The University of Sheffield
Department of History

Deadlines (Level Three)

 

Your tutor will give you clear notice of the deadlines for submitted coursework. (You should take particular care, should you have to miss a class, to check whether this information has been given out).

Essay deadlines are as follows:

In all cases, work (including dissertations) must be submitted in person to the departmental office at the times advertised, and no later than 12 noon, after which penalties will apply.

Information of Word Limits

 

Penalties

Each working day late will result in 5% being deducted from the mark awarded to your piece of work. So, for instance, an essay worth 60 would lose 3 marks a day, while one worth 68 would lose 3.4 and one worth 52 would lose 2.6. The eventual mark is rounded up, and a whole number returned, but each step is arithmetically precise. A 'working day' runs from 12 noon to 12 noon, excluding weekends and Bank Holidays but including Monday to Fridays throughout vacations.
After 5 working days your work will receive 0.

The usual penalties for late submission also apply to the dissertation. Please note that in the case of HST399, where these penalties will affect 40 credits, the effect of penalties for late submission on the dissertation can be particularly severe.

If you want to challenge a penalty that has been imposed, you may appeal to the Senior Tutor. Be aware that when a case is reconsidered, it is possible that an increased penalty may result.

If you have difficulty in meeting the deadline for submission, it is always preferable to discuss this in advance. If you need to ask for an extension, you must apply to the Level 3 Tutor, Dr Dan scroop by email in the first instance. This should be done in advance of the deadline if at all possible. In cases where illness or difficult personal circumstances have significantly affected your progress in working on the dissertation, please keep both your supervisor and Dr Scroop informed, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Such cases are treated sympathetically, on a case-by-case basis. Since the dissertation is completed over a long period of time, conditions such as dyslexia are not normally considered as grounds for an extension on this module.

Dissertations must be word-processed, securely bound, and clearly labelled with module number, candidate number, title, word-count, and the name of the supervisor. Two copies must be provided, and all text must previously have been submitted through the online plagiarism detection service, 'Turnitin'.

No work can be accepted by email or fax. Dissertations should under no circumstances be submitted as loose leaf pages in a folder, or attached merely by staples or paper clips.

Full guidance on the dissertation modules is available here where you will find advice and suggestions about how to plan your work. Students taking HST398 should note that, although this is a second semester module, they may find it helpful to start preliminary work on their dissertation during semester 1.

The following table illustrates how penalties are applied on late submissions, this example assuming a deadline at 12 noon on a Tuesday:

Penalty Table
After 12 noon on Tuesday - 5%
By 12 noon Wednesday - 5%
By 12 noon Thursday - 10%
By 12 noon Friday - 15%
By 12 noon Monday - 20%
By 12 noon Tuesday - 25%
After 12 noon on Tuesday the mark will be '0'

 

Extensions

If you find that you have to summit a piece of work (including an assessed oral presentation) after the deadline, this must be agreed in advance where possible. Requests for extensions for all Level Three modules are handled by the Level Three tutor, Dr Daniel Scroop. You will need to present your case in writing by email, giving full details of the module and piece of work involved, with an outline of the reasons for your problems in meeting the original deadline. Please note that seminar tutors on individual modules are not in a position to agree extensions, nor is your Personal Tutor.

If you want to challenge a penalty that has been imposed, you may appeal to the Senior Tutor, Dr Miriam Dobson. Be aware, however, that a reconsidered case may result in an increased penalty.

You should be aware that procedures for granting extensions may be different in other departments.

 

Hand in procedure

Dissertations must be word-processed, securely bound, and clearly labelled with module number, candidate number, title, word-count, and the name of the supervisor. Two copies must be provided, and all text must previously have been submitted through the online plagiarism detection service, 'Turnitin'. No work can be accepted by email or fax. Dissertations should under no circumstances be submitted as loose leaf pages in a folder, or attached merely by staples or paper clips.

Full guidance on the dissertation modules is available from the links below. Here you will find advice and suggestions about how to plan your work. Students taking HST398 should note that, although this is a second semester module, they may find it helpful to start preliminary work on their dissertation during semester 1, particularly in cases where their further subject tutor will be on leave later in the year, and therefore unable to continue supervision of the project.

Dissertation Guidance