** Reply to note from Alison Aiton <[log in to unmask]> Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:38:46 +0100
> My institution is considering using an asterisk against a grade in a
> student transcript to indicate 'mitigating circumstances' - ie to indicate
> where a grade might have been expected to be different from what it turns
> out to be. They do not intend to elaborate on the 'mitigating circumstances'.
>
> Does this constitute unfair processing? - you could argue that a reader of
> the transcript might reasonably infer that the particular student had had
> a medical problem or a perhaps a series of 'personal circumstances' which
> might make them a poor prospect as an employee/postgrad etc.
I don't see why you have to indicate anything like that. The mark you gave
is the mark you GAVE. How you come to it is between you, the external
examiner and the student. I think people will draw inferences and IMHO
assume the mark is not really as high as it is stated.
Just a thought.
Charles
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