The School is confident that its approach to the marking of students' summative work is sufficiently robust and, as such, there is no provision for an examination script to be re-marked once the final mark has been confirmed by an external examiner. However, although the academic judgement of the external examiner cannot be called into question, the School does permit students to request an administrative markcheck in certain specific circumstances.
This check verifies that the published final mark on LSE for You corresponds to the mark you were awarded by the relevant academic department.
Eligibility
Administrative Mark checks are only available for
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Failed courses
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Courses with borderline marks. 'Borderline' is defined as where your mark is no more than 3 marks away from the next higher classification boundary in a single course.
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Ratified results. Mark checks are not available for provisional January results or 12 month PG results prior to ratification.
Dates and Deadlines
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For results published in July administrative markchecks requests must be submitted by 22 July.
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For results published in November administrative markchecks requests must be submitted by 30 November.
The link below will only function between the publication of main results (this will be after Law results in June) and the deadline advertised above.
Process
To request a mark check, you should do so via the LSE Online Store.
There is a non-refundable charge of £10 for each exam script to be checked.
By submitting this request, you are confirming that the relevant exam scripts are eligible to be checked. In the event that a script for which a mark check has been requested is not eligible, a refund will not be issued.
You will be notified by email of the result of the mark check within 20 working days of receipt of your request.
What You Should Know
Between 2005 - 2013 the Examinations Office performed a total of 3057 mark checks, resulting in only 4 changes to marks across the entire period, all minor, and none resulting in changes to degree classification. This means that the chance of there being an administrative error in your marks is 0.13%.