Department of English and Comparative
Literary Studies
UNDERGRADUATE HANDBOOK
2014/2015
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CONTENTS
WELCOME
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Term Dates………………………………………....
Reading Weeks…………………………………….
English Department Website……………………..
English Departmental Office………………………
Key Department Contacts…………………………
Academic Staff…………………….………………..
Campus Contacts…………………………………..
Information Technology Services…………………
Library…………………………………………........
Communications……………………………………
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YOUR DEGREE
Policies and Regulations…………………………..
Exchanges…………………………………………..
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FIRST YEAR
Director of Undergraduate Studies……………….
Personal Tutors…………………………………….
Senior Tutor…………………………………………
Timetables…………………………………………..
Attendance………………………………………….
Electronic Module Registration (EMR)…….……..
End of Year Results………………………….…….
Prize…………………………………………………
Pass Lists……………………………………………
Module Choices for Second Year………………...
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SECOND & THIRD YEAR
Director of Undergraduate Studies……………….
Personal Tutor Timetables……………………….
Senior Tutor Timetables………………………….
Attendance………………………………………….
Electronic Module Registration (EMR)…………...
End of Year Results Second Year………………..
End of Year Results Final Year…………………..
Pass Lists……………………………………………
Degree Transcripts…………………………………
Graduation…………………………………………..
Prizes………………………………………………..
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YOUR WORK
Essays……………………………………………….
Examinations………………………………………..
Marking………………………………………………
Special Circumstances…………………………….
Cheating in a University Test……………………..
Degree Classification Conventions……………….
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YOUR PROGRESS
Monitoring Points…………………………………... 31
Examination Boards……………………………….. 33
YOUR VIEWS
Module Evaluations………………………………...
Student Staff Liaison Committee………………...
Education Officer…………………………………...
Student Academic Complaints Procedure……….
Academic Staff……………………………………..
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YOUR FUTURE
Skills from your degree…………………………….
Student Careers and Skills….…………………….
Further Study……………………………………….
Previous Students………………………………….
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APPENDICES
A Degree Structures……………………………...
B Lecture Times…………………………………..
C Modules 2014/2015:
Methods of Assessment………………………
D Regulation 11B Cheating in a University Test
E Student Appeals Process……………………..
F Health & Safety Policy…………………………
G Sexual and Racial Harassment………………
H Self-Certificate for illness ………………...…..
I Special Circumstances/
Special Exam Arrangements Form…………...
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Welcome From Head of Department
Welcome to English at Warwick!
I would like to introduce you to this guide that will help you to find your way through the
coming year and make it a most enjoyable and rewarding experience. You may be a first-year
student, a little bit nervous or uncertain about the future but full of energy and excitement as
you are about to embark on the next three years of your undergraduate career. You may be a
second-year, with a lot of work already behind you and a good idea of how things work, but
gearing yourself up to meet the new challenges of your chosen Honours level course. Or you
may be a third-year, a bit further down the line, but by now an experienced traveller whose
sights are already focussed on your Finals next summer and all that lies beyond.
But all of you are on a journey. That journey will, like any other, have its ups and downs. There
will be times when you feel lost, or lonely, or not going in the direction you thought you were.
There will be times when you are daunted at the heights you have to climb and dispirited by the
fact that every time you think you have scaled a summit, another, higher one looms. There will
be times when you just want to stop or rest or go back to where you started. But you will also
learn – about literature and about yourself – and you will change irreversibly in the process. You
will discover new places that you never knew existed and had never even thought of going to.
Horizons will expand and whole new worlds will appear. I can guarantee that. And you will
probably end up somewhere quite different from the place you originally intended to get to
when you started out. That is real travelling. That is, in fact, the art of travelling.
We are on this journey, too. As your tutors, we will be taking you to places that have thrilled
and excited us. We want you to share in the experiences and discoveries that have moved us –
made us, even – and to communicate to you just why we think they are so important. But the
process works both ways and it will not only be we who are guiding you. You will also have
things to show us: new ways of looking at things, fresh connections to make, bold places to go.
You will impress us with your own experiences, logs, and traveller’s tales, each one unique,
personal, and wholly yours. That is the art of teaching, the art of learning, and it is also the art of
living.
This guide is your Field Guide to our English Department. It tells you all the important things
you need to know. Times, dates, deadlines, points of information, sources of support; these are
things we will expect you to know as you plan your own itinerary and arrange to get yourself
from A to B. Make sure you read it thoroughly beforehand. A good traveller is always well
prepared.
I look forward to joining you in this journey. I hope it is stimulating, life-changing,
unforgettable. And I speak on behalf of the whole Department in wishing you all the very best
for the months ahead,
Onwards!
David Morley
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GENERAL INFORMATION
TERM DATES
2014/2015
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Monday 29 September 2014 – Saturday 6 December 2014
Monday 5 January 2015 – Saturday 14 March 2015
Monday 20 April 2015 – Saturday 27 June 2015
2015/2016
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Monday 5 October 2015 – Saturday 12 December 2015
Monday 11 January 2016 – Saturday 19 March 2016
Monday 25 April 2016 – Saturday 2 July 2016
2016/2017
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Monday 3 October 2016 – Saturday 10 December 2016
Monday 9 January 2017 – Saturday 18 March 2017
Monday 24 April 2017 – Saturday 1 July 2017
2017/2018
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
Monday 2 October 2017 – Saturday 9 December 2017
Monday 8 January 2018 – Saturday 17 March 2018
Monday 23 April 2018 – Saturday 30 June 2018
READING WEEKS
During week 6 of the Autumn and Spring Terms, the Department has Reading Weeks. These are set
aside as private study enabling you to reflect on your learning from the first half of the term and to
prepare for the second half of the term.
Please check whether your personal or seminar tutor holds an office hour during the
Reading Weeks.
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE
The English Department Website can be found at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english
ENGLISH DEPARTMENTAL OFFICE
Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies
5th Floor
Humanities Building
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
Some staff from the Warwick Writing Programme are based in Millburn House.
Departmental Office is in room H506. All students should contact reception in the first instance. Any
messages or queries will be forwarded to the correct member of staff.
Main office phone number: 02476 524928. An answering service is available outside office open hours.
The Department Office is open:9:30am – 12pm
9:30am – 1.00pm
Tuesday
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
KEY DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Departmental Receptionists and
Assistant Undergraduate Secretaries
Mrs Caroline Griffin (Mon/Tues/Wed)
EnglishReception@warwick.ac.uk
024 76524928
L.McCall@warwick.ac.uk
024 76573456
Sally.Wallace@warwick.ac.uk
02476 523993
T.M.Williams@warwick.ac.uk
024 76523632
S.Moss@warwick.ac.uk †
024 76550338
P.W.D.Mack@warwick.ac.uk †
0247623663
(Peter)
024 76523321
(Pablo)
Undergraduate Secretaries
Miss Lesley McCall
Mrs Sally Wallace
Secretary for the Warwick Writing
Programme (including English and
Creative Writing degree)
Mrs Tracie Williams
Director of Undergraduate Studies
(First Years)
Dr Sarah Moss
(Honours Years) Term 1,Professor Peter
Mack/Term 2+3 Dr Pablo Mukherjee
† When you email the DUGS please make sure you put your name, student ID number and your year of
study in the subject line along with your reason for emailing (e.g. Joe Smith, 1234567, Year 1:
extension request).
Senior Tutor
Dr Emma Francis
E.J.Francis@warwick.ac.uk
024 76522403
General Enquiries
English@warwick.ac.uk
024 76524928
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ACADEMIC STAFF
PERMANENT STAFF
If you need to contact a member of academic staff please email them using their Warwick University
email address. All full time academic staff holds two office hours a week, details of which are available
on our website. Times are also displayed on the noticeboard outside each tutor’s office.
ACADEMIC STAFF
ROOM
NAME
EMAIL
H537
Barry, Dr Liz
E.C.Barry@warwick.ac.uk
Bates, Prof Catherine
C.T.Bates@warwick.ac.uk
H502a
G04b T1 ,
G05 T2&3
Beer, Dr Lewis
L.R.E.Beer@warwick.ac.uk
Bird, Dr Emma
Emma.Bird@warwick.ac.uk
H513
Botley, Dr Paul
Paul.Botley@warwick.ac.uk
H508
Britzolakis, Dr Christina
C.Britzolakis@warwick.ac.uk
H106
Campbell, Dr Chris
C.Campbell.1@warwick.ac.uk
H541
Clarke, Prof Elizabeth
E.R.Clarke@warwick.ac.uk
H526
de Medeiros, Prof Paulo
P.de-Medeiros@warwick.ac.uk
H546
Docherty, Prof Thomas
T.Docherty@warwick.ac.uk
Eaves, Mr Will
W.Eaves@warwick.ac.uk
H532
Fletcher, Mr John
John.Fletcher@warwick.ac.uk/
H539
Forman, Dr Ross
R.G.Forman@warwick.ac.uk
H511
Francis, Dr Emma
E.J.Francis@warwick.ac.uk
G04a
Freely, Prof Maureen
Maureen.Freely@warwick.ac.uk
H517
Gardiner, Prof Michael
M.Gardiner@warwick.ac.uk
H533
Gilmore, Dr John
J.T.Gilmore@warwick.ac.uk
H502a
Goodman, Dr Gemma
Gemma.Goodman@warwick.ac.uk
H516
Grant, Dr Teresa
T.Grant@warwick.ac.uk
H534
Howard, Prof Tony
A.Howard@warwick.ac.uk
H544
H537 T1&2,
H530 T3
Hulse, Prof Michael
M.W.Hulse@warwick.ac.uk
Jackson, Dr Simon
Simon.J.Jackson@warwick.ac.uk
H420
Jenainati, Prof Cathia
C.Jenainati@warwick.ac.uk
H531
Katz, Prof Daniel
D.Katz@warwick.ac.uk
G06
Kennedy, Dr Alison
A.L.Kennedy@warwick.ac.uk
H535
Lawrence, Dr Nick
N.Lawrence@warwick.ac.uk
H519
Lazarus, Prof Neil
N.Lazarus@warwick.ac.uk
G04a
Leach, Mr Tim
Timothy.Leach@warwick.ac.uk
H515
Lupton, Dr Tina
C.Lupton@warwick.ac.uk
H536
Macdonald, Dr Graeme
G.MacDonald@warwick.ac.uk
H509
Mack, Prof Peter
P.W.D.Mack@warwick.ac.uk
H502a
Malhotra, Dr Ashok
A.P.Malhotra@warwick.ac.uk
H525
Mason, Prof Emma
Emma.Mason@warwick.ac.uk
H529
Meeuwis, Dr Michael
M.Meeuwis@warwick.ac.uk
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STUDY LEAVE
T1/2
T1/2/3
T1/2/3
T2
T1/2
T2/3
1.01a
Senate
House
Monk, Dr Nick
H522
Morley, Prof David
G02
Moss, Dr Sarah
S.Moss@warwick.ac.uk
H518
Mukherjee, Prof Pablo
U.Mukherjee@warwick.ac.uk
H106
Niblett, Dr Mike
M.Niblett.2@warwick.ac.uk
H514
Prescott, Dr Paul
P.Prescott@warwick.ac.uk
H538
Purcell, Dr Stephen
S.Purcell@warwick.ac.uk
H502a
Ross, Dr Stephen
S.Ross@warwick.ac.uk
H530
Rutter, Prof Carol
C.Rutter@warwick.ac.uk
G04B
Sansom, Prof Ian
I.Sansom@warwick.ac.uk
H528
Shapiro, Prof Stephen
S.Shapiro@warwick.ac.uk
H521
Sibley, Dr Rochelle
Rochelle.Sibley@warwick.ac.uk
G01
Skinner, Dr Jonathan
J.E.Skinner@warwick.ac.uk
H532
Smith, Dr Christian
Christian.Smith@warwick.ac.uk
H527
Storey, Dr Mark
M.J.Storey@warwick.ac.uk
H510
Taylor, Dr David
D.F.Taylor@warwick.ac.uk
H502a
Tucker-Abramson, Dr Myka
M.Tucker-Abramson@warwick.ac.uk
G01
Vann, Prof David
D.J.Vann@warwick.ac.uk
H540
Varma, Dr Rashmi
Rashmi.Varma@warwick.ac.uk
H520
Whitehead, Dr Christiania
C.A.Whitehead@warwick.ac.uk
H512
Wood, Dr Sarah
Sarah.Wood@warwick.ac.uk
H523
Wright, Dr Chantal
C.M.Wright@warwick.ac.uk
Nicholas.Monk@warwick.ac.uk
HoD
T1/2
D.J.Morley@warwick.ac.uk
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T3
T1
T2
HONORARY TEACHING FELLOWS WARWICK WRITING PROGRAMME
TEACHING FELLOWS
Ms
Leila
Rasheen
L.Rasheed@warwick.ac.uk
PART TIME (SESSIONAL) TUTORS 2014(15)
Ms
Ms
Ms
Mr
Mr
Mr
Mr
Dr
Ms
Mr
Mr
Ms
Ms
Dr
Dr
Ms
Ms
Mr
Mr
Ms
Ms
Ms
Mr
Miss
Mr
Thomasin
Roxanne
Cathy
James
Nick
Robert
Ben
Amanda
Jenny
Chris
Jack
Birgitt
Leah
Sarah
Tara
Lisa
Emanuelle
Andrea
Joseph
Iman
Katie
Emilie
Michael
Rhys
Laura
Chris
Bailey
Bibizadeh
Charlwood
Christie
Collins
Daniel
Fowler
Hopkins
Mak
Maughan
McGowan
Oehle
Phillips
Poynting
Puri
Robertson
Santos
Selleri
Shafer
Sheeha
Smith
Taylor-Brown
Tsang
Williams
Wood
Yiannitsaros
Thomasin.Bailey@warwick.ac.uk
R.E.Bibizadeh@warwick.ac.uk
C.J.Charlwood@warwick.ac.uk
James.christie@warwick.ac.uk
N.J.S.Collins@warwick.ac.uk
Robert.Daniel@warwick.ac.uk
Benjamin.B.Fowler@warwick.ac.uk
Amanda.hopkins@warwick.ac.uk
w.h.mak@warwick.ac.uk
Christopher.Maughan@warwick.ac.uk
J.T.McGowan@warwick.ac.uk
Birgitt.Oehle@warwick.ac.uk
L.B.Phillips@warwick.ac.uk
S.K.Poynting@warwick.ac.uk
T.Puri@warwick.ac.uk
Lisa.Robertson@warwick.ac.uk
Emanuelle.Santos@warwick.ac.uk
A.Selleri@warwick.ac.uk
J.Shafer@warwick.ac.uk
Iman.sheeha@warwick.ac.uk
Katherine.smith@warwick.ac.uk
E.A.V.Taylor-Brown@warwick.ac.uk
Y.H.Tsang@warwick.ac.uk
a.rhys.williams@warwick.ac.uk
L.C.Wood@warwick.ac.uk
C.Yiannitsaros@warwick.ac.uk
RLF FELLOW
H521
Solanki, Mahendra (RLF Fellow)
Mahendra.Solanki@warwick.ac.uk
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Dr Emma Bird - British Academy Research Fellow.
