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7.7 Submitting Work
7.7.1 Essay presentation
- Check your subject handbook for any specific requirements for your Department
- Use a clearly readable font such as Times New Roman or Arial
- Use minimum of 11 point font size unless otherwise advised by your department
- Learn how to use accents when quoting in languages other than English
- Use double-spacing and clear margins of at least 2.5 cm all around
- Number your pages
- Use the referencing system recommended by your department (for clear and accurate guidance, see https://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/referencing)
- Add your student number to the top of all pages (in the interest of marking anonymity, please do not include your name)
- Keep a copy of the work you hand in (correct version)
- All printed work should be printed double-sided unless otherwise advised by your department.
7.7.2 Coursework Submission and eBART (NB There are different processes for Streatham and Penryn)
Most coursework hand-ins involve submission via our electronic system, E-BART. Please see the Online Submission Student Handbook for full details on how to submit work.
If you notice that a scheduled assignment is not showing on your E-BART record, please let your local Info Point know. If you have applied for, and been granted mitigation (see relevant section in this Handbook), this will show on your E-BART record.
7.7.3 Deadlines
For Humanities subjects, the standard deadline is 12 noon on the published submission day and so you must submit by 11.59:59 at the latest. Work which is late (without approved mitigation - see relevant sections in this Handbook) by up to one hour will receive a penalty of 5% of the total marks available for the coursework and work that is more than one hour but up to 14 days late will be capped at a maximum of the bare pass-mark for the programme. See section 7.8 and here for more information.
You are able, if you wish, to hand in work early. If you are required to submit your work in person (e.g. creative portfolios) at one of the Info Points, please do not leave this to the last minute in case of queues at the desk.
7.7.4 "Turnitin"
One of the tools used at the University of Exeter to help ensure academic integrity and honesty is Turnitin. This is a computer programme which we use to check for similarities, against material within the Turnitin database which includes a wide range of publications and texts. To ensure clarity, fairness and consistency across the University all programmes use Turnitin for written work submitted for marking. Our policy can be found in the Academic Conduct and Practice regulations.
7.7.5 Further Advice and Guidance
There are plenty of sources of advice and guidance. All students have access to an Academic Honesty and Plagiarism site on ELE (this should show on the left hand side of your screen when you log in). There is also a general site, useful online referencing guidance and your academic or personal tutors will also be happy to help.
7.7.6 Submitting Work Twice
Please note that you may not submit the same work for two different assignments, or as part of two different assignments (whether on the same module or on different modules), unless the instructions for a specific piece of work explicitly allow such repetition. Where there is a degree of overlap or resemblance between the work submitted for two different assignments, please consult the tutors of the modules about the appropriate course of action.