Referral
A referral is an opportunity to make good an element of the module that you've failed. This may be a piece of coursework, an exam or both. It means you don't have to re-take a module, just repeat the element (coursework, exam or both) that you've failed.
You must register to accept a referral (see paragraph below). Only one referral opportunity is offered per element. If passed your grade for that element will be capped to 40%. If you fail the referral opportunity you will need to retake the module in its entirety and the overall module mark will be capped to 40%.
Some professional qualifications and postgraduate programmes may not allow you to re-take a failed module.
How to accept a referral
Referrals are offered in a drop down box next to your mark in your student centre and a box will appear which will ask you to accept or reject. You may have been offered referrals in more than one element. To accept or reject please select from the drop down box.
A referral will show on your Statement of Achievement as one of the following codes:
RC1 - Referral in coursework 1
RC2 - Referral in coursework 2
RE1 - Referral in examination
R stands for referral, the following letter will be either a C for coursework or E for exam, the following number relates to the coursework/exam.
To find out the deadlines for submitting referral coursework please check www.derby.ac.uk/exam.