Chris Campbell - Research Fellow in Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies.
Dr Simon Jackson - Leverhulme Research Fellow
Dr Delia Jarrett-Macauley - Research Fellow, British Black and Asian Shakespeare research project.
Dr Ashok Malhotra - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow.
Dr Michael Niblett - Research Fellow in Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies.
Dr Tara Puri - IAS Global Research Fellowship.
Dr Victoria Smith - Research Fellow in Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies.
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CAMPUS CONTACTS
Accommodation
Careers Service (appointments)
Careers Service (enquiries)
024 76523772
024 76575508
024 76524748
accommodation@warwick.ac.uk
careers@warwick.ac.uk
careers@warwick.ac.uk
Counselling & Support Services
Disability Services
Health Centre
024 76523761
024 76150641
024 76524888
counselling@warwick.ac.uk
disability@warwick.ac.uk
http://www.uwhc.org.uk/
Mental Health Co-ordinators
Nightline
Sports Centre
024 76150226
024 76417668/024 76522199
02476 523011/024 76523039
mentalhealth@warwick.ac.uk
nightline@sunion.warwick.ac.uk
fitness@warwick.ac.uk
Student Funding
Students’ Union Reception
Students’ Union Advice/Welfare
024 76150096
024 76572777
024 76572824
studentfunding@warwick.ac.uk
enquiries@warwicksu.com
enquiries@warwicksu.com
Students’ Union
Ticket Enquiries
Unitemps
024 76572794
024 76528118
enquiries@warwicksu.com
unitemps@warwick.ac.uk
INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
The University’s Information and Technology Services department can be contacted in a number of ways
and has a very comprehensive guide to IT on the Internet. If you have any queries or need any
assistance with any IT related subject either contact the IT Services Help Desk on 024 76573737,
access their online information at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/its/servicessupport/ or visit the
Drop-in Centre, which is located on the first floor of the Library and is open between 9am and 5.30pm
Monday to Friday.
LIBRARY
The Library will be a very useful resource for you during your time here at Warwick. You should
familiarise yourself with their services at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library as soon as possible
in order to make the most of their services. They can be contacted on 024 76522026.
COMMUNICATIONS
The department uses a number of methods to communicate with students. Please check your email
frequently in order to ensure that you do not miss any important information.
EMAIL
Email is the department’s preferred method of communication. You will have been given a Warwick
University email address when you registered at the University and this is the email address that you
should use when contacting your tutors and the department office. You can access your email account in
a number of locations on campus: the Computer Centre and the Library. You should check your
University email inbox regularly for news from the department.
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DEPARTMENT NOTICEBOARD
There is a noticeboard for every year of the degree course along the corridor of the department.
Information about modules and examinations is posted here regularly so please check the boards. Pass
lists are published on Departmental Noticeboards at the end of term 3 following the examination boards.
TUTORS’ NOTICEBOARDS
Each tutor has a small noticeboard outside their office on which they regularly post notices. You are
advised to check these regularly.
CONTACT DETAILS
You are responsible for ensuring that the University and the department have the correct contact
information for you. If there are any changes during the year it is critical that you update your records.
You can access your contact records via MyWarwick (www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/) on the University’s
website.
MAIL
If you receive any mail in the department this will be kept in the English Office for collection and the
Receptionist will notify you via email. (Please note that any post which is not collected will be ‘returned to
sender’ at the end of term.)
SOCIAL MEDIA
The University of Warwick uses twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, YouTube and iTunesU. The
English Department also has a twitter account (@EnglishWarwick) which we encourage you to follow as
often we’ll tweet events, news and important updates (such as lecture cancellations due to adverse
weather).
Use of social media and email in the University of Warwick and in the English Department for means to
discriminate, abuse or bully others is in contravention of the Equality and Diversity Policy and the Dignity
at Work and Study policy set by the University and is, therefore, prohibited.
See link below for more information:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/newpolicies/dignity/
Please see Section 4.0-6.0 (pages 3-4) and ‘Guidance for Students’ on pages 6-8.
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY POLICY STATEMENT:
The University of Warwick, recognizing the value of sustaining and advancing a safe and
welcoming learning environment, strives to treat both employees and students with respect
and dignity, treat them fairly with regards to all assessments, choices and procedures, and
to give them encouragement to reach their full potential. Therefore the University strives to
treat all its members on the basis of merit alone and aims to eliminate unjustifiable
discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, political
beliefs, religious beliefs or practices, disability, marital status, family circumstances, sexual
orientation, spent criminal convictions, age or any other inappropriate ground.
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YOUR DEGREE
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Whichever degree in the English department you are studying for you need to be aware of the following
Policies and Regulations because they affect your results.
Required completion of module work
Students are required to complete all components of each module to pass. Information regarding the
requirements of each module can be found on individual module websites. Where a module comprises
more than one element of assessment, students must achieve a pass mark in each of the assessment
elements in order to pass the module. If any individual element is not passed at the first attempt, the
Board of Examiners will require the student to resit the failed element(s) only. University Regulation
36.2, ‘sets out general requirements and expectations in terms of progress, attendance and the
completion of work. The following is excerpted from regulation 36.2:
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Students are expected to engage fully with their course of study, take responsibility for their own
learning and co-operate with their department and wider University as members of the University
community. Students must comply with the requirements for their course as set out by the
department.
Students are expected to inform departments of any health problems, changes in circumstances or
other difficulties that may affect their progress. If a student fails to inform the department, these
circumstances cannot be taken into account.
Students may be required by the Head of Department to meet with staff in the department.
Students may also be required to meet with administrative staff in the wider University.
If a student’s progress or behaviour persistently fails to meet the expectations set out in this
Regulation and departmental course requirements, the Head of Department may recommend to a
Continuation of Registration Committee that the student be required to withdraw (under section
36.4.4).
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/calendar/section2/regulations/reg36registrationattendanceprogr
ess/
Departmental Assessment Strategy
General Statement
The department offers a range of Honours modules and a variety of assessment methods. Some
modules are wholly assessed (100%) by essay or extended project, some are assessed 100% by
invigilated examination, while others use portfolios, logbooks, journals, commonplace books and
online/digital projects as well as examinations and essays for assessment. Assessment methods for
modules are approved in advance by University Committees, and staff members cannot change these
over the course of an academic year.
Assessment Aims
 To engage both students and staff in the learning process
 To enhance the dialogue between teacher and learner
 To award or withhold qualifications/credit
 To measure student performance
 To prepare our students for further study
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Assessment Design
Assessment is designed to be
 Reliable
 Valid
 Equitable
 Timely
The Department is committed to
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Promoting the active engagement of students in their own learning
Facilitating assessment activities which can best improve student learning, recognising the key
role of feedback in students’ learning
Supporting colleagues to enable them to develop innovative assessment methods which are
linked to module and programme-level learning outcomes
Ensuring that students receive timely, meaningful feedback
Use of Plagiarism Detection Software
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Process: when a tutor suspects plagiarism she or he notifies the Head of Department. Having
examined the work, the Head of Department may impose a mark of 0%. For a second-year or
third-year student, the case may be considered by a Senate Disciplinary Committee. If plagiarism
is detected in one essay, all other essays may be re-examined for evidence of plagiarism.
Detection: to help with the detection of plagiarism, the department uses the software Turn-it-in.
All students are required to submit one electronic copy of their assessed essays, and these are
passed through the software in order to detect any potentially illegitimate use of textual sources.
The assessment methods for the modules are agreed in advance by University Committees, and staff
members in the department are unable to change the approved assessment methods for their modules.
Absence through Illness
Always let your module tutor know if you have had to miss lectures or seminars through illness for each
occurrence. If your illness lasts less than three days but nevertheless causes you to miss seminars
and/or lectures, you should write a note and give it to your personal tutor or to the departmental
undergraduate secretary (please see the self-certificate in the appendices).
If your illness causes absence of more than three consecutive days from prescribed classes you should,
in accordance with University rules, provide a doctor’s certificate. Such a certificate is also essential if
you miss an examination or a deadline for an assessed essay through illness. Submit a doctor’s
certificate to your personal tutor or to the departmental office as soon as possible after your return to
health. Normally no allowance can be made for illness (e.g. by extensions to assessed essay deadlines)
without a proper certificate.
Non-Assessed (Formative) Essays – First Year Only
A number of first year modules require students to submit formative essays which are not awarded a
mark. This is a monitoring point. Please see page 31 for further information on Monitoring points.
Please submit your non-assessed essays via e-submission AS WELL AS handing the hard copy in to
your seminar tutor by the agreed deadline for each piece of work.
PLEASE MAKE SURE that your hard and electronic copies are the same.
The structure of each of the English department’s degrees is shown in the tables in Appendix A.
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Use of Mobile Phones/Laptops/Tablets and Other Electronic Devices
Mobile phones should be switched to silent for lectures and seminar classes to minimise disruption to
your fellow students and tutor.
Use of mobile phones, laptops, tablets and other electronic devices, unless for the express use of taking
notes or making a presentation, is not allowed in seminar classes. Your seminar tutor may ask you to
leave the seminar and mark you down as absent without excuse if you abuse this privilege.
Please note: students are not allowed to record lectures unless given express permission.
EXCHANGES
Students following the department’s degree courses have the opportunity to convert to a four year
variant of the course in which the third year is spent studying abroad at one of the University’s partner
institutions in Europe or the U.S. or Asia.
During the year abroad, students continue to study along the path of their degree course and may
choose to also study other courses not available at Warwick. Students are required to attain a pass
standard in the work that they do whilst abroad, but the work does not count directly towards their overall
Warwick degree classification. Students will continue to have the support of their Personal Tutor at
Warwick whilst abroad. Participating in the exchange requires students to pay ½ fees for their year
abroad.
