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Final Submission

Submission must be made to Tabula by your specified deadline. Your dissertation must be in Word or PDF format and must be less than 100MB. You are not required to submit a hard copy, also known as a printed version, of your dissertation.

Late Penalties

You must plan your time to ensure you do not submit your dissertation late. A dissertation that is submitted after the deadline will be subject to a late penalty deduction of 5 marks per working day the dissertation is late. The late penalty deduction is applied for up to a maximum of 10 working days in which the dissertation is late for submission.

This means if you submit your dissertation one minute after the deadline, then your dissertation mark will be deducted by 5 marks. If you submit your dissertation two working days after submission, then your dissertation mark will be deducted by 10 marks. Late penalties can mean the difference between a Distinction and a Merit.

Therefore, plan to submit your dissertation before the deadline to avoid late penalties.

After this period the work may be counted as a non-submission. The only exception to this will be where students have justifiable reasons for applying for (and being granted) an extension to their submission date. It is for this reason that students are urged to plan their submission timetable in advance, allowing plenty of time to cover unforeseen circumstances.

(*students enrolled before academic year 19/20 will have the old penalty rulings apply i.e. a deduction of 3 marks per working day late*).