Assessment and grading criteria

A university-wide marking criteria has been developed for staff to assess students' work. During the academic year 2012-13, Schools will be considering how to implement the criteria on courses; full use of the criteria across the University will be from the beginning of the academic year 2013-14.  

Hopefully this criteria will help you to assess the quality of your own work. It provides a description of the characteristics associated with work that are awarded different grades. Before you start an assessment you could see what would be required to gain particular grades. Also, once you have received your mark, you could use the criteria to understand how you could improve your work next time. Follow the links below:

Undergraduate marking criteria (pdf)

Postgraduate marking criteria (pdf)