For further information on the intercalated year abroad, please refer to the following website:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/undergraduate/current/calexchange/
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YOUR FIRST YEAR
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Your First Year Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) is Dr Sarah Moss. There is a DUGS
webpage on the department’s website where you will find information about applying for extensions to
assessed essay deadlines, applying for consideration under the special circumstances procedures, how
to withdraw temporarily or permanently from your course and how to change your degree course as well
as details of Sarah Moss’s office hours. You can contact DUGS by email at S.Moss@warwick.ac.uk
PLEASE REMEMBER: The first year of your degree is a foundational year. You must pass it in order to
proceed into the second year (minimum mark of 40 per module), HOWEVER, whilst the marks you
receive during your first year are important, they do not form part of the final degree classification.
PERSONAL TUTORS
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Each student is assigned a personal tutor for the duration of their degree. Your personal tutor is a
member of academic staff who will offer you academic and pastoral support.
Your personal tutor represents you at any formal assembly such as exams boards or disciplinary
hearings and may be consulted by administrative and academic staff on a number of matters
regarding your progress.
A list of Personal Tutors is available on the web at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/ and you can check who
your personal tutor is on TABULA.
Currently University guidelines state:
The role of the Personal Tutor is:
 To assist students with the process of induction and orientation into University life and to
retain an interest in their personal and academic development throughout their academic
careers
 To provide academic advice to personal tutees on their progress and development
 To respond as promptly as possible to requests for help and advice about pastoral/nonacademic matters insofar as s/he is competent to do so
 To signpost and refer students on to professional University support services for further
assistance if necessary
 To signpost students to relevant careers/skills provision
 To act as the student’s advocate when advocacy is needed
The role of the Personal Tutee is:
 To be responsible for their own academic development and achievement by contributing
positively to a productive working relationship with the personal tutor
 To respond promptly to invitations to attend personal tutorial meetings
 To inform their personal tutor promptly of any factors that might be impacting significantly on
their ability to meet the requirements of their course, it being understood that personal tutors
cannot advise and support students if they are unaware of such factors and that personal
tutors are required to treat all information disclosed confidentially and to disclose to a third
party only by agreement with the student
 To be an active engaged member of their departmental academic community
SENIOR TUTOR
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The department also has a Senior Tutor who is Dr Emma Francis (E.J.Francis@warwick.ac.uk) who
can be found in room number H511.
As part of the Department’s Monitoring Student Attendance and Progression Policy, you are required to
meet with your personal tutor at various times during the year. The meetings are designed to support
you and it is important that you attend – see page 31 for more information about the Policy.
The role of the Department Senior Tutor is:
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To be responsible for the effective operation of the personal tutor system in their department,
including making sure that students know who their personal tutor is
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To post personal tutor lists on the department’s website
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To provide support and guidance to students if the personal tutor is unavailable
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To provide support and guidance to members of academic staff who are personal tutors
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To consult with the University Senior Tutor about possible changes to the operation of personal
tutoring in their department
TIMETABLES
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A print out of your timetable will be given to you during induction week
All year 1 module seminars will start in Week 2 of Term 1 - please note that lectures begin in
week 1
Remember that lectures have a set time and cannot be changed. There is normally one 50 minute
lecture given per week for each first year module
You will be allocated to seminar groups for each of your modules and your personal timetable will
show you when and where the seminar group is scheduled to meet
If you wish to change your seminar group, you must contact the English Office - not the
seminar tutor - to see if space is available in your preferred time/group
ATTENDANCE
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Attendance at lectures is expected. Lecture times for 2014(15) are given in Appendix B. Please
be aware that the recording of lectures by students is strictly forbidden without the explicit prior
permission of the lecturer and that, where such permission is granted, the recording is for use by
the students as a personal study aid only and should not be distributed, published or in any way
transmitted for use by others
Seminar group attendance is compulsory and a register is taken at each meeting
If you miss a seminar through illness you must contact the seminar tutor with an explanation. The
tutor may ask you to provide a medical note to support your claim. You must contact the seminar
tutor for EACH occasion of illness
If you are absent for personal reasons other than illness you should inform the seminar tutor as
well as your personal tutor of your absence. If the reasons for your absence are likely to affect
your academic work you may wish to be considered as having Special Circumstances. (Please see
the Special Circumstances section for more details)
Please note: Being or requesting to be considered under the auspices of Special
Circumstances does not mean you no longer need to inform your tutor of absence. You
must still contact your seminar tutor if your particular special circumstances are affecting
your attendance each time you are absent. If you do not, this could affect your monitoring
points
ELECTRONIC MODULE REGISTRATION (EMR)
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You will be able to register for your modules online once you have collected your timetable from
the English Office in the first week. EMR is open until mid-October and you must register within
that timeframe. Please note that if you do not register by the specified deadline the English
Department will complete your EMR on your behalf and there will be no opportunity to change the
registration at a later date
Please do not try to register for modules before you have received and made any necessary
changes to your timetable
On EMR, you will need to select the modules you have chosen and the correct assessment
pattern. The University’s system assigns letters to denote assessment methods as follows (these
are general codes; there are specific codes per module):
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A = 100% Assessed Essays
B = 100% Examined
C = 50% Examined 50% Assessed Essays
D = any combination of exam and essay not listed above
AO = is for Audit Only (i.e. no credits are earned for the module)
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It is very important that you check that your modules and the corresponding assessment patterns
are correct. Failure to do so could mean that you may not be registered correctly for examinations
Once you have completed your registration online you should print your EMR page and show it to
your personal tutor who will sign it. You must see your personal tutor by the end of week 3
term 1. You must hand in the printed and signed EMR form to the Undergraduate Secretary in the
English Office (H506) by the end of week 3 of term 1
Once your personal tutor has approved your choices you CANNOT CHANGE YOUR
REGISTRATION ON EMR so it is important that you get this right first time
The tables which follow show the assessment patterns for first year modules
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Module Code and Name
Assessment Method
EN101
The Epic Tradition
B: 100% Examined
EN107
British Theatre since 1939
A: 100% Assessed Essays
EN121
Medieval to Renaissance English Literature
B: 100% Examined
EN122
Modes of Reading
A: 100% Assessed Essays
EN123
Modern World Literatures (Optional Core)
A1: 100% Assessed Essays and Portfolio
EN124
Modes of Writing: An Introduction
A: 100% Assessed Essays
TH114
Introduction to Theatre and
Performance Studies
Please contact Theatre Studies
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If you wish to register for the language module in lieu of EN123 please contact the relevant
department. In addition, please complete the relevant form (which can be found in your induction
pack) and return it to the English Department.
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END OF YEAR RESULTS
The First Year Examinations Board takes place at the end of term 3 in June to approve marks awarded
to all first year students. The conventions which the Examinations Board applies in making this decision
can be found here:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/quality/categories/examinations/conventions/fyboe
After the meeting, your results will be available from your personal tutor. Your personal tutor will inform
you of the times that he/she is available. You are strongly encouraged to stay on or near campus until
the end of the academic year (i.e. Term 3, Week 10) in order to receive your results and discuss
anything with your personal tutor.
Please note that the English Office will NOT reveal results verbally, by phone, or email. All
students are expected to remain on campus until the end of term in order to collect their results.
PRIZE
A first year prize will be awarded to the student who achieves the highest overall marks in their first year
modules.
PASS LISTS
All pass lists are displayed in the department and in the foyer of University House following the meeting
of the Examinations Board. If you do not wish to have your name displayed, you must inform the English
Office in advance. (Please note that pass lists show the names of students who are allowed to proceed
into the next year. They do not show individual results for modules).
MODULE CHOICES FOR YEAR TWO
At the start of term 3 in your first year you will be given information regarding optional modules for your
second year. Details of the available modules both within and outside of the English department will be
published online.
If you are studying English Literature you will receive information about the four pathways available
within the degree. You may wish to meet with your personal tutor to discuss which pathway you should
follow in your Honours level years that is best suited to your own interests and intellectual progression.
See Appendix A for information about each of the pathways and the modules available within them. You
will be asked to select your preferred modules for your second year.
You are allowed to take level one modules in the Language Centre in Year Two so long as they are
‘accelerated’ language modules (for example, LL141 Spanish Beginners Accelerated). Other level one
modules must be discussed with your personal tutor AND the module’s department BEFORE applying
on your module choice form.
The English Office will allocate students to modules taking into account the preferences indicated and
will inform students of the modules which they have been given during term 3. Please note that all
allocations are provisional at this stage, however, and will be confirmed at the start of the next academic
year.
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YOUR HONOURS YEARS
Having already spent at least one year in the department, you should be aware of most of the
procedures and expectations. This section provides a reminder of things you need to do (and things you
shouldn’t do!) during your honours years.
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
During Term 1, Professor Peter Mack, and during Term 2/3, Dr Pablo Mukherjee are Honours Level
Directors
of
Undergraduate
Studies.
They
have
a
webpage
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/undergraduate/current/dus/ on the department’s website
where you will find information about applying for extensions to assessed essay deadlines and applying
for consideration under the special circumstances procedure. You can contact Peter or Pablo by
emailing them at P.W.D.Mack@warwick.ac.uk (Peter) or U.Mukherjee@warwick.ac.uk (Pablo) .
PERSONAL TUTOR/SENIOR TUTOR
Please refer to page 15/16 for details.
TIMETABLES
Your personal timetable will be emailed to you before the start of the first term. Lectures and seminars
for all honours level modules begin in Week 1 of the first term. If you have not received your
personal timetable before the start of term please contact the English Office at English@warwick.ac.uk
ATTENDANCE
You are expected to attend all lectures. A list of lecture times for 2014/15 is given in Appendix B.
Attendance at seminars is compulsory. Any absence without reason may result in extra work. Please
refer to page 12 and 16 to remind you of what to do in case of absence.
ELECTRONIC MODULE REGISTRATION (EMR)
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You must see your personal tutor by the end of week 3 in term 1 to confirm your module
choices for the year (he/she needs to sign the EMR print out) and to discuss any other issues that
may be concerning you
Remember, when registering for your modules you must check that you are registering for the
correct assessment pattern
Once your personal tutor has approved your choices you CANNOT CHANGE YOUR
REGISTRATION ON EMR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN IN JANUARY, so it is
important that you get this right first time to ensure that you are allocated a space for your exams
If you have any queries about the weighting of your modules, ask your personal tutor
Results of the honours years of your degree contribute towards your final degree classification. Each
year is 50% of your whole degree result. These are also the years when you are given greater flexibility
to choose from a range of optional modules to study. Consult the degree programmes and pathway
structure in Appendix A for a reminder of the modules that you may take in your honours years.
See Appendix C for a list of modules and their methods of assessment.
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END OF YEAR RESULTS SECOND YEAR
The Second Year Board of Examiners meets after the end of the summer term. Once the results have
been confirmed the English Office will notify students that they can view their results online via
MyWarwick from mid-July.
END OF YEAR RESULTS FINAL YEAR
The Finalist Board of Examiners meets during the last week of the summer term. Once the results have
been confirmed the English Office will notify students that they can view their results online via
MyWarwick from mid-July. You are strongly encouraged to stay on or near campus until the end of the
academic year (i.e. Term 3, Week 10) in order to receive your results and discuss anything with your
personal tutor.
FOR ALL RESULTS PLEASE NOTE: Personal tutors may be available to tell you your results
or to email them to you. However, results will not be revealed to friends or family. The English
Office does not give out results to anyone, including students.
PASS LISTS
All pass lists will be posted in the foyer of University House after the meeting of the relevant Examination
Board, as well as on the noticeboards in the department. If you do not want your name to appear on a
pass list you can choose anonymity. You will need to notify the department of this wish in writing by the
end of week 3 in term 3, by emailing English@warwick.ac.uk. Second year pass lists are like first
year pass lists. Finalist pass lists indicate degree classification but not individual marks.
DEGREE TRANSCRIPTS
Final Transcripts (HEAR)
Official transcripts will be sent to you after the degree congregation. These are issued by the Academic
Office and will be accompanied by information telling you how to obtain multiple copies. The Higher
Education Achievement Report (HEAR) is issued as an electronic document and will include details of
academic achievement, including module marks and information about your programme of study and
some additional achievements undertaken whilst at university. These marks can be accessed and
printed as soon as they appear on (HEAR) and this will provide you with interim transcripts. Your official
University HEAR will normally not be available until mid/late August in the year of graduation. The
electronic HEAR is delivered online through a third-party service called GradIntel, and we will therefore
need to share your data with them so that they can provide you with access to your HEAR. To ensure
that you have access to your HEAR when it is issued, the first step will be to register with GradIntel. You
will receive an email to your University account in due course which will provide further details of the
registration process. You need take no further action at this time.
