Rules for taking MBS course units

Rules for taking MBS course units

For any course units taught by the Manchester Business School (BMAN and MSEC codes), you should be aware that you need to follow the rules of the Manchester Business School, which are sometimes different and much more stringent than the rules in the School of Computer Science.

Please take special care to understand the MBS process regarding coursework for MBS course units. In particular note that:

• The penalty on all course units for late or none submission (where you have not been granted an extension) of assessment: a loss of 10 marks per day (sliding scale), for up to 10 days. A "day" is 24 hours, i.e. the clock starts ticking as soon as the submission deadline has passed. A day includes weekends and weekdays. You may additionally be required to complete a form acknowledging your late submission.

  Given that assignments are set well ahead of the submission date, the only exception to this is where there are strong mitigating circumstances (e.g. medical circumstances documented by a doctor's note) and these have been notified to the Programme Administrator (for consideration by the Exams and Assessment Officer and the Mitigating Circumstances Board) prior to the submission date. Work handed in after the deadline will not be marked. Where the final dissertation (or equivalent) is submitted after the deadline, at the discretion of the Board of Examiners it may be treated in the same manner as a resubmission following failure with the mark capped at 50% (or 40% for programmes with a pass mark of 40%) with no further opportunity for resubmission.

  There is no tolerance whatsoever in the MBS deadlines. Whatever the deadline is, we suggest that you submit the work at least 30 minutes earlier to avoid any unanticipated delays (queues forming outside the MBS PGT office, etc).

• All extension requests for MBS course units must go through the MBS PGT office only. Students must collect the forms from MBS PGT and submit them with full evidence prior to the deadline. Full-time or part-time employment, even for part-time students, is not a valid reason to request an extension for a deadline.

The MBS PGT office is Room 5.28 in Harold Hankins Building and the MBS Programme Adminstrator is Pauline Bradshaw (Email: Pauline.bradshaw@mbs.ac.uk). Please address questions regarding MBS coursework to the MBS Programme Adminstrator.

Rules for taking MBS course units