Regulations cover roles and responsibilities, conduct of assessment, marking of assessment, operation of Boards of Examiners assessment decisions, interpretation and significant disruption. Downloadable PDF of the current regulations.Taught Assessment RegulationsPrevious years' regulations are published in the assessment archive.Assessment regulations archive Introduction Purpose, overview, scope and additional guidance. Section A: roles and responsibilities Regulations 1 - 10: Boards of Examiners, markers, External Examiners and avoiding conflict of interest Section B: conduct of assessment Regulations 11 - 30: Assessment principles; feedback; reasonable adjustments; conduct of exams; oral, peer and resit assessment; academic misconduct. Section C: marking of assessment Regulations 31 - 37: Moderation, anonymous marking and common marking schemes. Section D: operation of Boards of Examiners Regulations 38 - 49: Operation, quorum, special circumstances, progression and borderlines. Section E: assessment decisions Regulations 50 - 68: Undergraduate and postgraduate progression, degree award, postgraduate merit and distinction, credit from other universities. Section F: interpretation and significant disruption Regulations 69 - 71: Interpretation of regulations, significant disruption concessions, standards and where only partial results are available. Contact Olivia Hayes Academic Policy Officer Contact details Email: olivia.hayes@ed.ac.uk Related policiesStudent Appeal Regulations Degree Reguations and Programmes of StudyBoards of Examiners policies and guidanceExternal Examiners for Taught Programmes PolicySpecial Circumstances PolicyStudent Systems guidance for staff This article was published on 2024-07-29
