Many UK universities’ examination board rules include some allowance for compensation or condonement of limited failure in one or more modules, where this is compensated by a stronger performance across the programme as a whole.
Driven by international standards for engineering graduates and in pursuit of consistency between Professional Engineering Institutions, the Engineering Council has implemented a mandatory policy for compensation and condonement that would be applied by all its licensed members. Set out in this policy, the Engineering Council has adopted a definition of compensation and condonement, for use in consideration of the accreditation of undergraduate and postgraduate engineering degree programmes.
The Engineering Council’s Compensation and Condonement Policy should be read in conjunction with an associated guidance note.
Our guidance note supplements the information provided in the policy and illustrates how the limits on compensation apply in practice. This guidance does not replace or materially alter the ‘Compensation and Condonement Policy’.
The Guidance Note refers to the Learning Outcomes set out in the Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (AHEP), which is available here.
The policy and guidance note can also be found in "Useful documents" below.
If you have a query about compensation and condonement, or any other recognition matter, please contact edskills@engc.org.uk.
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