow students to achieve the learning outcomes and have appropriate grading criteria in place. The Guild of Students are available to support students with queries regarding Academic Integrity and Misconduct. University College Birmingham's disciplinary procedures relating to assessment offences are shown in the General Student Regulations. University College Birmingham's Code of Practice on Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct details the process by which matters of Academic Misconduct are investigated and the penalties that may be applied. Academic Misconduct is taken very seriously by University College Birmingham. These are some of the names used for ways in which a student may present as their own, work completed, or written by someone else. Helping you to study section of this handbook provides details of support available to students in developing academic practice.Ĭheating, collusion and plagiarism are types of Academic Misconduct. Throughout your programme of study UCB will provide opportunity for you to develop your academic skills.