Submission of Assignments + Personal Extenuating Circumstances

1.5 line spaced on A4 on Microsoft Word (or other word processing software - in this case, it MUST be submitted as unlocked PDF)*

Submit onto the Assignment section of Canvas by 16.00pm on due date unless stated otherwise** All work is subject to the TurnItIn compulsory plagiarism report.

* There are some file restrictions and file size restrictions, and you will be given guidance on what you can and cannot submit. You should always ask your module leader if you have any questions about a specific assignment. **Full submission instructions will be made available during the course.

Unless you have been granted an extension (See Personal Extenuating Circumstances), late work submitted within 7 calendar days of the assessment deadline will, for the assignment in question, be given a maximum mark of 40; work submitted after 7 calendar days of the deadline will be given a mark of 0. Your work will be checked against a database of web pages, academic articles and books, and other students’ papers (from Newcastle and other universities) and any matches between your work and those other sources will be highlighted. Matching text does not necessarily mean that you have plagiarised if you have correctly referenced text from other sources. The University takes plagiarism and academic conduct very seriously, and you are expected to know how to reference other sources correctly. Please refer to University support for referencing correctly: http://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/referencing .

Word Count Guidelines

As this is a cross faculty module we operate our own guidelines and do not take into account individual school guidelines.

Included in the word count

Executive summary (if there is one)

Excluded from the word count

Title page

Tables

Captions for images Titles for tables Contents page (if there is one) Appendices Bibliography

Personal Extenuating Circumstances

Sometimes things will happen that are beyond your control resulting in work being submitted late or not at all. Such situations are referred to as Personal Extenuating Circumstances (PEC) and it is very important that you tell your Personal Tutor and School about any problems you are having that are affecting your ability to complete your academic work.