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Your Commitment. 7.1 Work submitted will be wholly your own. NEC will take action against any student who intentionally passes off the work of others as their own. By undertaking one of our courses, you agree to have your work checked for plagiarism. NEC uses the automated text matching tool Ouriginal to check for plagiarism on our courses which is used in conjunction with our expert tutors’ opinions. This upholds the academic integrity of NEC in the online learning arena and provides You with the knowledge that your studies are subjected to an industry standard plagiarism check. Where plagiarism is found to have occurred we reserve the right to issue a written warning or to withdraw support immediately, in line with our published anti-plagiarism policy and the guidelines of awarding organisations. 7.2 If your course includes an external assessment (e.g. an exam or coursework), You must follow the procedures laid down in your course materials regarding deadlines, number of prior assignments, word length and format of work. You must also keep hard copies of all the work You have produced and the assignments You have submitted. This will protect You if your work is lost in the post, or as a result of computer failure. 7.3 For GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A level courses, it is essential that You obtain the correct specification for your course code from the awarding body. NEC is not responsible for any changes made to a specification by an awarding body. It is your responsibility to check the specification regularly for updates. 7.4 If your course includes an NEA (non-examination assessment), NEC will have to make your exam entry. 7.4.1 If You choose not to use NEC’s partnership exam centres, NEC may advise You on booking exams but You are responsible for making your exam entry, checking you are entered for the correct exam and for all costs associated with that. 7.5 If You take an examination at a centre other than an NEC partnership exam centre, You will advise NEC of your results. 7.6 On enrolment, You will provide NEC with a current and reliable email address and mobile phone number to ensure that crucial information about your courses posted on course and support forums will be visible to you. NEC cannot be responsible if spam filters or similar filters prevent You receiving essential information, for example exam deadlines. 7.7 You will advise NEC’s Student Support if your email address or mobile phone number changes. 7.8 You will look at the Getting Started areas on each course you are enrolled on to ensure you are familiar with the content and structure of each course. 7.9 Rolling enrolment for examination the following year: For students where their enrolment date means they are required to pay particular attention to key dates due to their intention to sit the examinations the following calendar year. 7.9.1 You will need to take responsibility for ensuring that you have made yourself aware of your course’s assessment key dates. 7.9.2 Due to the time to process submission, all internal dates are non-negotiable. If your enrolment date means you cannot meet an internal deadline then you will need to plan to sit your examinations in a subsequent year. 7.9.3 If the course or courses you are enrolling on has an NEA (non-examined assessment), you will need to ensure that you are able to meet the required submission dates for each stage of the NEA. These dates are non-negotiable due to awarding body deadlines. If you are unable to meet these deadlines, then you will be unable to submit your final NEA and we would advise you to move your examination entry to a subsequent year. 7.9.4 It is your responsibility to ensure you submit the NEC assignments in a timely manner to allow feedback to be given and for you to use this feedback to improve your work. Tutors provide feedback in sequence and will also respond to one assignment at a time. 7.9.5 UCAS application and predicted grades; please be aware that if you require a predicted grade for your UCAS application, it might not be possible for you to complete the required 50% of the course assignments by the end of December and therefore your tutors will be unable to provide predicted grades or references by the NEC deadline. This may result in you not receiving a predicted grade. 7.9.5.1 You have enrolled on one or more A levels and may wish to use the NEC’s service to support UCAS applications. NEC’s deadlines are 15th September for Oxford, Cambridge, and most medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science applications, and 15th December for all other undergraduate applications. By the relevant deadline, you must work through at least 50% of your course, and submit at least 50% of your assignments, or it will not be possible for your tutor to provide a predicted grade or reference. More details are found on learn@nec. Important note for Structured Fast Track A levels: NEC’s service to support UCAS applications for the early October deadline for Oxford, Cambridge, and most medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science applications, will not be available to you. It will be the January deadline for all other undergraduate applications. You must work through at least 50% of your course, and submit at least 50% of your assignments, or it will not be possible for your tutor to provide a predicted grade or reference. More details are found on learn@nec.

