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What is a Discontinuation Assessment?

A Discontinuation assessment is an additional (normally third) summative assessment opportunity given to a student who is registered on an offering that is being phased out, if they have not succeeded in the ordinary opportunities offered.  

When The IIE elects to discontinue a qualification, curriculum or mode of offering to new students on a campus, at a brand, or in its entirety, the offering is phased out over a period, not exceeding the maximum completion time, and these are referred to as “phase-out” arrangements. For qualifications that are being discontinued or phased out, a discontinuation sitting/resubmission assessment opportunity is made available to students as one final additional attempt to complete the module where the student has failed the first summative assessment sitting and the supplementary assessment opportunity (if the student qualified).  

Any student who has failed or did not qualify for the supplementary assessment may write a discontinuation examination/resubmit their assessment (third assessment opportunity) for that module the next time there is an examination sitting for that module, normally the E3 sitting, provided they have attempted the module but irrespective of CASS or subminimum marks. In the case of any sitting being missed for any reason, a fourth assessment opportunity will not be possible.

The discontinuation assessment opportunity must be applied for via Emeris Assist must be attempted in the next available sitting/ resubmission opportunity and is assessed as a summative only (all other formatives contributions are disregarded). This opportunity is capped at 50% and the capped summative attempt will become the final overall module mark. 

If a student does not attend/submit the discontinuation assessment opportunity in the next available sitting of that year’s academic cycle, the student’s record will be updated to reflect “absent”, and the student will effectively receive 0% for the assessment. Their former overall module result will stand, a grade of F will reflect, and the student will be required to repeat the module if they are still within maximum completion time, or transfer onto a new curriculum where the student has exceeded maximum completion time.

Discontinuation assessment dates can be found on the Programme Assessment Schedule (PAS). 

For further details around discontinued qualifications, please refer to the PDIIE009 Assessment Criteria, Minimum Standards And Procedures as well as the IIE010 Qualification Completion, Credit Accumulation and Transfer, Articulation and RPL Policy documents.