UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AWARD OF A UNIVERSITY MEDAL

Policy

UNSW University Medal Policy may be found at: http://www.gs.unsw.edu.au/policy/documents/medalspolicy.pdf

Guidelines:

·  All nominations shall remain confidential. Students must not be advised of their nomination.

·  Sections from 1 to 4, and Section 6 should be completed for all nominations

·  If more than one student is being recommended from the same major, additional justification for the recommendations is required in Section 5

·  Recommendations must be considered by the Faculty Assessment Review Group

·  Recommendations must be submitted by the deadline advertised in the Assessment Schedule. Any anticipated delay in submission must be reported to the Manager, Student Administration before the advertised deadline.

1. Recommendation from Head of School or Program Authority that a University Medal be awarded to:

Family Name / Other Names / UNSW Student Number / Overall WAM / Honours Mark / Faculty WAM

Within the degree of: ______

UNSW Program Code:______

Major:______

UNSW Plan Code:______

Name: ______Position: ______

Signature:______Date: ______

Please provide an overview of the rationale for the recommendation:


2. Guidelines for the award of a University Medal within the Faculty/School of ______

Please describe the guidelines used to determine this nomination, including, if applicable (add separate sheet, if preferred):

·  Weighting given to each stage or year of study

·  Weighting given to General Education

·  Calculation of WAM (if not the University norm)

·  Cut-off for Honours Class 1


3. Comparison of recommended student attaining Honours Class 1 (or otherwise in the top 1 – 2%) in the same cohort, as determined by the Faculty.

Add separate sheet, if preferred

Family Name / Other Names / Student Number / Overall WAM / Honours mark (where applicable)

Comments:

4. Comparison of recommended student with students who received Honours Class 1 in previous 5 years

Add separate sheet, if preferred

Year / Family Name / Other Names / Student Number / Overall WAM / Honours mark / Medal recipient? Y/N

Comments:


5. Justification for Recommendation for more than one student from same Major (or Program, where no Major exists)

It is expected that only in exceptional circumstances would more than one recommendation be made for a student in the same Major. Where this is the case, additional justification must be provided:

6. Faculty Assessment Review Group

At its meeting on ______the Assessment Review Group of the Faculty of ______

considered this recommendation and resolved to endorse it for the consideration of the University Medal Committee.

Signed: ______Date______

Name of Presiding Member:______

7. University Medal Committee Decision

Award/Not Award

Comments:

Signed ______Date ______

Presiding Member