Grades

All assessment tasks are marked in accordance with approved grades of performance. The Faculty reserves the right to scale marks in any subject and we advised that you consult the University’s rules on Reassessment of Grades.

Approved grades of performance are listed below:

Academic Misconduct

The University of Wollongong is committed to providing a safe, equitable and orderly environment for the University community, and expects each member of that community to behave responsibly and ethically. The University regards academic misconduct as a very serious matter. Academic conduct is based on five fundamental values of Academic Integrity, namely honesty, trust, responsibility, respect and fairness. Students are responsible for ensuring that all aspects of their academic studies are conducted in a manner that observes these academic values.

Students found guilty of academic misconduct may be excluded from the University for a specified period of time or permanently. Examples of academic misconduct are now set out in Table 5.1 of the Procedure for Managing Alleged Academic Misconduct.

Student Academic Grievance Policy

The University and the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences have formal Student Academic Grievance Policies. These policies are to be used only after informal approaches have been made to the marker or the Subject Coordinator.

"Academic grievance" means a complaint by a student concerning a decision, act or omission of a member of UOW staff or committee, which affects the student's academic experience. Examples of the types of complaints that may be covered by this definition follow:

1. failure to assess work in accordance with specified criteria;
2. bias by marker;
3. technical marking or collating error;
4. failure to manage requests for special consideration in accordance with the Special Consideration Policy;
5. failure of a research project supervisor to fulfil their responsibilities as defined in the Code of Practice - Honours;
6. failure to adhere to the requirements of the General Course Rules, including the rules governing the award of grades of performance, granting of awards "with Distinction", minimum rate of progress, advanced standing, amendments to academic records;
7. failure to adhere to the requirements of the Award Rules;
8. failure to adhere to mandatory requirements of a relevant Code of Practice (e.g. Teaching and Assessment, Honours, Practical Placements), including assessment or examination requirements;
9. failure to adhere to Faculty assessment or examination requirements;failure to follow due process in handling student requests or complaints.

Please note that there are strict guidelines and timeframes for processing and collecting forms. 

• Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences grievance information sheet
• UOW Academic Grievance Policy