The assessment process

The ifs has an assessment strategy that follows core principles of good practice.

As a student, you can expect:

to receive information on how the courses and programme of study will be assessed prior to assessment;
to receive written confirmation of your examination timetable in advance;
a fair and objective process, subject to internal monitoring and external moderation;
feedback on the assessment;
reasonable adjustments to be made (where possible) to take into account any special needs that you may have arising from disability/illness, assuming that you have notified the ifs at the earliest possible opportunity;
consideration to be given where assessment performance has been affected by serious illness/extenuating circumstances. You are expected to provide written medical/independent documentary evidence to support this request;
to have the right to appeal against the decision of an Examiners' Board.

As a student, you are expected to:

ensure that the ifs holds correct contact details for the duration of your studies, during assessment and post assessment for the issue of your assessment results;
observe the ifs Code of Practice - Assessment of Students (Chapter 12).

Contact point: Please see the list of contact details on the ifs website: http://www.ifslearning.ac.uk/institute/contactus.cfm