GRADUATION
The ceremony is normally held during the third week of July. To find out further information please look
at the following link http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/congregation/ceremonies/
PRIZES
A second and a third year prize will be awarded to the students who achieve the highest overall marks in
their second and third year modules respectively.
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YOUR WORK
ESSAYS
TYPES OF ESSAYS
Throughout your years in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies you will be
required to write a number of essays. Some of these will be un-assessed (or formative) essays which
mean that any marks given for the work do not contribute to your final grade. However, most essays will
be assessed (or summative) pieces of work, with marks counting towards your final grade. Both types of
essay are important as they help you to develop your skills and improve your performance over the
course. Formative essays are particularly critical in your first year and you should take every opportunity
to hone your essay-writing skills before proceeding into Honours.
ESSAY TITLES
Titles for essays are normally published at least six weeks before the submission deadline. The essay
submission deadlines can be found online at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/essay. On occasion you may
have more than one essay due on the same day. Use the six weeks wisely to prepare your work so that
you are able to submit all of your essays by the appropriate deadline.
STYLE AND PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
Essays can be written in either MLA (Modern Languages Association, http://www.mla.org/ ) conventions
or the MHRA (Modern Humanities Research Association, http://www.mhra.org.uk/) conventions, so long
as you are self-consistent and use the same system throughout the piece of work being submitted.
Handwritten assignments cannot be accepted. Computers for students’ use are available in the work
areas in the Library and the Learning Grid. You are required to keep a back-up of your work and an
electronic copy of any assignments you submit to the department. In the event of computer problems,
please contact the IT Services Helpdesk on ext. 73737.
You should observe the following presentation guidelines for all essays (though for creative writing
work and portfolio submissions, you may use a style agreed with your tutor)
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Line spacing should be 1.5 or double
Use 12-point type with wide margins for comments
The pages of your essay should be stapled together
Your Student ID number should be included in the header or footer on each page of your essay
Your name should appear only on the cover sheet, which is attached to the essay but NOT on
the pages of the essay itself
 Your essay can be printed on both sides of the paper
BIBLIOGRAPHY, FOOTNOTES AND ENDNOTES
All assessed essays and dissertations should have a bibliography of works consulted and cited. There
should be correct and full referencing of sources either as in-text citation, as footnotes or as endnotes.
The purpose of these references is:
 To document direct quotation
 To credit ideas taken from a primary or secondary source (including single words, phrases and
paraphrases)
 To give your reader sufficient information to track your quotation back to its source and to locate
its full text
The key essentials of citation are: clarity, brevity, consistency and completeness.
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WORD LENGTH
The word length of your essay includes quotations and excludes footnotes, endnotes and the
bibliography. Tutors will allow a discretionary 10% shortfall or extension of the word length; however
they will not take into account anything which is written after the 10% extension. This could have
severe repercussions on your mark, as your concluding paragraphs will not be read, so make sure
that your work does not exceed the maximum word length allowed. If your work does exceed the
maximum word length allowed, the following penalties will be given:
 10-15% over/under 5 points will be deducted from the mark for the essay
 15-50% over/under 10 points will be deducted from the mark for the essay
 more than 50% over/under 20 points will be deducted from the mark for the essay
Please also note that if your work does not meet the requirements of the rubric, then your essay
may lose up to 20 marks.
ESSAY SUBMISSION
A list of essay deadlines can be found at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/essay
ASSESSED ESSAY DEADLINES ARE 12 NOON ON TUESDAYS (UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE).
5 MARKS PER DAY (EXCLUDING WEEKENDS AND BANK HOLIDAYS) WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM
LATE ESSAYS WHERE AN EXTENSION HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED.
One hard copy of your essay must be submitted to the English Office by 12 noon on the stipulated
deadline (from 12:01 on the day they are due to 12:00 the next day is counted as 1 day). Essays
submitted by email or fax will not be accepted. If you submit an essay outside office hours, you should
post it through the letterbox at the English Office.
Please submit one copy of your essay: this copy will be marked and returned to you.
When you submit your essay remember to complete and attach a cover sheet. Cover sheets are
available both online (http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/essay)
and from the tray outside the English Office (room H506).
You should fill in all fields on this sheet and you must sign the plagiarism declaration. Essays cannot be
accepted without a completed and signed cover sheet.
In addition to the hard copy you MUST also submit your essay in an ‘electronic format’ using TABULA.
There is a link to TABULA at: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/undergraduate/current/. The
deadline for submitting the electronic copy of your essay is 12 noon on the same day as the hard copy.
Full instructions on how to make an electronic submission are online. Please remember you have not
completed your submission until you have handed in your hard copy AND uploaded your essay
via the e-submission system. Failure to do either by the specified deadline will mean that your
essay is LATE.
If you have submitted either hard copy or electronic copy (or both) after 12:00 (even 12:01 as
stated above), and you wish to have the late penalty waived, you will need to apply to the
appropriate Director of Undergraduate Studies for your level.
PLEASE NOTE: The office will not discuss and is not empowered to waive late penalties.
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EXTENSIONS
Extensions to assessed essay deadlines may be granted only under specific circumstances which are
laid down in the University’s conventions:
Requests for extensions to a published deadline may only be granted in those cases where a student
with appropriately documented medical or compassionate grounds makes the request before the
deadline has passed.
Information about how to apply for an extension is given online at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/undergraduate/current/dus/.
Please note: Retrospective extensions are only granted in extreme circumstances and must be applied
for as soon as possible after the deadline.
For extensions of more than 14 days, the department must request approval from the Chair of the
Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Board of the Faculty of Arts.
PLEASE NOTE
Computer problems are not an acceptable reason for non/late submission of assessed work. ExtraCurricular commitments are not valid reasons for requesting an extension to an assessed essay
deadline.
RETURN OF ESSAYS
The department aims to return essays to students 20 working days after submission. You should arrange
a convenient time with your tutor to collect and gain feedback on your essay.
EXAMINATIONS
The examination period is in term 3, beginning in week 5 and finishes in week 9. The examination
timetable is published at the beginning of term 3. Examination days run from Monday through to
Saturday.
Most examinations will be invigilated unseen papers; however a few modules opt for a seen paper.
Details of these will be given to you by the tutor. Seen exam papers will be available 21 days before the
examination. Papers can either be collected from the English Reception during normal opening hours,
or accessed online at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/undergraduate/current/essay/exams
Rubrics for examinations will be published on the noticeboard in the English Department from week 2
onwards. Please note: You may be penalised up to 20 marks from your overall exam mark if it is evident
that you are in violation of the rubric of the exam paper.
For details of Materials Allowed in Examinations, please refer to the Regulation A, which can be found in
the University’s Senate Examination and Degree Conventions at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/quality/categories/examinations/senateexamanddegr
eeconvs
Past examination papers are available at www2.warwick.ac.uk/go/pastpapers on the University’s
website.
REVISION SESSIONS
Revision sessions are offered for most modules during the Summer Term. Check the module web
pages or with the Module Convenor for details of these sessions.
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EXAMINATION FEEDBACK
The department does not return examination scripts to students. However, tutors can provide you with
written feedback if you request it.
THE MARKING OF ESSAYS & EXAMINATIONS
All Honours level essays are sample moderated. This means the marker will choose 25% (at random
across class marks) of the essays they have marked to be passed to a moderator.
All Honours level exams are moderated. This means every exam will have two members of academic
staff looking at your exam and agreeing a mark.
All Honours marks are provisional until they are approved by the Final Year Examination Board
and may be subject to change.
17 POINT MARK SCALE
Your work will be marked using the University’s 17 point marking scale.
This scale has 17 mark (or grade) points on it; each of which falls into one of the five classes of
performance which correspond to the overall degree classification. The University uses these classes of
performance for all of its undergraduate modules.
Mark Range
Class Performance
70-100
First Class
60-69
Second Class, Upper Division (also referred to as "Upper Second" or "2.1")
50-59
Second Class, Lower Division (also referred to as "Lower Second" or "2.2")
40-49
Third Class
0-39
Fail
The University has generic descriptors for work which is given a mark that falls within the range(s) of
marks in each to the class. So, there is a description for work in the Upper Second class range, another
for work in the Lower Second class range etc.
The mark which each piece of your work will be given is dependent upon the extent to which the work
satisfies the elements in the generic descriptors.
For the purposes of the 17 point mark scale, each of the five classes is further subdivided into the
positions shown in the following table (high 2.1, mid 2.1 etc).
One of the 17 mark points is assigned to each of the subdivisions.
The person marking your work will consider your work alongside the generic criteria to decide which
class of performance the work falls into. The marker will then determine the extent to which your work
meets the criteria in order to arrive at a judgment about the position (high, mid, low) within the class. The
work will be awarded the mark assigned to the relevant position in the class.
If a module has more than one ‘unit’ (or piece) of assessment, (e.g. the assessment comprises two
assessed essays), the mark for each unit is determined using the 17 point mark scale and then the
marks are averaged, taking account of the units’ respective weightings, in order to produce the module
result. This is expressed as a percentage (and therefore may be any number up to 100 and so is not
limited to one of the 17 marks on the scale).
The following table shows each class of degree (including the subdivisions) and the marks assigned to
each position in the class on the 17 point mark scale, alongside the University’s generic descriptors for
work in the class:
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FIRST CLASS
Class
Mark Point
Generic University Descriptor
Excellent
1st
96
Exceptional command of the subject, including material which ranges well
beyond that covered in lectures/classes. Work of exceptional insight,
bringing new perspectives to bear on the materials, or developing new
knowledge or techniques. Achieves or is close to publishable standard.
89
81
74
Very high quality work, with full understanding of the subject matter. Work
that demonstrates intellectual maturity, and is perceptive with highly
developed organisation. An ambitious project carried out successfully, with
sophisticated handling of primary and secondary material, reasoned,
analytical argument. Some degree of originality, independent research and
thought.
st
High 1
st
Mid 1
Low 1st
SECOND CLASS: DIVISION I (UPPER SECOND)
Class
Mark Point
Generic University Descriptor
High
2.1
Mid 2.1
Low
2.1
68
Highly competent in organisation and presentation, evidence of individual
research; appropriate and intelligent use of primary and secondary material,
good understanding of subject matter allied with perceptive analysis.
65
62
SECOND CLASS: DIVISION II (LOWER SECOND)
Class
Mark Point
Generic University Descriptor
High
2.2
Mid 2.2
Low
2.2
58
Conscientious work, attentive to subject matter and title/task set; a focused
response to the task demonstrating good knowledge, balanced more towards
the descriptive than the analytical. Good knowledge, reasonable
understanding of material and task. Descriptive rather than analytical.
55
52
THIRD CLASS
Class
Mark Point
Generic University Descriptor
High
3rd
Mid 3rd
Low
3rd
48
Some relevant knowledge, some accurate repetition of lecture/class
notes/work. Partial or pedestrian description.
45
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FAIL CLASS
Class
Mark Point
Generic University Descriptor
High
Fail
(near
miss)
38
Work does not meet standards required for the appropriate stage of an
Honours degree, albeit with some basic understanding of relevant concepts
and techniques.
Fail
Low
Fail
25
12
Ineptitude in knowledge, structure, academic/professional practice. Failure or
inability to answer the question/respond to the task. No evidence of basic
understanding of relevant concepts/techniques.
Zero
0
Work of no merit OR absent work not submitted, penalty in some misconduct
cases.
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SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Extenuating or mitigating circumstances are those events which have had a detrimental effect on your
study, to the point that it is in your interest to draw your department’s attention to them and ask for
them to be considered in mitigation of poor performance. Such circumstances include (but are not
limited to) illness, both physical and emotional; the severe illness or death of a close family member; a
shocking or traumatic personal experience. In addition, sudden, unexpected changes in family
circumstances might affect your ability to make academic progress as a consequence of their
demonstrable emotional impact upon you, and may also be considered as mitigation.
The University is aware that in some cultures it is considered shameful or embarrassing to disclose the
details of these kinds of circumstances to those outside one’s family. This is not the case in the
prevailing UK culture and you should be aware that your department and the University are fully
supportive of students in difficult circumstances and want to assist if at all possible. If you feel inhibited
from talking to a tutor or other member of staff in the first instance, you may also consider talking to a
member of your SSLC, the Students’ Union, the University Senior Tutor or a Member of Staff in
Student Support for initial, informal advice.
