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 The Personal Mitigating Circumstances policy sets out the principles and regulations governing the procedure for the submission of PMCs by students registered on

programmes relating to their assessment and sets out how such circumstances will be considered by TMC and Boards of Examiners.

 TMC will take responsibility for ensuring that students are aware of the procedure for the submission of PMCs and how to make a PMC submission.

 Students who wish to submit personal mitigating circumstances for review must

complete and submit a hard copy PMC form within 10 working days of the assessment submission date or of the date of the assessment. Note: Staff cannot initiate PMCs on behalf of students.

o The form should advise which assessments have been affected and how they have been affected.

o All forms should be accompanied by independent third party evidence.

o Students must submit all relevant information at the time of submission of a PMC form.

o Forms should be submitted to TMC.

 PMCs can be considered for:

o late submission of assessed work – if accepted, late submission penalties will be removed;

o absence/non-submission – if accepted, the student will be permitted a replacement attempt at the assessment at the next available assessment opportunity.

 Marks or degree classifications cannot be changed as a result of mitigating circumstances.

 On receipt of the PMC submission, the PMC reviewers will review the submission and decide whether to accept or reject the submission (in the case of a rejection, identifying the reasons for the rejection). In the event of a differing decisions between reviewers the PMC submission, along with the decision will be forwarded to one of the University PMC Adjudicators for final confirmation. In the event of the University PMC Adjudicator being unable to confirm the decision of the PMC Reviewers, the PMC will be forwarded to another University PMC Adjudicator for a final decision.

 If a PMC submission is rejected, the PMC Reviewers will identify (on at least one of the following grounds. Note that more than one ground may be identified) why the

submission has been rejected: The grounds for rejection are as follows: o No evidence provided

o Insufficient information/evidence provided

o Evidence does not match critical assessment date(s)

o Mitigating circumstances were not deemed to be acceptable in accordance with the University’s PMC Procedure.

 The PMC Reviewers/PMC Adjudicators are as follows: PMC Reviewers

(The Manchester College) Director of Higher Education Partnerships Manager Higher Education Managers Senior Academic Support Officer Academic Support Officer

HE Administrators PMC Adjudicators

(University)

(nominees of TMCASC (this cannot be the Chair of the Board of Examiners);

SAM CST CHSC Nigel Howe Steve Todd Leslie Robinson Kirsty Pope

 TMC will take responsibility for administering PMCs submitted by students in line with the University procedure, ensuring that PMC submissions progress through the decision making procedure in a timely manner and for informing students as to whether their PMC has been accepted or rejected.

 TMC will maintain a log of all PMC cases considered and will take responsibility for ensuring that this list is made available to the Board of Examiners. The log should include the following information:

o Date received o Student ID o Student Name o Programme of study o Mode of study o Module/component of assessment o Date considered by the PMC panel o Category of PMC

o PMC panel decision (Accept/Reject) o If reject, the reasons for the rejection 9.4 Boards of Examiners

 The Boards of Examiners procedure sets out the functions, membership and conduct of Boards of Examiners for taught programmes.

 The University operates a two-tiered Boards of Examiners system (Module Board’s, known as BoXM and Programme Boards, known as BoXP).

o The first tier, the Module Board of Examiners is responsible for the ratification of module marks on taught programmes.

o The second tier, the Programme Board of Examiners, is responsible for making decisions on progression and the award of qualifications.

Module Programme

Semester 1 Yes (semester 1 module only) No Semester 2 Yes (semester 2 and year modules only) Yes

Semester 3 Yes (re-assessment) Yes

 Boards of Examiners will normally meet at TMC.

 Boards of Examiners will be chaired by a senior member of University Academic Staff who is independent of the host School and who has undertaken the training for Chairs and Secretaries of Exam Boards. .

 Responsibility for servicing the Board will rest with TMC HE Administrative department .

 The Board of Examiners terms of reference, responsibilities and membership will be as UoS regulations and will be specified in the Academic Handbook

 A standard agenda for use during meetings of Module Boards and Programme Boards is available in the procedure.

 All Chairs and Secretaries must be trained before carrying out these roles.

 Membership of the Board will normally comprise: o Head of the UoS home School (Chair)

o TMC Curriculum Lead Manager (ex officio) o TMC Divisional Lead Manager (ex officio) o TMC HE Manager

o TMC Link Tutor* o UoS Link Tutor

o All internal examiners, including Module Leaders, Programme Team Leaders and Tutors

o External Examiner(s) appointed to the Programmes by UoS

 See also Section 8 Student Records for further information on provision of information to the Boards of Examiners.