Supporting Information: Schools of Healthcare
This is version 1.0 of the Supporting Information for the School of Healthcare, which applies from the 2026/27 academic year onwards. This supporting information is owned by the School of Healthcare. Please contact [email protected] for any matters related to this supporting information.
Contents
- Purpose and Scope
- Supplementary Information - Academic Regulations for Taught Programmes
- Supplementary Information - Assessment Policy and Procedures
- Other Supplementary Information
- Students awarded according to the Rules for Award
1. Purpose and Scope
The purpose of this supporting information is to set out principles and procedures which relate to assessment in the School of Healthcare.
The supporting information underpins and should be read alongside the Academic Regulations for Taught Programmes and the Assessment Policy and Procedures.
2. Supplementary Information – Academic Regulations for Taught Programmes
This section contains information supplementary and complementary to the Academic Regulations for Taught Programmes.
2.1 Credit and Progression (Academic Regulations section 8)
Students in the School of Healthcare may be allowed to progress to the next level of study without satisfying institutional progression requirements. This means that if a student obtains less than 100 credits, they will be able to ‘proceed’ to the next level of study. A student can proceed from level 1 to level 2 with 80 credits and from level 2 to level 3 with 200 credits.
This is due to programmes within the School not following a standard university calendar so students may not have had the opportunity to undertake a resit within the academic year.
Where students proceed to the next level of study, they will be required to ‘redeem’ the outstanding credits by the end of semester 1 in order to fully satisfy institutional progression requirements.
If a student has not successfully completed outstanding work by the end of the approved timescale, and further resit opportunities are available, the student will be required to take temporary leave from the programme and submit further work as an external candidate. If successful at the assessment the student will return to the programme at the point where they took temporary leave.
All modules in the School of Healthcare are pass for progression.
3. Supplementary Information – Assessment Policy and Procedures
This section contains information supplementary to the Assessment Policy & Procedures (AP&P) where Schools are required to develop and define their approach.
3.1 Setting and Approval of Assessment Methods (AP&P section 4)
All module assessments are agreed through a process of approval. This includes:
- Development of the assessment and assessment brief by the module team
- Review of the assessment and assessment brief by a panel external to the module (School Summative Assessment Panel)
- Review of the assessment and assessment brief by the External Examiner attached to the module
The same process is followed for examinations with each exam paper being reviewed by a panel external to the module and by the External Examiner.
3.2 Registration for Assessments (AP&P section 5)
All modules have a resit opportunity, and this is normally within the same academic year as the first attempt. For some modules in the School of Healthcare the first attempts are submitted in July, August or September and for these modules the resit opportunity may be in the following academic year between September and November.
The resit opportunity for most modules is 6 weeks after the results are confirmed at the Module Assessment Board. Each module lists the submission date, date the confirmed results are available and resit date in the Assessment and Feedback section, Module Assessment Overview section of the Minerva module space. This information is available at the start of every module.
3.3 Submission of Coursework (AP&P section 6)
For modules assessed by an examination (written, digital, oral) or an Objective, Structured, Clinical Examination (OSCE) an extension is not available. The information detailing if an extension is available for coursework is in the relevant assessment brief.
3.4 Late Submission of Coursework (AP&P section 6.4)
There are no coursework assessments that cannot be submitted late.
3.5 Resubmission of Own Work (AP&P section 6.5)
Students undertaking both undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes of study will be permitted to resubmit work to the same assessment title as that of previous submissions. Please note that this applies to coursework and other forms of written submission but not to formal examinations where the expectation is that a new paper will be sat.
Students will be required to submit to a new assessment title where they have been investigated and found to have committed an Academic Integrity offence.
3.6 Use of Systems to Identify Academic Integrity (AP&P section 7.2)
As part of a supervised teaching session in semester 1 of year 1 students will be introduced to Turnitin and be allowed to view a similarity report, generated by Turnitin, based either on a model assessment or a draft piece of work.
3.7 Referencing (AP&P section 7.4)
For modules in the School of Healthcare students should use the official University of Leeds version of the Harvard referencing style.
3.8 Assessment Marking and Marks (AP&P section 8.1.3)
If a student has additional adjustments recommended by Disability Services relating to the marking of assessed work, they need to attach an e-sticker to the front page of the submitted coursework, to flag the need for inclusive marking. Students will receive guidance about how to use e-stickers at the beginning of each academic session from the School’s Student Support Team.
3.9 Moderation: Check Marking and Double Marking (AP&P section 8.2)
The School of Healthcare may use unseen double marking for developmental and support purposes when a marker is new to the module / assignment or on occasions when the programme leader and / or module leader deems appropriate.
Assessments which have not been double marked will be check marked (moderated). Samples for check marking will include:
- All fails
- Any borderline assessments at any band, including pass / fail
- A selection of upper, middle and lower grades of each mark range / band
Where there is more than one marker for a module a sample of assessments for each marker will be check marked using the criteria outlined above.
Students will know if their assessment has been check marked, and by whom, as the moderator will indicate this under the markers comment on the electronic submission.
3.10 Marks Return (AP&P section 8.3)
Marks for final year capstone projects will be released in the usual summative assessment timeframe.
3.11 Penalties for Not Meeting Assessment Requirements (AP&P section 8.4)
3.11.1 Word Count Penalty
If the written work exceeds the specified word limit by 10% or more 10 marks will be deducted at the Module Assessment Board. If the application of the penalties result in a fail mark students will be given a resit opportunity for a capped mark of 40 for undergraduate modules and 50 for postgraduate modules.