Clearly, though, in order for your circumstances to be considered as mitigating by your department,
they must be conveyed formally to someone in your department (a tutor, the Director of
Graduate/Undergraduate Studies, a course/module convenor, for instance). The University expects
that you will discuss your circumstances before Exam Boards meet, so that they may be taken into
account in good time. You should be aware that, in the event you feel you need to appeal the outcome
of an Exam Board, offering extenuating or mitigating circumstances at that point will need to be
accompanied by a good reason why you withheld the information earlier. Without wanting to invade
your privacy, the University does expect that you bring such circumstances to your department’s
attention in a timely manner, despite the discomfort you might feel in so doing. Failure to disclose such
circumstances at a time when you could have done so may subsequently be problematic. Your
department will do all it can to support you in difficult situations.
Please remember, if you have requested special circumstances and are absent from seminars as a
result of your situation, you still need to email your seminar tutor to let them know you will be absent to
make an excused absent. If you do not, it will be considered an un-excused absence and will affect
your monitoring points.
SPECIFIC LEARNING DIFFICULTIES (SPLD)
If you suffer from any specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, it is very important that you inform
your personal tutor and provide supporting documentation for your file. If the department is not made
aware of any difficulties, your tutors cannot take them into consideration when assessing your work.
Students who wish to discuss their specific circumstances should speak in confidence to the Director
of Undergraduate Studies DUGS, Dr Sarah Moss (Year One) or Professor Peter Mack (Term 1)/Dr
Pablo Mukherjee (Terms 2/3) (Honours level) or the Senior Tutor, Emma Francis and refer to the
disability webpage of the University’s website for more details of available support:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/tutors/disability
SPECIAL EXAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS
If you require any special examination arrangements - such as extra time, a scribe, a nonnetworked computer - it is critical that you let your personal tutor and the Undergraduate
Secretary know as soon as possible so that the University’s Examinations Office can make the
necessary arrangements for you.
If you do request any special arrangements you must provide supporting evidence. The deadline for
requesting special examination arrangements through the Exams Office is Friday, Term 2, Week 10.
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SPECIAL CASES COMMITTEE
If a student experiences any extenuating or mitigating circumstances as described above that may
affect their academic work they may present evidence to the Special Cases Committee, via their
personal tutor or the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The issues raised must be documented (e.g.
by medical certificates or reports). The Committee meets during the Spring and Summer Terms and
makes recommendations to the Examinations Board. We do not require death certificates for
bereavements.
If you wish to present a case to the Special Cases Committee, you must complete an application form
(Appendix I, or can be found at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/undergraduate/current/dus/). The application form permits
your case and supporting evidence to be discussed by the Special Cases Committee. Under Data
Protection legislation any academic committee is prohibited from discussing a student’s personal
details without consent so you must complete and sign the form if you want your case to be considered
by the Committee.
Please note that according to the University’s Examination and Degree Conventions (J10 (c)), any
mitigating circumstances that may have affected a student’s performance in his or her assessed work
should be communicated to the Secretary of the Board of Examiners in advance of the Board meeting
to ensure clarity of information and that a proper record exists and can be subsequently kept; and that
all mitigating evidence – whether coming directly from a student or from a personal tutor or other
member of University staff on behalf of a student – should be communicated in writing. By whatever
means the information is communicated (i.e. whether directly by the student or by a member of staff on
their behalf), it is ultimately the student’s responsibility to ensure that any mitigating circumstances are
communicated in writing to the Secretary of the relevant Board of Examiners. In the English
Department, this may be effected by the completion of the form mentioned above.
KEY CONTACTS FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Director of Undergraduate Studies Year 1:
Dr Sarah Moss S.Moss@warwick.ac.uk Ext. 50338
Director of Undergraduate Studies Honours Level:
Term 1 Professor Peter Mack P.W.D.Mack@warwick.ac.uk Ext. 23663
Terms 2/3 Dr Pablo Mukherjee U.Mukherjee@warwick.ac.uk Ext. 23321
Senior Tutor:
Dr Emma Francis E.J.Francis@warwick.ac.uk Ext. 22403
Disability Co-ordinator: please email Disability@warwick.ac.uk or call Ext 73734
(www.warwick.ac.uk/services/tutors/disability/)
Your Personal Tutor
Undergraduate Secretary: Miss Lesley McCall (L.McCall@warwick.ac.uk for administrative
queries.
PLEASE NOTE:
ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION IS TREATED IN THE
STRICTEST CONFIDENCE
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CHEATING IN A UNIVERSITY TEST
It is critical that every piece of work that you submit is your own work. Cheating in a University test,
which includes assessed essays and dissertations, is not tolerated by either the University or the
department. If you do cheat, your work may be awarded a mark of 0%. Cheating can be defined in a
number of ways. The University’s regulations provide the following definition:
‘In these regulations ‘cheating’ means an attempt to benefit oneself, or another, by
deceit or fraud. This shall include deliberately reproducing the work of another person or
persons without proper acknowledgment.’
Regulation 11, University Calendar
Full details of Regulation11B can be found in Appendix D.
When you submit an assessed essay you must sign the following declaration on the cover sheet:
“I am aware of the Department’s notes on plagiarism and of Regulation 11B in the University
Calendar concerning cheating in a University test. The attached work submitted for a University
test is my own.”
If it is subsequently found that the work is not your own or that you have not accurately
acknowledged any sources, you risk being awarded a mark of 0%.
PLAGIARISM
What is it?
It is a form of cheating. It is the use of another person’s work without acknowledgement. It may include
direct transcriptions of text or the presentation of ideas from a source as your own. You must always
acknowledge your sources, making appropriate use of citation and bibliographies.
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Quotations must always be acknowledged with a specific page reference every time they occur
Direct quotations must be placed in quotation marks
An idea taken from a secondary source must be given a detailed reference
It is not acceptable to just cite a source in the bibliography; if you are using quotations or ideas
from a specific source you must cite the reference accurately
What could happen?
If a tutor suspects plagiarism they will notify the Head of Department. Having examined the work, the
Head of Department may impose a mark of 0%. If this happens, it can have serious consequences for
your work: most essays count for 50% of your module mark.
If you are a second-year or third-year student your case may be considered by a Senate Disciplinary
Committee. If plagiarism is detected in one essay, all other essays may be re-examined for evidence
of plagiarism. The University has a range of plagiarism software that can be used to do this.
How to avoid it
Very few students are deliberately dishonest, but poor scholarly practice can lead them to commit
plagiarism. You should always provide appropriate references. Whilst it is important to engage with
other people’s ideas, you must credit their work. Sources that need citing include on-line sources. If
you consult the internet you need to provide the URL and state the date on which you accessed it.
Advice on good scholarly practice can be found in most books on academic writing. We
recommend Le Pan and Babington, The Broadview Guide to Writing, 3rd edition, which is
available from the University Bookshop. Alternatively, consult:
www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html.
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DEGREE CLASSIFICATION CONVENTIONS
Your degree classification is based on the marks you achieve in your honours-level modules, which,
when combined determine your result: a First, 2.i, 2.ii, Third, Pass Degree or fail. We implement a
university-wide set of classification conventions that entails two steps:
Step 1
An arithmetic mean of your final marks from modules taken in your second and final years is calculated
(final marks are added and divided by the number of modules, usually eight). This means that year 2
and your final year are weighted equally towards your degree – (50% of year 2 and 50% of year 3).
Module marks must be “weighted to take account of the size of the module (credit weighting) and
year/stage of study”. Most students based in the English department take modules with a weighting of
30 CATS. To achieve an Honours level degree, a student must pass in their honours level years
modules equating to at least 168 credits in total, at least 80 of which must be taken in the final year.
This means that first-year modules are not normally taken as honours-level modules unless the
module page states an honours-level route through the module. Any student wishing to take a firstyear module at honours level must check the details with their personal tutor.
Similarly, if you are considering taking optional modules outside of the department in either of
your honours years of study, you must consult with your personal tutor to gain prior approval.
The rules specify that in order to be classified in the class indicated by the arithmetic mean, a student
must achieve marks in that class (or a higher one) which represent at least 48 credits in whole
modules that are relevant to the discipline named in the degree title. Your arithmetic mean is
translated into a provisional classification for your degree based on the following:
First
M ≥ 70.0%
Upper Second
69.9% ≥ M
≥ 60.0%
Lower Second
59.9% ≥ M
≥ 50.0%
Third
49.9% ≥ M
≥ 40.0%
Pass degree (not 39.9% ≥ M
Honours)
≥ 35.0%
Fail
34.9% ≥ M
Where the mean is greater than or equal to 70.0% the Honours degree shall
be provisionally classified as a First.
Where the mean is greater than or equal to 60.0% and less than 70.0% the
Honours degree shall be provisionally classified as an Upper Second.
Where the mean is greater than or equal to 50.0% and less than 60.0% the
Honours degree shall be provisionally classified as a Lower Second.
Where the mean is greater than or equal to 40.0% and less than 50.0% the
Honours degree shall be provisionally classified as a Third.
Where the mean is greater than or equal to 35.0% and less than 40.0% the
degree shall be provisionally awarded as a Pass degree.
Where the mean is less than 35.0% provisionally no degree shall be
awarded.
Step 2
During the summer term there are a series of meetings (Exam Boards), in which the Board of
Examiners comes to a final decision regarding your degree classification. While the Board uses the
provisional classification determined by your arithmetic mean as a starting point for its considerations,
it may decide to award a degree class that is different from that provisionally indicated if it believes that
this is justified.
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In making this decision the Board may use any or all of the following criteria:
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The student’s performance above the class boundary in the final year. For example, a student’s
provisional classification may not necessarily accord with the majority of individual module
marks achieved in the final year
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Under-performance in core modules. A student may have achieved an arithmetic mean that
produces a particular classification, but the marks central to the degree may fall lower than this
classification
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Mitigating circumstances. A student’s performance in one or more modules may have been
adversely affected by particular circumstances such as disability, illness or other personal
issues. The Board of Examiners may take these into account in its consideration of the
classification to be awarded only if the student has agreed to this (by filling in a ‘Special
Circumstances’ form prior to the Boards).
The Board will take a view as to whether performance was adversely affected by the
circumstances and the extent of the effect based on the recommendations of the department’s
Special Cases Committee. (The full Board of Examiners is not in possession of the full details
of special circumstances cases. It considers the recommendations of the Committee to which
students present written evidence of their circumstances – please see page 24/25/26 of this
Handbook for more information about Special Circumstances).
The University’s Honours degree classification conventions (for students enrolled prior to
Autumn 2013) can be found on the website at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/quality/categories/examinations/conventions//ug08
The University’s Honours degree classification conventions (for students enrolled from Autumn
2013 onwards):
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/aro/dar/quality/categories/examinations/conventions/ug13
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Your Progress
As a student, you are responsible for managing your own learning by attending lectures, seminars,
supervisory sessions and regular meetings with your Personal Tutor, by doing the necessary reading
and preparation for classes and by completing assessment tasks on time. The Department and its’
tutors undertake to design and deliver high quality courses using appropriate learning and assessment
resources and to support you through your learning process so that you can achieve your full potential.
To help us to gauge how successfully you are engaging with your course, identify any problems which
you may be experiencing and offer support to help you, the department has a number of check points
throughout the year. If you miss any of the points, this might indicate that you are having problems with
the course and need additional support. The check points (or monitoring points) are set out in the
Monitoring Student Attendance and Progression Policy which can be found at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/intranet/undergrad The full policy which can be found
online indicates the evidence we will use to confirm whether or not you have met the monitoring point.
Your student profile record on TABULA will be updated at the end of each term to show that you have
met (or not met) each point during the term.
A summary of the points is provided below:
First Years:
Term 1
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Point 5
Point 6
Attendance at
departmental
induction
meeting on
Monday of
week 1
Collection of
timetable from
English Office
on Tuesday of
week 1
Initial meeting
with Personal
Tutor by the
end of week 3
Attendance at
seminars in
weeks 2 to 5
inclusive
Attendance at
seminars in
weeks 7 to 10
inclusive
Submission of
formative work
by the end of
week 10
Term 2
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Submission of
assessed essays in
hard copy to the
English Office by
the deadlines
specified in the
online Essay
Deadlines spread
sheet.
Submission of
assessed essays
electronically via
the Tabula system.
Attendance at
seminars in weeks
1 to 5 inclusive.
Attendance at
seminars in weeks
7 to 10 inclusive.
