I would say so, yes !
John Gledhill <[log in to unmask]>@mailbase.ac.uk on 19/07/2000
15:19:10
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Subject: Re: Exam Results
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> Compensation for damage/distress springs to mind
can you be damaged/distressed by something NOT being published?
john
> Gail
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
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> > Sent: 19 July 2000 14:06
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Exam Results
> >
> > A real life example I'd appreciate views on from a few days ago:
> >
> > A college posts the candidate numbers of those who have passed the
course.
> > The statement is that if you are not on the list you have failed or you
> > owe
> > money for fees or library fines. Every student has a list of all the
> > candidate numbers.
> >
> > A student's husband goes to look at the list on the Friday, she is not
> > listed. The Admin offices and Exam Offices are shut. Phone calls are
made
> > and messages left on answerphones. There is no explanation forthcoming
as
> > to
> > whether the student has failed or owes money.
> >
> > Eventually, on the Tuesday night, 10pm, the professor phones the
student
> > at
> > home to admit that she'd had problems with the computer and had missed
her
> > off the list as her surname was the last in the alphabetical list.
> >
> > Andrew Fogden
> > Global IT Security & Data Protection Officer
> > The British Council
> > London
> >
> > +44 (0) 20 7389 4148
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
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