Examination Conventions 2026-27

7. Practicals

Practicals are offered as part of the Distributed processes, types, and programming and Geometric Deep Learning courses in 2026-27, instead of class teaching. Practicals play no part in the overall classification, but do appear on the student transcript. Where a student takes more than one course using practicals, the overall result will be an average of the marks for all courses.

Reports on practicals are marked by the demonstrating staff as each practical has been completed, and the Examiners receive these marks, together with the practical reports themselves. The demonstrating staff are not appointed as Assessors for the purpose of marking practicals, and it is therefore Examiners’ responsibility to determine what credit is given for each piece of practical work. The marks given by the demonstrating staff will serve as a guide, using the table below.

The Examiners will give no credit for practical work that was not submitted for marking by the deadline and signed by a demonstrator, unless there are extenuating circumstances. The following numerical procedure is suggested for processing the marks. Each practical is marked on a scale S+, S, S- that is explained in the Course Handbook. These marks will be converted to numbers using the following scale: 

The borderlines for passing the practicals are 50 for a Pass and 70 for a Distinction.