Term 3
Point 1
Point 2
Attendance at end
of year exams.
Submission of
completed options
module form by the
end of week 2
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Honours Level
Term 1
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Point 5
Point 6
Attendance at
departmental
induction
meeting for
returning
students in
Week 1
Module
registration on
eMR by end of
week 3
Meeting with
Personal Tutor
by end of week
3
Attendance at
seminars in
weeks 1 to 5
inclusive
Attendance at
seminars in
weeks 7 to 9
inclusive
Attendance at
seminars in
week 10
inclusive
Term 2
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Submission of
assessed essays in
hard copy to the
English Office by
the deadlines
specified in the
online Essay
Deadlines spread
sheet.
Submission of
assessed essays
electronically via
the Tabula system.
Attendance at
seminars in weeks
1 to 5 inclusive.
Attendance at
seminars in weeks
7 to 10 inclusive.
Term 3
Point 1
Point 2
Attendance at end
of year exams.
Submission of
completed options
module form - 2nd
years only.
All Students
It is extremely important that you meet the requirements of each point as failure to do so could result in
a letter being sent to you from Student Records reminding you of your obligations as a student. Please
speak to your Personal Tutor if you feel you might be at risk of not meeting these critical requirements
at any point during your University career.
With regard to meetings with your Personal Tutor, please ensure that you take along to the meeting
any written feedback which you have received on both your non-assessed and your assessed work.
This could be a useful starting point for your discussion with your Personal Tutor.
Remember that your Personal Tutor is there to advise and support you in your academic career at
Warwick. See page 15 for more information on the Role of the Personal Tutor.
If you are experiencing any difficulties that are hindering your progress please refer to the Special
Circumstances information on page 26.
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EXAMINATION BOARDS
There are three Examination Boards, one each for first years, second years and finalists. The
Examination Boards consider the performance of all students over the academic year and make a
recommendation with regards to progression. The Finalist Examination Board recommends the final
degree classification that should be conferred on each student.
You have the right of appeal against the decision of a final year Board of Examiners regarding the
classification of degree awarded or a decision not to award a qualification. There are specific
acceptable grounds for appeal. Please refer to Appendix E for more information about the Appeals
Process.
YOUR VIEWS
The department and the University give careful consideration to the views of students and there are a
number of ways that you can pass your views on to the academic and administrative staff, some of
which preserve your anonymity.
MODULE EVALUATIONS
Feedback from students contributes to the planning and monitoring of modules. You can make a direct
impact on the way that modules are taught and organised by completing a module evaluation form.
The feedback given by students is discussed by the department. This process can be completely
anonymous, allowing you to be honest and fair in your feedback.
STUDENT-STAFF LIAISON COMMITTEE (SSLC)
The SSLC is organised and chaired by students, but academic staff are members of the committee.
The student chair and secretary are always invited to the department’s staff meeting to provide a
report on the issues that have been discussed. This ensures that all the academic staff members are
aware of the concerns and can discuss ways of addressing these, if it is appropriate. At the end of the
year, the department’s SSLC writes an annual report which is sent to the Teaching Quality department
of the University where it is considered alongside all the other reports, so that the University as a
whole is informed of the issues that concern our students.
The SSLC will not discuss personal problems nor will it discuss complaints about individual members
of staff.
Your SSLC representatives will tell you much more about the SSLC. There is an SSLC notice board
located between rooms H536 and H538 in the English Department.
EDUCATION OFFICER
The Students’ Union Executive includes an Education Officer (Maahwish Mirza), who is an English
Literature graduate of the University elected by the student body to represent them on University
committees. It is part of the Education Officer’s role to ensure that the views of students are shared
with academic colleagues on the higher committees. The Education Officer can be contacted at
education@warwick.ac.uk.
STUDENT ACADEMIC COMPLAINTS & FEEDBACK PROCEDURE
The University has procedures in place for dealing with student academic complaints and academic
appeals, relating to any aspect of the teaching and learning process. These are outlined on the
University website at the addresses below. However, in the first instance, your concerns should be
raised with your personal tutor, the DUGS, the course convenor or the Head of Department.
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http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/complaintsandfeedback
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/aro/academiccomplaints/
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/aro/academiccomplaints/studentappeals/.
ACADEMIC STAFF
You can also share your views personally with a member of academic staff, your seminar tutor, and
your personal tutor, the Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Head of the Department.
YOUR FUTURE
Employers value the competencies acquired by English graduates. It is not only the content of your
degree that appeals to future employers but also the transferable skills you will acquire.
SKILLS FROM YOUR ENGLISH DEGREE
Some of the transferable skills that you will acquire through your degree are:
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Investigation and research, such as locating, marshalling and evaluating information from a wide
range of sources
Analytical and critical skills including the ability to assess the merits of rival arguments, to
develop your own thesis and test it against the evidence
Creative skills, including cultivation of the ability to make imaginative connections that are
necessary to understand unfamiliar situations, cultures and texts
Communication skills, written and oral
Language skills, including a sophisticated understanding of the way English has been and can
be used; many students also develop their aptitude in a foreign language
IT skills
Bibliographical and editorial skills
STUDENT CAREERS & SKILLS
Student Careers and Skills
The Centre for Student Careers and Skills exists to
enable Warwick students at all levels to devise and
implement their lifelong careers plans. You will see signs
“My Warwick Journey” - this is the branding for Student
Careers and Skills services. You can access the support
at any stage of your time here but would be well advised
to start early.
Take a look at the website for more details of the
services available:
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs
Senior Careers Consultant
You have a designated Senior Careers Consultant, Lara Cartwright, who has extensive experience
working with students from University of Warwick. Lara can be contacted by
email via careers@warwick.ac.uk . Student Careers and Skills is located on
the ground floor of University House. See
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/interactive/
Lara will also be able to see you in Humanities Building (H2.37) Appointments
can be made through the MyAdvantage system:
https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/
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Your department also has a Student Careers and Skills representative, Jade Kong. She helps to
maintain a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickEnglishCareers
Social Media
You might also want to take a look the Student Careers & Skills social media channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickCareersCentre
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/WarwickCareers and https://twitter.com/ArtsCareers
Warwick Careers Blog: http://careersblog.warwick.ac.uk/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/careersandskills
Succeeding at Warwick
In addition to providing advice regarding your future career, Student Careers and Skills can help by
providing academic, personal and professional training to support your degree success. A variety of
programmes and awards are available and you can find details here:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/skills
Your future
You might want to find out what others who have studied your degree in the past have gone on to do.
See: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/career/gradstats/department/english
During your time at Warwick you can be enhancing your employability through becoming engaged with
university life through clubs and societies. Part time paid work, volunteering and internships can also
make you more attractive to potential employers. If you take an unpaid internship you may be able to
get funding from the university for the period of the internship (up to 2 weeks). You can find out about
the scheme here http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/experience/bursary/
Try to come along to events organised by Student Careers and Skills, Careers Fairs are a particular
highlight of the year and you can find out about them at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/whatson/fairs/
Careers consultants also run skills sessions throughout the year. These are advertised on
myAdvantage (https://myadvantage.warwick.ac.uk/) and are designed to give you targeted
employment training. You might find, for example that it is useful to come along to some training on
how to make the best of the careers fairs, how to put together an application or as interview
preparation.
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FURTHER STUDY
Many students now choose to continue with their studies prior to starting a career. Some stay on to do
an MA or a PhD in the Department. Others decide to pursue other avenues of interest such as Arts
Administration and Cultural Policy, Architectural History, Applied Theatre and Musical Theatre.
MA Programmes in the Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies
MA in English Literature
MA in Pan-Romanticisms
MA in Translation and Transcultural Studies
MA in World Literatures
If you are interested in any of our MA Programmes contact
PGEnglish@warwick.ac.uk
If you are interested in the MA in Writing contact the Warwick Writing Programme Secretary:
Mrs Tracie Williams
T.M.Williams@warwick.ac.uk
PREVIOUS STUDENTS
Our graduates enter a wide range of careers. Over the past few years a number of graduates have
entered publishing houses including Penguin Books and Oxford University Press. Journalism and
online media is another popular career with some graduates undertaking further professional
qualifications before entering roles at publications at organisations including The Guardian and The
Daily Mail. Other graduates have entered the art world; one student is working for Tate Britain.
Teaching is a popular career choice and some of our graduates have been selected for the Teach First
Scheme. Theatre, film and TV have also attracted English graduates. Other Graduates have included:an interactive copywriter for shopping channel QVC; a researcher on the BBC’s Panorama
programme; a freelance writer; a theatre marketing intern at the Barbican. Amongst our alumni in this
field are directors, producers, actors, theatre designers, writers and education directors. There are
accountants, public relations officers, solicitors, barristers amongst our alumni. An English degree can
open many doors! (For further information, look at the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education
Statistics,
available
on
the
Student
Career’s
and
Skills
website
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/started/gradstats/gems/ ).
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Appendix A
DEGREE STRUCTURES
Q300 ENGLISH LITERATURE
Q301 ENGLISH LITERATURE WITH INTERCALATED YEAR
First Year
Optional Core: EN123
Core: EN122
Core: EN121
Modes of
Reading– an
introduction to the
practices of
criticism including
form, genre and
literary inheritance
Medieval to
Renaissance
Literature – European
literature from the
fourteenth to the
sixteenth century,
from Chaucer to
Spenser
Core: EN101
The Epic Tradition –
includes study of
Homer and Virgil in
translation, Milton
and Walcott
Modern World Literatures– aims to
survey a representative sampling
of anglophone and nonanglophone literatures from the
French Revolution (1789) to the
present, with a primary focus on
the question of literary and
cultural.
(There is an option to study a
modern language instead of
Modern World Literatures)
The modules identified in the above table as ‘core’ and ‘optional core’ are required first year modules
and must be passed in order to proceed to the second year.
HONOURS LEVEL
Pathways
At honours level, the English Literature degree has four Pathways available. Information on each
pathway can be found at the links below as pdf documents:
English Pathway
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/prospectivestudentsold/undergraduate/degrees/englishliteraturefrom201011onwards/englishpathway/
North American Pathway
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/prospectivestudentsold/undergraduate/degrees/englishliteraturefrom201011onwards/northamericanpathway/
World and Comparative Literature Pathway
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/prospectivestudentsold/undergraduate/degrees/englishliteraturefrom201011onwards/worldandcomparativelitpathway/
Theory Pathway.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/prospectivestudentsold/undergraduate/degrees/englishliteraturefrom201011onwards/theorypathway/
Each Pathway has three ‘types’ of modules:
Pathway Approved Optional Modules which students must take in either of their honours level
years.
Distributional Modules which aim to ensure that students are exposed to a broader range of content
other than just that within their chosen pathway, thus forming a coherent course of study. On the
English pathway 'Distributional' means any module with a predominantly non-English component (e.g.
American Literature, World Literature). On the other three pathways, it means any module with a pre1900 element.
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Optional Modules which include all the undergraduate modules on offer in the particular year of
study.
In addition, the North American, World and Comparative Literature and Theory Pathways have one
core module each (termed the Pathway Requirement) which students must take in either of their
honours level years.
QP36 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CREATIVE WRITING
QP37 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CREATIVE WRITING WITH INTERCALATED
YEAR
First Year
Core: EN124
Modes of Writing: An
Introduction
Core: EN121
Medieval to Renaissance
English Literature
Core: EN122
Modes of Reading
Optional Core: EN123
Modern World
Literatures
or
A language module
The modules identified in the above table as ‘core’ and ‘optional core’ are required first year modules
and must be passed in order to proceed to the second year.
HONOURS LEVEL
Second Year
Column 1
Optional Core: EN238
The Practice of Poetry OR
Your choice of module from
those on offer in the English
Department which must be
at least 50% examined.
Column 2
Column 3
Core: EN232
Composition and Creative
Writing (this module is
100% assessed)*
Optional Core: EN301
Shakespeare and
Selected Dramatists of
his Time OR A module
from those on offer in the
English Department
which has a pre-1900
element (50% examined)
OR Your choice of
module from those on
offer in the English
Department (50%
examined)
Column 4
Option:
Your choice of module
from any Department
which must be at least
50% examined.
Third (QP36)/Fourth Year (QP37)
Optional Core: EN238
The Practice of Poetry OR
EN236 The Practice of
Fiction OR EN329
Personal Writing Project
Optional Core: EN301
Shakespeare and
Selected Dramatists of his
Time OR A module from
those on offer in the
English Department which
has a pre-1900 element
OR Your choice of
module from those on
offer in the English
Department
Option:
Your choice of module
from those on offer in the
English Department
Option:
Your choice of module
from any department
You must take a module with a pre-1900 element in either your second or third year. There are
several modules available with this element. Please see the individual module web pages for
details.