Your Commitment. 7.1 Work submitted will be wholly your own. NEC will take action against any student who intentionally passes off the work of others as their own. By undertaking one of our courses, you agree to have your work checked for plagiarism. NEC uses the automated text matching tool Ouriginal to check for plagiarism on our courses which is used in conjunction with our expert tutors’ opinions. This upholds the academic integrity of NEC in the online learning arena and provides You with the knowledge that your studies are subjected to an industry standard plagiarism check. Where plagiarism is found to have occurred we reserve the right to issue a written warning or to withdraw support immediately, in line with our published anti-plagiarism policy and the guidelines of awarding organisations. 7.2 If your course includes an external assessment (e.g. an exam or coursework), You must follow the procedures laid down in your course materials regarding deadlines, number of prior assignments, word length and format of work. You must also keep hard copies of all the work You have produced and the assignments You have submitted. This will protect You if your work is lost in the post, or as a result of computer failure. 7.3 For GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A level courses, it is essential that You obtain the correct specification for your course code from the awarding body. NEC is not responsible for any changes made to a specification by an awarding body. It is your responsibility to check the specification regularly for updates. 7.4 If your course includes an NEA (non-examination assessment), NEC will have to must make your exam entry. 7.4.1 If You choose not to use NEC’s partnership exam centres, NEC may advise You on booking exams but You are responsible for making your exam entry, checking you are entered for the correct exam and for all costs associated with that. 7.5 If You take an examination at a centre other than an NEC partnership exam centre, You will advise NEC of your results. 7.6 On enrolment, You will provide NEC with a current and reliable email address and mobile phone number to ensure that crucial information about your courses posted on course and support forums will be visible to you. NEC cannot be responsible if spam filters or similar filters prevent You receiving essential information, for example exam deadlines. 7.7 You will advise NEC’s Student Support if your email address or mobile phone number changes. 7.8 You will look at the Five steps to Getting Started areas on each course you are enrolled on to ensure you are familiar with the content and structure of each course. 7.9 You will engage with the About Assessment section on lean@nec to ensure you are clear about key dates and procedures for exam bookings 7.10 Rolling enrolment for examination the following year: For students where their whose enrolment date means they are required to pay particular is less than 9 months before intended exam date, requiring close attention to key dates due to their intention to sit the examinations the following calendar yearsubmission deadlines in some courses, and exam entry deadines. 7.9.1 7.10.1 You will need to take responsibility for ensuring that you have made yourself aware of your course’s assessment key dates. 7.9.2 7.10.2 Due to the time to process submission, all internal dates are non-negotiable. If your enrolment date means you cannot meet an internal deadline then you will need to plan to sit your examinations in a subsequent year. 7.9.3 7.10.3 If the course or courses you are enrolling on has an NEA (non-examined assessment), you will need to ensure that you are able to meet the required submission dates for each stage of the NEA. These dates are non-negotiable due to awarding body deadlines. If you are unable to meet these deadlines, then you will be unable to submit your final NEA and we would advise you to move your examination entry to a subsequent year. 7.9.4 7.10.4 It is your responsibility to ensure you submit the NEC assignments in a timely manner to allow feedback to be given and for you to use this feedback to improve your work. Tutors provide feedback in sequence and will also respond to one assignment at a time. 7.9.5 7.10.5 UCAS application and predicted grades; please be aware that if you require a predicted grade for your UCAS application, it might not be possible for you to complete the required 50% number of the course assignments by the end of December and therefore your tutors will be unable to provide predicted grades or references by the NEC deadline. This may result in you not receiving a predicted grade. 7.9.5.1 7.10.5.1 You have enrolled on one or more A levels and may wish to use the NEC’s service to support UCAS applications. NEC’s deadlines are 15th September for Oxford, Cambridge, and most medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science applications, and 15th December for all other undergraduate applications. By the relevant deadline, you must work through at least 50% have submitted the required number of your course, and submit at least 50% of your assignments, or it will not be possible for your tutor to provide a predicted grade or reference. More details are found on learn@nec. Important note for Structured Fast Track A levels: NEC’s service to support UCAS applications for the early October deadline for Oxford, Cambridge, and most medicine, dentistry, and veterinary science applications, will not be available to you. It will be the January deadline for all other undergraduate applications. You must work through at least 50% the required amount of your course, and submit at least 50% the required number of your assignments, or it will not be possible for your tutor to provide a predicted grade or reference. More details are found on learn@neclearn@nec Further information about the service can be found here.