3.11.2 Penalties for Incomplete Practice Documentation
It is each student’s responsibility to complete their clinical documentation comprehensively and accurately. A mark of 0 (Emora) or FAIL (MYEPAD or e-Portfolio) will be recorded for any student who fails to complete their clinical documentation to the required standard. This will be recorded as a ‘Document Fail’ and will result in any subsequent attempt being for a capped module mark.
3.11.3 Penalties for Dangerous/Unsafe Practice
A mark of 0 will be given to any student who demonstrates dangerous/unsafe practice in their assessed work. There may also be implications for their attendance in practice, and they may be subject to ‘Fitness to Practice’ panel procedures.
3.11.4 Penalties for Breaching Client and Patient Confidentiality
A mark of 0 will be given to any student who has breached confidentiality in their assessed work. There may also be implications for their attendance in practice, and they may be subject to ‘Fitness to Practice’ panel procedures.
3.12 Feedback to Students (AP&P section 9)
Sometimes, students’ individual feedback will be supplemented with generic feedback that can be provided more quickly. Generic feedback is given to all students about general performance in a particular assessment. The assessment brief in the Assessment Overview section of the Assessment and Feedback area in the module space on Minerva explains how students will receive feedback for each assessment.
The School of Healthcare will provide students with individual feedback that is fit for purpose, in an agreed timeframe. This will help them to set themselves academic targets; and support for this can be provided by the School if they need it.
Where an examination has taken place, the examination script belongs to the University and will be archived. Scripts must be retained for use by External Examiners, internal review processes, and scrutiny by regulatory bodies if requested. Students are encouraged to discuss their marked submissions as part of their feedback opportunities; this can be done once the assessment marks are released. General feedback will, also, be given to the cohort in either a written or verbal format.
3.14 Timings of Assessment Committees (AP&P section 11.4)
The School Assessment Board meetings are held throughout the year and the date that the results will be presented is in the Submission Dates/Examination Dates table in the Assessment Overview section of the Assessment and Feedback area in the module space on Minerva.
The School Progression and Awards Board (SPAB) meets throughout the year to allow our students to progress or complete in a timely manner.
3.15 Publication of Module Marks and Classifications (AP&P section 12)
Once work has been marked and the check marking process has occurred the module leader will release provisional mark to students. This is usually before they have been reviewed by the External Examiner and before they have been confirmed by the School Assessment Board. The date that students will receive their provisional mark is in the Submission Dates/Examination Dates table in the Assessment Overview section of the Assessment and Feedback area in the module space on Minerva.
Any penalties that need to be applied to work will be applied at the School Assessment Board, so it is important that students check the confirmed results that will be published in the Assessment and Feedback section of the module area. The date these will be available is also listed in the table described above. The results released are anonymous and identified by student ID number only.
Most programmes within the School of Healthcare fall outside the normal university calendar, and degree classifications will be available following the School Progression and Awards Board where awards are determined. Classifications will be posted in the programme organisation area of Minerva. The date that this will occur is communicated during the final module of the programme.
4. Other Supplementary Information
4.1 Fitness to Practice Committee
The Fitness to Practice Committee in the School of Healthcare deals with issues related to serious concerns that a student's behaviour or conduct means they are not fit to practice or have acted outside their scope of professional practice. Where the committee considers that continuing the programme will not place patients/clients and others at risk the student may remain on the programme subject to disciplinary or retraining requirements. In extreme cases or if students are referred to the Fitness to Practice Committee for a second time the case will be referred to the University's Committee on Student Health and Conduct and the student may not be allowed to graduate from their programme even if their academic work is satisfactory.
If there are concerns about a student's health and the impact that it has on the student being fit to practice, they will be referred initially to the School of Healthcare Student Support team who will make any necessary Occupational Health referrals. Where a health condition cannot be managed with reasonable adjustments to the programme and placement and where a student needs additional support, a Fitness to Study meeting will be arranged with the student, School of Healthcare Student Support Team, Programme Leader (or member of the programme team) and Director of Student Education (or Associate Director of Student Education).
5. Students awarded according to the Rules for Award
The Academic Regulations for Taught Programmes superseded the Rules for Award following the 2023/24 academic year. Awards for students who commenced their current programme at Leeds before the 2022/23 academic year or commenced their final year of study before 2024/25 academic year will be determined using the degree classification algorithm from the Rules for Award (iteration A), which includes provision for academic discretion.
Academic discretion, as described in the Rules for Award, applies to students being awarded under these circumstances:
Any student with a Classification Average falling within the discretionary band should be selected for consideration. The discretionary band is 0.05 below a classification threshold for Bachelor’s Degrees with Classified Honours and 0.10 below a classification threshold for Foundation Degrees, Undergraduate Diplomas, Graduate Diplomas and Certificates, and Taught Postgraduate Awards
In the School of Healthcare, the following criteria for academic discretion apply:
Undergraduate:
Where the better average falls slightly below these thresholds the School Progression and Awards Board can change the classification based on considering a student’s overall performance if 50% or more of the module credits at Level 3 fall in the higher band.
Taught Postgraduate:
Where the better average falls slightly below these thresholds the School Progression and Awards Board can change the classification based on considering a student’s overall performance if 50% or more of the module credits fall in the higher band.