Breaking: Bristol University students will graduate even if their diss goes unmarked

In temporary industrial action mitigations obtained by The Bristol Tab it has been confirmed that students will graduate even if their dissertations haven’t been marked.

The university has stated that “the principle form of mitigation is to exclude the affected unit or assessment mark/s from progression requirements … award … and/or classification.”

The maximum amount of credits allowed to be excluded are 40 for industrial action mitigation specifically and 60 overall.

This means that students will still be able to graduate with unmarked dissertations because they constitute 40 unit credits.

Tansy Jessop, the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education and Students at the university, has told The Tab that “many schools across UoB have already been called into the VCs office for ‘special chats’ about how the head of school will be responsible for marking reallocation.”

The university has also outlined that for final years marks will be awarded “where a student has completed at least 50% of the weighted assessment,” whilst for all other years students will be able to progress if “relevant intended learning outcomes have been demonstrated and the pass mark has been achieved in units unaffected by the industrial action.”

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Millie, a Third-Year Classical studies student, has told The Tab: “If my diss isn’t marked I would be absolutely devastated. I spent months researching and writing something I am very proud off and it would be beyond irritating if that hard work was all for nothing.”

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