Assessment
The Research and Analysis Project (RAP) is the final component of the BSc degree and consists of two separate documents; a 6,500 word Research Project (RP) and a 2,000 word Skills and Learning Statement (SLS). You are also required to give a presentation on the project to your project mentor.
You have three attempts to pass the RAP. Unfortunately, if you fail the RAP on three separate occasions you will no longer be eligible to complete the BSc degree. Please note that you can either submit the same project topic three times or three different RAPs.
To pass the RAP you must pass both the Research Project (RP) and the Skills and Learning Statement (SLS). If you do not pass both components separately within the same RAP submission you will be awarded a Fail grade for the RAP.
You will be given one of three Pass grades (A, B or C) or a Fail grade (F) for the performance in the RP. You will be given either a ‘Satisfactory’ grade or an ‘Unsatisfactory’ grade for the performance in the SLS.
If you achieve one of the three Pass grades for the RP and the ‘Satisfactory’ grade for the SLS, then a pass in the RAP will be awarded. The grade awarded to you for the performance in the RAP will be that awarded to you for the RP ie A, B or C. Once you have been awarded one of the three Pass grades for the RAP, then you cannot make any further RAP submissions.
If you are awarded either a Fail grade in the RP or an Unsatisfactory grade in the SLS, then you will be awarded a Fail grade for the RAP. If you are awarded a Fail grade on the first RAP submission you will be allowed up to two further RAP submissions.