Ste M
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lol@ title edit.
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nibnob21
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Originally posted by will_doyle
I am at college studying a foundation degree.
our 1st assignment got marked and handed back today, I failed. 30%
40% is a pass.
We handed them in last week, one lad didnt hand his in, becase he didn't do it.
He now has until the end of the 1st year to hand it it, but the highest mark he can get is 40%
it is my fault I failed, but the fact that I handed mine in and he didnt and he can still pass doesnt make sense..
does it?
[Edited on 17-01-2011 by will_doyle]
Work harder, simple. Who cares if someone else can get a pass, you should have done enough in the first place to not get 30%. It must have been pretty shit to only get that mark and you must have known it wasn't worthy of a lot more. Sorry to sound harsh but it's your own fault.
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aim1
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It won't change anything..and an increase from 30 to 40% on one assignment when mixed in with all of the marks for all the other assignments is minuscule. It's the first year, you only need a pass, the importance on marks increases as the years go on so just get the essentials right (like referencing), scrape through this year and then put some proper effort in after that.
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nibnob21
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Originally posted by Ian
The summative grade is based on all the work in that year so it technically doesn't matter when it's submitted if you only want a pass.
He's also not failed the entire year by missing that unit because he can compensate in others.
It won't be as simple as miss one deadline and fail the whole year. But it does generally preclude a proper grade.
I go to Warwick University and they've changed that. We have to pass literally everything we do otherwise we fail. It's their way of making sure they get more well rounded students as to ones who can be shit in one area of the course but make up for it by being good in another area. It's the best way to do it in my opinion.
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will_doyle
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quote:
Originally posted by Ste M
lol@ title edit.
I havnt edited the title...
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Lawrah
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quote:
Originally posted by will_doyle
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Originally posted by Ste M
lol@ title edit.
I havnt edited the title...
matt did.
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Matt H
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Backtraced 
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Mieran
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He has to get every single answer right to get 40%, if you did that you would have got 100% because you handed it before the deadline.
[Edited on 18-01-2011 by Mieran]
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tom_simes
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Originally posted by Ian
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Originally posted by Gary
I can see where hes coming from though.
Get extra time and improve your mark, yeah sounds tempting but if you are paying course fees to choose between option A, 30% and option B 40%, I would go for option C, cook hamburgers.
Edit: Even if Doyle does take up flipping burgers, I don't want us replacing the resident Chef - I'd quite like to live tbh!
[Edited on 18-01-2011 by tom_simes]
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noshua
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Originally posted by Mieran
He has to get every single answer right to get 40%, if you did that you would have got 100% because you handed it before the deadline.
[Edited on 18-01-2011 by Mieran]
No? It will be marked as usual but the only mark he will get is a maximum of 40% (if he gets 40% or more).
If he gets marked 30% then he's thick as shit, I mean he's done roughly the same amount as this dufus.
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Mieran
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I'm sure it works like that.
i.e. if he only answers half of the questions and gets them right then will be 20%.
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spencer88
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You failed the English Legal System paper?
Shit me, thats by fair the easiest Law exam ever!
I got 84% revising the day before the exam and only attending a few lectures.
I hope your good at cooking the burgers 
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sc0ott
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quote:
Originally posted by will_doyle
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Originally posted by Simon
What was the assignment?
The English legal system, and the course is called Public Servcies
what does that envolve? shouting at police.
say you passed and got your degree does that mean when you get community service for breaking the law you can tell them you have a degree and they can deduct hours etc.
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aim1
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quote:
Originally posted by Mieran
I'm sure it works like that.
i.e. if he only answers half of the questions and gets them right then will be 20%.
No. It's just a cap of 40% regardless of what mark you get. The paper or exam is marked the normal way but the actual mark awarded cannot exceed 40% as punishment. The idea is to give you a pass mark but nothing more.
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Ian
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No real way of knowing but it's usually a cap as opposed to a proportional reduction. That's the way my college does it, in common with other colleges in the region and it's also the way my degree worked.
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Haimsey
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Originally posted by Jules S
Jesus
Less than 40%
You'd have to actively try hard to get such a low grade
F
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Twitch
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I was thinking that lol. i've so far got distinction in all 3 tests i've done at college for mechanics and all i do in class is play games or watch films on a laptop :S
[Edited on 18-01-2011 by Ian]
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Ian
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With respect, that probably means your assessment is not authentic. Different issue.
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Ojc
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40% to pass? No wonder the job market is flooded with idiots that haven't a clue about anything with degrees in ironing and bollock juggling.
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Ian
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That's fairly standard, still a very poor classification if you average that.
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Ojc
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Disgraceful.
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AuroraSport
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So you need to know less than half of what is taught to pass? I thought a 60% minimum was bad.
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neil h
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glad it's not just me who thinks that foundation degrees are a complete joke then. The bit that makes me laugh is the fact that you have to get below 20% to actually fail so to speak.
Oh that and the fact that only 2 of the 4 modules i have to do to get from a HNC to a foundation degree are even remotely academic. And yet its supposed to be a higher qualification... Seriously 
[Edited on 18-01-2011 by neil h]
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
40% to pass? No wonder the job market is flooded with idiots that haven't a clue about anything with degrees in ironing and bollock juggling.
Yes but anything less that a 2:1 and your degree isn't really worth having anyway.
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Ian
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HNC and FD are both level 5. Difference is the time spend getting them, FD generally being more hours.
[Edited on 18-01-2011 by Ian]
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