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Assignment submission and due dates
All Law students MUST read the School policy and application form for assignment extensions as well as other relevant policies.
The School of Law regards time management as an important graduate attribute. All students have an obligation to submit their assignment on the due date. Late assignments delay the return of marked work and feedback to the remainder of the class.
If unforeseen circumstances make it impossible to meet the due date set in a unit assessment task, the Assignment Extension Policy of the Law School applies. Assessment during the semester, usually written assignments, also takes into account that exam preparation is required of the students towards the latter part of the semester and that students expect timely feedback on their assignment work. This limits the possible time-frame for granting extensions of time if the original due date cannot be met.
Under the School’s Extension Policy, the School of Law will grant an extension of time for a maximum of 14 days after the original due date for the assignment. Students who are unable to meet the extended deadline have the following options:
1. Submit late and incur the significant penalty set by the School’s policy;
2. Apply for withdrawal from the unit without failure; such an application will usually be supported by the School;
3. Apply under the Special Assessment Policy of the University, which allows, inter alia, applying for a ‘special extension of time’ [Application Form available at: http://www.une.edu.au/for/current-students/forms/special-ext-time-assign.pdf through the Student Centre.
Option 3 only covers exceptional circumstances that cannot be met under the School’s Policy but where the ability to do the unit work (assignments, reading, exam preparation etc.) in a meaningful way so that the learning objectives can be met is not compromised. Under the Special Assessment Policy, decisions on granting applications can only be made after the applications have been processed by the Student Centre. Depending on the circumstances and the date of your examination this might mean that a final determination cannot be made before the final exam date in the unit. That means that you might have to sit the exam without knowing whether a special extension of time will actually be granted or that you might have to at least prepare for the exam without this knowledge! Please also note that in most cases you will not able to complete the original assessment task as feedback on the task will have been provided to students in general. In most cases a new assessment task will have to be set. The Special Assessment Policy allows for the Head of School to set an alternative assessment task and to replace the research assignment, for example, with a special examination to be sat in the next examination period, or another form of assessment.
Students should be aware of the fact that any application for an extension, be it under the School Policy or the Special Assessment Policy, can only be granted if the student is able to complete the necessary academic work (assignments, reading, exam preparation, etc) in a meaningful way so that the learning objectives are not compromised. Not only, but especially applications for extensions of time for more than one unit must therefore contain plausible explanations of how the applicant considers to accomplish in the latter part of the semester and, under the Special Assessment Policy, during the relevant period after the semester, the work that he or she was unable to complete in time during the first part of the semester.
Plagiarism
The School and University take plagiarism very seriously.
See the University’s plagiarism policy: