GARRY D MAIN wrote:
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > Compensation for damage/distress springs to mind
>
> >can you be damaged/distressed by something NOT being published?
> >john
>
> If the rest of your classmates had access to their results, and it was known
> that if your name was not on the list you had
> failed or were in debt to the institution, I would say yes that this would
> cause distress.
indeed, but that is predicated on the assumption that your class mates
can identify who's missing. It's the statement that all students knew
each others ID numbers that messes it up.
It's why I want to go for anonymous pass lists, or a web-based solution
as you describe. And perhaps the DP commissioner could one day give us a
ruling about whether named pass lists are permissible or not (rather
than their waiting for a test case).
John
> When we were planning how to release student results this was one of our
> considerations. We decided that it was better to release the results via the
> University Web Pages on a secure server. This way meant that we could
> indicate to the student if they had failed, were in debt, etc, without
> making the fact public on a notice board..
>
> Just my thoughts!
>
> Garry
> Garry D. Main
> Analyst (Registry)
> University of Abertay Dundee
> Tel 01382 308917 Fax 01382 308043
>
> > Gail
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [log in to unmask]
> > > [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > 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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