Student Policies and Regulations

Assessment Policies

The Assessment Handbook has now been replaced with separate assessment policies that cover different aspects of assessment, whilst studying with The Open University.

Please be assured that there have been no changes to our assessment policy; this is just a change to how this information is presented.

If you wish to learn more about the policies surrounding our assessments, please visit the following policies:

• TMA and iCMA Policy
• Special Circumstances Policy
• Postponement Policy
• End-of-Module Assessment (EMA) Policy
• End-of-module tutor-marked assignment (emTMA) Policy
• Exam Policy
• Module Results Determination Policy
• Resit and Resubmission Policy
• Exam and End of Module Assessment Marking Policy

Please refer to the Additional Assessment Policy to understand more about when and under what circumstances this can be offered to you.

Note: If you're trying to find module-specific TMA questions and guidance, see our article Finding your assignment questions for more information