The following information expands on the marks, progression and graduation update we issued in April and outlines how students may be impacted, and the actions you may need to take. Please read it carefully to ensure you understand your options. Depending on your year of study, the choices you make may have different impacts, and your deadlines will be different.

Assessment results – released Tuesday 11 July

All undergraduate students will be able to access their marks from 10am on Tuesday 11 July via Blue Castle. We will email a notification to your university email address once this information is live. The majority of students’ marks will be unaffected by the marking and assessment boycott, and your marks and classification information will appear as normal.

How will I know if my marks have been affected?

Where students are in the minority and one or more of your modules has been affected, it will be clearly indicated when your marks have been calculated by the derived or part-for-whole methods in your Blue Castle profile. For more information on the derived and part-for-whole marking methods, read our FAQs and our contingency regulations.

What should I do next? Finalists who are expecting to graduate this summer

Classification information will be released at the same time as your marks on Tuesday 11 July at 10am.

If your marks have not been affected by the marking and assessment boycott, you do not need to do anything. You can attend your graduation with your cohort as expected and collect your certificate at your ceremony.

If some or all of your marks are indicated to be derived or part-for-whole and you are happy to accept them as your final mark and degree classification, you do not need to do anything. You can attend your graduation with your cohort as expected and collect your certificate at your ceremony.

I am a finalist and I don’t want to accept my derived or part-for-whole mark

If some or all of your marks are indicated to be derived or part-for whole and you wish to wait until your work can be marked, you must complete the notification form on Blue Castle by 5pm on Friday 14 July. This form will be made live at the same time that marks are released.

If you choose not to accept your derived or part-for-whole mark we will not be able to confirm your classification until your work is marked. It could go up or down from the classification originally given from your derived or part-for-whole marks.

The form will go live once marks have been released. You will not be able to complete the form until you have your marks.

Please be assured that you will be able to attend your graduation in July with your cohort and course mates as expected. Whilst your certificate will not be available to collect, we will post this to you as soon as your work has been marked and your classification is available. We will update you with this information as soon as we have it. Alternatively, you could decide to attend a later graduation ceremony, when your certificate is available.

Some programmes or individual modules carry an extra professional accreditation element. This may mean there are additional standards or requirements around the assessment or marking process. It is possible that students affected by the boycott may have professional accreditation requirements which mean it is not possible to generate a derived or part-for-whole mark. We expect this scenario to only affect a small number of students – if any at all.

In the unlikely event that your school can’t determine whether you have met these requirements for your programme, they will contact you direct via your university email to explain your individual options regarding your graduation.

Students who are expecting to progress to their next year of study

Your marks will be available on Blue Castle on Tuesday 11 July. Your progression information will follow on Tuesday 18 July, going live at 10am.

If your marks have not been affected by the marking and assessment boycott, you do not need to do anything. You will progress in your studies as expected. If you have passed this stage of your programme you will progress and be invited to reregister in due course. If you need to take reassessment to progress you will be notified on Blue Castle.

If some or all of your marks are indicated to be derived or part-for-whole and you are happy to accept them as your final mark, you do not need to do anything. You will progress in your studies as expected. If you have passed this stage of your programme you will progress and be invited to re-register in due course. If you need to take reassessment to progress you will be notified on Blue Castle.

I am expecting to progress to my next year of study and I don’t want to accept my derived or part-for-whole mark

If some or all of your marks are indicated to be derived or part-for whole and you wish to wait until your work can be marked, you must complete the notification form on Blue Castle by 5pm on Friday 21 July. We will not be able to confirm your progression until your work is marked.

The form will go live on Blue Castle once marks have been released. You will not be able to complete the form until you have your progression information.

If you decide not to accept your derived or part-for-whole marks, this may mean that you will not have your marks in time to progress to your next year of study. You may not be able to re-register in September, and you may lose access to grant and loan funding.

International students with visa requirements will need to consider how a delay in progressing to their next year of study will affect their visa and right to study in the UK.

Some programmes or individual modules carry an extra professional accreditation element. This may mean there are additional standards or requirements around the assessment or marking process. It is possible that students affected by the boycott may have professional accreditation requirements which mean it is not possible to generate a derived or part-for-whole mark. We expect this scenario to only affect a small number of students – if any at all.

In the unlikely event that your school can’t determine whether you have met these requirements for your programme, they will contact you direct via your university email to explain your individual options regarding progressing to your next year of study.

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Students who we think may be affected by the boycott – even if the chance is small - will be contacted directly by their schools to outline the process relevant to them, and signpost their local support contacts.

Though the majority of students will be unaffected by the marking and assessment boycott, we know that some of you will be anxious about the process. If you have any further questions, have a look at our detailed FAQS. If these don’t help, contact your Head of School or Department.