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QW34 ENGLISH AND THEATRE STUDIES
QW35 ENGLISH AND THEATRE STUDIES WITH INTERCALATED YEAR
First Year
Cores: EN107
British Theatre since 1939
AND EN121
Medieval to Renaissance English
Literature
Optional Core: EN101
The Epic Tradition
or EN122 Modes of Reading
or TH115 From Text to
Performance
or
A Language Module
Core:
TH114 Introduction to Theatre
and Performance Studies
The modules identified in the above table as ‘core’ and optional ‘core’ are required first year modules
and must be passed in order to proceed to the second year.
Second Year
Cores: EN226 Drama &
Democracy
AND
Approved Theatre modules
totalling 30 CATS.
Optional Core:
EN228 Seventeenth-Century:
The First Modern Age of
English Literature or EN302
European Theatre or TH231
Plays, Playing Places and
Performances in Medieval and
Elizabethan England or TH232
European Renaissance
Festivals and Performance or
two 15 CATS modules (one in
each term) in any combination
chosen from EN353 Early
Modern Drama, EN352
Restoration Drama, EN323
Othello, EN347 Shakespeare
and the Law
Optional:
Your choice of module in
English, Theatre
or
any other any department
(totalling 30 CATS.)
Third (QW34) / Fourth Year (QW35)
Optional Core: EN301
Shakespeare and Selected
Dramatists of His Time
AND
Approved English or Theatre
modules totalling 30 CATS.
Optional Core:
Your choice of module in the
English Department or Theatre
Department or approved
outside option 30 CATS.
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Optional:
Your choice of module in
English, Theatre 30 CATS
or
Dissertation, either in Theatre
Studies or English
Appendix B
LECTURE TIMES 2014/5
Module
Day & Time
Location
EN101 The Epic Tradition
Thurs 12:00-13:00
H052
EN121 Medieval to Renaissance English Literature
Tues 12:00-13:00
Woods-Scawen
EN122 Modes of Reading
Thurs 10:00-11:00
Woods-Scawen
EN123 Modern World Literatures
Mon 17:00-18:00
IMC002
EN201 The European Novel
Wed 12:00-13:00
MS.05
EN228 Seventeenth-Century
Mon 10:00-11:00
H060
EN229 Literature & Cultural Theory
Wed 10:00 – 11:00
SO20
EN245 The English Nineteenth-Century Novel
Tues 17:00 -18:00
IDL Auditorium
EN251 New Literatures in English
Thurs 14:00-15:00
SO20
EN301 Shakespeare & Selected Dramatists of His Time
Mon 14:00 – 15:00
Wed 12:00-13:00
Woods-Scawen
H0.51
EN302 European Theatre
Wed 15.00-16.00 (wk 1 only)
Mon 16:00-17:00 (wks 2-10)
LIB1
MS03
Key to Locations
W-S
Woods-Scawen Room in Warwick
Arts Centre (formerly ACCR)
H
Humanities Building
IMC
International Manufacturing Centre
Lib
Library
MS
Maths and Statistics Building
S0
Social Studies Building
IDL
International Digital Laboratory
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Appendix C
ENGLISH MODULES 2014-2015 AND METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
Module
EN101 The Epic Tradition
EN105 Approaches to Reading in English and French
EN107 British Theatre since 1939
EN121 Medieval to Renaissance English Literature
EN122 Modes of Reading
EN123 Modern World Literatures
EN124 Modes of Writing: An Introduction
EN201 The European Novel
EN206 Comparative Literature 1 (German): Romanticism
EN213 U.S. Writing and Culture 1780-1920
EN223 North American Women Writers
EN226 Drama and Democracy
EN227 Romantic and Victorian Poetry
EN228 Seventeenth Century: The first Modern Age of English Literature
EN229 Literary and Cultural Theory
EN232 Composition and Creative Writing
EN236 The Practice of Fiction
EN238 The Practice of Poetry
EN242 Arthurian Literature and its Legacy
EN245 The English Nineteenth Century Novel
EN248 Modern American Poetry
EN251 New Literatures in English
EN258 The Practice of Life Writing
EN263 Devolutionary British Fiction: 1930-present
EN264 Explorations in Critical Theory
EN265 The Global Novel
EN267 Literature, Environment, Ecology
EN270 Transnational Feminism: Literature, Theory and Practice
EN273 Reeling and Writhing
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EN278 Endings and Beginnings: Late 19 Century and Early 20 Century Literature and Culture
EN301 Shakespeare and Selected Dramatists of his Time
EN302 European Theatre
EN304 Twentieth Century North American Literature
EN320 Dissertation
EN323 Othello (15 CATS)
EN328 English Literature & Feminisms 1790-1899
EN329 Personal Writing Project
EN330 The Eighteenth Century
EN331 Poetry in English since 1945
EN335 Literature and Psychoanalysis
EN336 States of Damage
EN344 Representing Depression: Aesthetics, Insight and Activism
EN347 Shakespeare and the Law (15 CATS)
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EN348 Twentieth-Century Avant-gardes
EN352 Restoration Drama (15 CATS)
EN353 Early Modern Drama (15 CATS)
EN355 Ecopoetics
EN356 The Classical Tradition in English Translations: The Renaissance (15 CATS)
EN358 Shakespeare, Freud and the Power of Scenes (15 CATS)
EN359 Further Explorations in Middle English Literature
EN360 Ben Jonson in Context
EN361 Introduction to Alternative Lifeworlds Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and the Weird)
Generic Description of Codes
A = 100% Assessed
B = 100% Examined
C = 50% Assessed/50% Examined
D = Any other Exam: Essay weighting ratio. Please see list below for details.
A*, B*, C*, D* = Assessment method taken at Honours Level only
** = Assessment method available to Philosophy and Literature Degree students only
D assessment method breakdowns per module
EN121
D (at Honours Level) = 40% examined, 60% assessed
EN223
D1 = 20% Assessed/80% Examined
D2 = 70% Assessed/30% Examined
EN323
D = 60% examined, 40% assessed
EN358
D = 60% examined, 40% assessed
Please see the Work Required listing on the reception hallway notice board for details on word lengths for
essays and examination lengths. This listing is also available online at the address below:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/
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Appendix D
REGULATION 11B: PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED IN THE EVENT OF
SUSPECTED CHEATING IN A UNIVERSITY TEST.
(B) Essays, Dissertations, Reports and Other Assessed Work, not Undertaken under Examination
Conditions as Laid Down in the University Regulations for the Invigilation of Examinations
(1) Where there is suspicion that a candidate or former candidate has reproduced in a University assessment
work of another person or persons without proper acknowledgement, the Head(s) of the Department (or the Head's
authorised deputy) responsible for the module(s) concerned shall be consulted. This procedure shall also apply to
work formally submitted by candidates for a research degree as part of the annual review or upgrade process.
(2) If the Head of the Department (or his/her authorised deputy) considers that an offence may have occurred
according to the definition set out in the University Regulations or Faculty or departmental instructions, he/she shall
(other than in the circumstances set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) below)either:
(a) Make a full report to the Academic Registrar, thereby invoking the procedures set out in paragraphs (5)-(9)
below; or
(b) Exercise his/her discretion to pursue the matter without reference to an Investigating Committee, in which
case he/she shall inform the student of the allegation and provide the student with reasonable opportunity to make
representations on his/her own behalf, before determining whether an offence has occurred and, if so, determining
the appropriate penalty, which shall not exceed a mark of zero in the piece of work to which the offence relates
(with or without the opportunity to resubmit or undertake a further assessment). The student, having been informed
of the penalty, may choose either:
(i) to accept the penalty as a final decision in which case a report of the circumstances of the case and level of
penalty exacted shall be lodged by the Head (or his/her authorised deputy) with the Secretary of the appropriate
Board of Examiners; or
(ii) request, within ten days of being informed by the Head of Department of the penalty, that the matter is
considered by an Investigating Committee, thereby invoking procedures (5)-(9) below, whereupon the Head (or
his/her authorised deputy) shall make a report to the Academic Registrar. In exceptional circumstances the Head
of Department may consider a request submitted after ten days.
(3) In the event that the examiners for a higher degree by research suspect a candidate of cheating, the
examination process shall be stopped. The internal examiner or examination advisor shall inform the Head of
Department of the allegation. The Head of Department shall make a full report to the Academic Registrar, thus
invoking the procedures set out in paragraphs (5)-(9) below.
(4) Where the alleged offence relates to an assessment which contributed to the previous approval of an
academic award or honour to the candidate, the Head of Department (or his/her authorised deputy) shall make a
full report to the Academic Registrar, thus invoking the procedure set out in paragraphs (5)-(9) below.
(5) In all cases where a report has been submitted by the Head of Department (or his/her authorised deputy) to
the Academic Registrar, the Head (or his/her authorised deputy) shall warn the student that this report has been
made, and inform him/her that he/she may make a written statement to be submitted to the Academic Registrar
before the meeting of an Investigating Committee. The student shall be provided by the Academic Registrar with a
statement of the allegations made against him/her, together with copies of any supporting evidence, at least five
days before the meeting of the Investigating Committee.
(6) The reports shall be considered by an Investigating Committee of the Senate, whose membership shall be
appointed by the Vice-Chancellor (or his nominee) and shall be chaired by the Chair of a Faculty Board or the Chair
of a Faculty Undergraduate or Graduate Studies Committee (as appropriate) other than that of the student's faculty
(or his/her nominee), together with no fewer than two members drawn from a panel of up to twenty members
appointed by the Senate on the recommendation of the Faculty Boards (up to five nominees per faculty, panel
members to serve for a period of three years). The Investigating Committee shall not include any member of the
student's department. In considering the case the Investigating Committee shall take into account the Faculty
and/or departmental instructions in relation to assessed work as well as the definitions in relation to cheating set
out in University Regulations. The Head(s) of the Department(s) responsible for the module(s) concerned (or
his/her authorised deputy) shall present the case and shall have a right to call witnesses to appear before the
Committee. The Chair of the appropriate Examiners' Board (or his/her authorised deputy where the Chair of the
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Examiners' Board is the Head of the Department responsible for the module(s) concerned) shall be in attendance
in an advisory capacity.
(7) If he/she wishes, the student shall have the right to appear before the Investigating Committee, and he/she
may invite any one other person to attend the Committee. The name and status of any person accompanying the
student must be notified to the Chair of the Investigating Committee via the Academic Registrar in advance of the
meeting. The student shall also have the right to request any witnesses to appear before the Committee and/or to
provide the Committee with a written statement prior to its meeting.
(8) If the Investigating Committee is not satisfied that an offence has taken place, the student shall be informed
and the matter shall end there. The Chair of the Investigating Committee may also take Chair's action to dismiss a
case prior to any committee meeting of s/he judges that there is no case to answer.
(9)
If the Investigating Committee is satisfied that an offence has taken place it shall:
(a) Determine the penalty and inform the secretary of the appropriate Board of Examiners and the student
accordingly. The maximum penalty shall not normally exceed a mark of zero in that unit of study* in which the piece
of work is being assessed (with or without the opportunity to resubmit or undertake a further assessment) but in
appropriate cases the Committee shall have the power to impose a more severe penalty, it being understood that
such a penalty would be imposed without prejudice to the provisions of the Disciplinary Regulations. The
Investigating Committee may refer cases it considers appropriate to the University Discipline Committee, sanctions
available to the Discipline Committee including termination of the student's registration, or
(b) where the offence relates to an assessment which contributed to the previous approval of an academic award
or honour to the candidate, make such recommendations to the Senate (or to the Senate Steering Committee
acting on the Senate's behalf) to take such action under University Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations as it may
consider appropriate (including that the previous academic award or honour to the candidate should be revoked).
(10) (a) The student shall have the right to appeal against either the decision of the Investigating Committee or
the penalty, to an appeal committee appointed by the Vice-Chancellor (or his nominee), consisting of a Pro-ViceChancellor (as Chair) together with no fewer than two of the Chairs of the Faculty Boards or two of the Chairs of the
Faculty Undergraduate or Graduate Studies Committees, as appropriate (or their nominees). No member of the
relevant Investigating Committee shall also be a member of the appeal committee. Any appeal must be submitted
in writing to the Academic Registrar within ten days of the notification of the Investigating Committee’s decision to
the student.
