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York Online Disruptions affecting Assessment Policy

The University’s Disruptions affecting Assessment Policy is designed to support York Online students who experience disruptions to their summative assessments. This policy applies to all students registered on one of the York Online programmes.

View, download or print a copy of the York Online Disruptions affecting Assessment Policy 2025-26 (PDF , 665kb).

Policy archive

This section contains links to our previous assessment mitigation policies. Please note that these policies are superseded by the York Online Disruptions affecting Assessment Policy for this academic year:

York Online Fit to Sit/Submit policy 2024-25 (PDF , 311kb)
York Online Fit to Sit_Submit policy 2023-24 (PDF , 279kb)
York Online Fit to Sit - Submit policy 2022-23 (PDF , 188kb)
York Online Exceptional Circumstances Policy 2021/22 (PDF , 196kb)

If you're looking for the current York Online Disruptions affecting Assessment Policy, please refer to the text on this webpage, or download the PDF attached at the top of this page.

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