Coursework / Dissertation Extension to Deadline Form
The form is available as a pdf or Word file via the Doaloads box to the right.
Guidance Notes
You will receive a schedule of coursework submission deadlines at the beginning of Semesters 1 and 2. Work must be completed and submitted by the required submission date and time. You should use the coursework schedule to plan your own work programme and you should regard coursework submission deadlines as being almost immovable.
However, it is noted that occasionally genuine medical or mitigating personal circumstances mean that submission by the due deadline becomes a problem. In such circumstances, if you wish to request formal agreement for an extension to a coursework deadline then you must complete a School Coursework/ Dissertation Extension to Deadline Form (obtainable from the School or downloadable from MUSE) and submit this to the relevant Examinations Officer (see below). If you are requesting extensions to deadlines for work on more than one module, you should complete a separate form for each module.
You must submit a Special Circumstances Form (available via the See Also box to the right) with the Coursework/Dissertation Extension to Deadline Form(s). You should submit the completed forms, and accompanying documentary evidence, directly to the Examinations Officer (or hand it in to the Reception where it will be forwarded to the Examinations Officer). You should do this as early as possible before the required submission date.
You should note that formal extensions to coursework deadlines are not automatically agreed as a matter of course. The Examinations Officer will give careful consideration to the medical and/or personal mitigating circumstances surrounding the request, and an extension will not be agreed where there are no compelling reasons, since this would disadvantage other students who have worked hard to submit work by the due deadline. The Examinations Officer may also consult with your Personal Tutor, the Module Coordinator or the member of staff who set the work, as appropriate.
You should note that if medical reasons are given as mitigating circumstances for non-submission by the required deadline, then you may need to provide medical evidence, as detailed in the Explanatory Notes for the Special Circumstances Form.
If reasons of an abnormally heavy workload at your normal place of employment (e.g. in the case of part-time or distance learning students continuing in paid employment whilst taking the course) are given as mitigating circumstances for non-submission by the required deadline, then you must submit a letter of explanation from your line manager. Please note, however, that students registered on full-time masters programmes are expected to devote themselves to carrying out the dissertation in the period up to 1st September and consequently starting employment prior to 1st September will not be accepted as a reasonable basis for any delay in submission of the dissertation.
If a formal extension is agreed then you will be informed by the Examinations Officer what the new extended deadline for submission is and the coursework will be assessed and assigned a mark in the normal way if it is submitted within the formally agreed extended deadline.Coursework which is received late without a formal extension having been agreed will be penalized.