(b) The appeal committee will consider appeals from students made on the following grounds:
(i) That there was a material irregularity or failure in procedure in the conduct of the original hearing before the
Investigating Committee;
(ii) That relevant evidence has come to light which the appellant was unable to present to the Investigating
Committee at the original hearing;
(iii) That in light of new evidence the penalty imposed by the Investigating Committee is excessive in relation to
the offence committed.
(c) Appeals shall be considered initially by the Chair of the appeal committee in consultation with one other
member of the committee to establish that a prima facie case for appeal exists. Appeals shall not be considered
where, in the opinion of the Chair and the consulted member of the appeal committee, the appellant has failed to
bring the appeal within any of the grounds listed under (b)(i) - (iii) above.
(d) In considering any appeal the appeal committee shall take into account the definitions in relation to cheating
set out in the University Regulations, and, if relevant, the Faculty and/or departmental instructions in relation to
assessed work.
(e) If he/she wishes, the appellant shall have the right to appear before the appeal committee, and he/she may
invite any one other person to attend the committee. The name and status of any person accompanying the
student must be notified to the Chair of the committee via the Academic Registrar in advance of the meeting.
(f) The Head(s) of the Department(s) responsible for the module(s) concerned (or his/her authorised deputy) shall
be at the committee and shall be invited to present a response to the appeal.
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(g) If required, the Chair of the Investigating Committee shall be asked to attend the appeal committee to answer
any questions concerning the Investigating Committee’s original decision, but shall attend for this purpose only and
shall not remain present throughout the appeal hearing.
(h) The appeal committee shall have power to confirm or to set aside the decision of the Investigating Committee,
or to set aside or vary the penalty imposed by the Investigating Committee. The decisions of the appeal committee
shall be final and shall be communicated to the secretary of the appropriate Board of Examiners.
(11) In cases where cheating is proven and the circumstances are such that it is appropriate for the University to
inform a regulatory body for the student's intended profession of the finding, the Academic Registrar shall be
responsible for informing the regulatory body.
*A unit of study is defined as that part of a student work load, in a given year, which is allocated an approved
separate examination weighting by the appropriate body.
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Appendix E
STUDENT APPEALS PROCESS
8.12
Regulations Governing Appeals Relating to Decisions of Final-year Undergraduate Board of
Examiners
(1) Where a final-year Board of Examiners for an undergraduate degree or other undergraduate-level qualification
decides:
(a) That a candidate be awarded a particular degree classification (including Pass degree), or
(b) That a candidate be not awarded a qualification (with no further right of resit)
a candidate has the right to make representations in writing, within 10 days of the date of the publication of the
Board of Examiners’ decision (i.e. within 10 days of the date of the publication of the relevant pass list on University
noticeboards or within 10 days of the date of the Academic Registrar's letter in the case of candidates not awarded
a qualification), via the Academic Registrar, to a preliminary review panel. The preliminary review panel will
comprise the Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the faculty of the department(s) administering the
course on which the candidate is enrolled or a nominee of the Chair from the Undergraduate Studies Committee of
that faculty and the Chair (or Deputy Chair) of a Faculty Board other than that of the faculty of the candidate or a
Pro-Vice-Chancellor. No teacher of any module studied by the candidate (nor any member of the department(s)) of
the candidate shall be a member of the preliminary review panel.
(2)
The preliminary review panel will consider the representations of candidates where:
(a) the candidate is in possession of evidence relevant to his/her examination performance which was not available
to the Board of Examiners when its decision was reached and can provide good reasons for not having made the
Board of Examiners aware of this evidence;
Or
(b) There appears to have procedural irregularities in the conduct of the examination process; or
(c) There appears to be evidence of prejudice or bias on the part of one or more of the examiners.
Candidates may only make representations on the grounds set out above and may not use this procedure to
dispute the academic judgement of a Board of Examiners.
(3) An appeal will not be considered where the preliminary review panel considers that the evidence provided by
a candidate does not constitute adequate grounds for appeal, and in such a case the candidate will be notified of
the reasons for its decision.
If, in undertaking its consideration, the preliminary review panel seeks written comment from a Department/Board
of Examiners, then this will be passed to the candidate for any further comment before a decision is made on
whether adequate grounds for appeal exist; likewise, any written comments provided by a candidate may be made
available at this stage to a Department/Board of Examiners for its comment.
(4) Where the preliminary review panel considers that the evidence provided by a candidate constitutes grounds
for appeal, it may make one or more of the following decisions:
(a) To refer the appeal to the Undergraduate Appeals Committee;
(b) To recommend to the Board of Examiners that the Board reconsider its decision. This decision will only be
made where the Head of Department or the Chair of the Board of Examiners has already acknowledged that the
candidate has established a satisfactory case for appeal and he/she is willing to ask the Board to reconsider its
decision.
(5) The Undergraduate Appeals Committee shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor (or his nominee) and shall
be chaired by the Chair (or Deputy Chair) of the Faculty Board other than that of the faculty of the candidate or the
Pro-Vice-Chancellor from the preliminary review panel, together with no fewer than two members drawn from a
panel of up to 20 members appointed by the Senate on the recommendation of the Faculty Boards (up to five panel
nominees per faculty). No teacher of any module studied by the appellant shall be a member of the Appeals
Committee and the Appeals Committee shall not include any member of the appellant’s department(s).
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(6) The dates of the meetings of the Undergraduate Appeals Committee, together with dates by which appellants
must submit their appeals via the Academic Registrar in order to be considered at a particular meeting, shall be
published by the University. Appellants will receive not less than 10 days formal notice of the meeting at which their
appeal will be considered. The appellant may if he/she chooses, appear in person before the Appeals Committee
and may invite any one other person to attend the hearing. The name and status of the person accompanying the
appellant must be notified to the Chair of the Undergraduate Appeals Committee via the Academic Registrar in
advance of the hearing. The Undergraduate Appeals Committee shall take evidence from the Chair of the Board of
Examiners and any other persons it deems appropriate. The Head of the appellant’s Department, or his/her
authorised deputy, shall be available when the appeal is being considered to advise the Committee on
departmental procedures and any other relevant matters arising in the course of the hearing. All written evidence
which is submitted to the Committee shall also be made available to the appellant.
(7)
The Undergraduate Appeals Committee may make one of the following decisions:
(a) To reject the appeal, in which case the appellant shall be notified of the Committee’s reasons for rejecting the
appeal;
(b) To recommend to the Board of Examiners that, for the reasons stated in the Committee’s report, the Board
should reconsider its decision.
(8) Where the Undergraduate Appeals Committee recommends that the Board of Examiners reconsiders its
decision, the Board of Examiners should do so as soon as possible after the meeting of the Undergraduate
Appeals Committee and within a maximum period of three months.
(9) After considering the recommendation and advice of the Undergraduate Appeals Committee, the decision of
the Board of Examiners shall be final.
(10)
At any point in the above process, provision shall exist for mutual agreement to be reached between the
appellant and his/her department(s) to resolve the appellant’s concerns.
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Appendix F
HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY
The Department takes seriously its provision for the safety and welfare of its students. The Department’s Health
and Safety Policy and First Aid Contacts are posted on the noticeboard outside Reception, H506. The
Departmental Health and Safety Officer is Julia Gretton, H503, ext. 23667.
Fire Evacuation
In the case of a fire alarm, you are expected to leave the building via the nearest staircase quickly and quietly. The
congregation area for the Department Offices in the Humanities Building is Car Park 8/8A, the multi-storey car park
next to the Sports Centre. Failure to evacuate the building during any fire alarm may lead to disciplinary action.
If you have a disability that may impede your evacuation from the department you can request that the
Department’s Health and Safety Officer prepares a personalised evacuation plan for you. There are also two safety
stations in the stairwells that you can seek refuge in until help arrives. The contact number for the University’s
Security Office is posted at these points.
In the event of fire, raise the alarm as quickly as possible and move to safety. The Departments Fire Warden in the
Humanities Building is David Morley. David’s responsibility is to co-ordinate the evacuation of the department from
the building.
Further information on Fire Safety can be found at:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/healthsafetywellbeing/guidance/fire
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A yellow laminated notice is posted in each office and teaching room on the 5 Floor near the exits or by the
telephones (in the offices) detailing emergency contacts and numbers for ease of reference.
First Aid
In the case of an accident or injury the nearest first aider in the Humanities Building is Dr Emma Mason in the
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English Department on the 5 Floor, Room H525, ext. 23339, Mrs Jean Noonan in the Department of History,
Room H305, ext. 22080 or Robert Horton in the Department of History, Room H319, ext. 23453. It is vital that any
accidents that occur in the Department are reported to the Departmental Health and Safety Officer, Julia Gretton.
For the Writers room in Millburn House, please refer to the locally posted notices for the evacuation procedure.
Security
If you cannot find any of the fire officers or the first aider, you should contact Security on ext. 22083
Further details of the University’s Health and Safety Policy can be found at www.warwick.ac.uk/services/safetycopy/healthandsafety/policy/
More information about the arrangements for Health, Safety and Well-being across the University can be obtained
from the Health, Safety and Well-being website http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/healthsafetywellbeing.
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Appendix G
SEXUAL AND RACIAL HARASSMENT
The University considers sexual or racial harassment to be totally unacceptable and offers support to staff and
students subjected to it. The University is also prepared to take disciplinary action against offenders.
Sexual harassment may be defined as verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature which the perpetrator knows, or
should have known, was offensive to the victim. Such conduct may encompass displays of sexually suggestive
pictures, unwanted demands for sex and unwanted physical contact.
Racial harassment may be defined as behaviour that is offensive or intimidating to the recipient and would be
regarded as racial harassment by any reasonable person. Such conduct may range from racist jokes and insults to
physical threats.
Confidential advice is available from the Head of the Department, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, the
Student Counselling Service, or the Advice and Welfare Services Officer in the Student Union.
A leaflet, Sexual and Racial Harassment – Guidelines for Students is available from the Senior Tutor’s Office,
University House.
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Appendix H
The Health Centre
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
CONFIDENTIAL
PERSONAL SICKNESS CERTIFICATE (SC2)
PLEASE USE BLOCK LETTERS
1
PERSONAL DETAILS
Surname: ....................................................................................................................................
First Name(s)...............................................................................................................................
Course: .......................................................................................................................................
Year of Study..................University Student Number .................................................................
2
NATURE OF ABSENCE
Please indicate the nature of absence because of illness to which this certificate relates:
Assessment other than
Formal Written Examinations………………………………………………………………………..
Attendance at Compulsory Classes…………………………………………………………..........
Other Absence………………………………………………………………………………………...
Please also specify where appropriate:
$
the title(s) of the assessment(s) missed or for which an extension to the submission deadline is
sought:
.........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................
$
the title(s) and date(s) of any classes from which you have been absent:
.........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................................
3
PERIOD OF SICKNESS
From: ..........................................................
To: ..........................................................
(First day of sickness)
(Last day of sickness if known)
4
DETAILS OF SICKNESS/INJURY
I was unfit to attend University for the following reason(s):
................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................................
5
DECLARATION
I declare that the information given above is factually correct.
Signature:
…..................................................
Date
.............................................
NB Any students found to have submitted false information on this form or in connection with
the self-certification process may be subject to the University Disciplinary Procedures.
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THIS FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED ON THE FIRST DAY THAT YOU RETURN TO UNIVERSITY
AND SUBMITTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTAL OFFICE.
Appendix I
University of Warwick
Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies
Name: (CAPITALS)
Student ID:
Degree and Year:
Personal Tutor:
Are you using this form to: [please tick as applicable]
NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (if so, complete section A)
REQUEST SPECIAL EXAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS (if so, complete section B)
A. I wish to notify my Department of the following special circumstances, which are likely to affect my
performance in assessed work and / or examination:
B. I wish to apply for Special Examination arrangements for the following medical condition:
_______________________________________________________________________________
I require: (tick as appropriate)
extra time
the use of a computer
to sit examinations in the department (rather than in the main examination rooms)
If applying for exam arrangements, medical documentation is required and must state exactly the
arrangements for which you are applying.
I enclose the following documentation in support of my case:
I give permission for these circumstances to be discussed by the Department’s Special Cases Committee. I
understand that if the Special Cases Committee (which is made up of the Head of Dept, Exams Secretary, DUGS,
UG Secretary, External Examiners) makes a recommendation to the Board of Examinations on the basis of these
discussions, details of my case will not be revealed to the full Board,
Signed:
Date:
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