Programme handbook: Common post graduate marking scheme

Assessment and feedback

Common post graduate marking scheme

The University’s common postgraduate marking scheme below is used for degree assessment. Check the links for more information:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/academic-services/policies-regulations/regulations

http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-administration/exams/regulations/common-marking-scheme

https://www.ed.ac.uk/timetabling-examinations/exams/regulations/common-marking-scheme

The MScCT programme uses the SOLO* criteria as follows:

Mark (%)	Grade	Description	Taxonomy	SOLO Criteria
90 -100	A1	An excellent performance, satisfactory for a distinction	Extended abstract	The student has independently explored and evaluated new approaches and techniques beyond the course material and identified weaknesses in current research practice and presentation. Student has consistently questioned and challenged existing theory, principles and current research protocol and has demonstrated novel solutions to known and unknown problems.
80 - 89	A2	An excellent performance, satisfactory for a distinction	Extended abstract	Student has shown initiative to explore novel ideas and alternatives to current clinical research and practice
70 - 79	A3	An excellent performance, satisfactory for a distinction	Extended abstract	Student has abstracted existing concepts and ideas and can apply these to new and unrelated situations
60 - 69	B	A very good performance	Relational	Student has shown evidence of integration of concepts and ideas and can apply these to familiar clinical scenarios
50 - 59	C	A good performance, satisfactory for a master’s degree	Multi-structural	Student has demonstrated evidence of learning events that include a number of topic related independent concepts and issues without making connections or identifying relationships between them
40 – 49	D	A satisfactory performance for the Diploma, but inadequate for a Masters degree	Uni-structural	Student has demonstrated evidence of isolated learning events that focus on individual concepts or issues clearly related to the assigned tasks
30 – 39	E	Marginal Fail	Pre-structural	Student has not shown any evidence of learning beyond repeating isolated pieces of information unrelated to the assigned tasks or requirements
20 - 29	F	Clear Fail	Clear fail	Student has not presented any evidence of original learning
10 - 19	G	Bad Fail	Bad fail	Student has shown no evidence of learning
0 - 9	H	Bad Fail	Bad fail	Student has not been present for learning

*SOLO: Structure Of the Observed Learning Outcome - a taxonomy developed by John Biggs in 1982

http://www.johnbiggs.com.au/academic/solo-taxonomy/

Students must comply with any assessment requirements specific to their degree programme and the University’s taught assessment regulations for the current academic session.