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Dear Colleagues, At Anglia Ruskin, we have a long established regulation for requiring a 'qualifying mark' (sometimes referred to as a 'threshold mark') for individual elements of assessment within a module that has to be attained by students to pass a module which is in addition to an overall aggregate pass mark. For example, a student with an aggregate module mark of 50% will fail a module if the achievement in the first of two elements (eg: an examination) is less than 30%, irrespective of how good performance was in the second element (eg: a piece of written coursework). We are currently reviewing certain aspects of our assessment regulations and, to this end, I should like to know if other institutions have a similar qualifying mark regulation and, if so, the level at which the qualifying mark is set (eg:, 30, 35 or 40%). Of course, I will collate and distribute the responses to ARC colleagues. Thanks for your help - look forward to hearing from you! Please reply to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. As ever, Paul. PAUL BAXTER Director, Academic Office Anglia Ruskin University Tel: 0845 196 4859 (office) and 07860 402919 (mobile) Fax: 01245 684839 / 67 Location: Room ASH209, Ashby House, Chelmsford Campus. [AngliaRuskinMobileApp]<http://www.anglia.ac.uk/app> -- World-leading research. The government rated 8 areas of our research activity as world-leading in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, they were: Allied Health Professions & Studies; Art & Design; English Language & Literature; Geography & Environmental Studies; History; Music; Psychology and Social Work & Social Policy & Administration. This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s)only and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone please reply to this e-mail to highlight the error and then immediately delete the e-mail from your system. Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Anglia Ruskin University. Although measures have been taken to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus we advise that, in keeping with good computing practice, the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Please note that this message has been sent over public networks which may not be a 100% secure communications