Paul -
As Charles has already said, if institutions are doing this then they are in
contravention of DP law. The choice is: either don't mark the exam scripts of
debtors (not a good or practical idea for most institutions, I suspect) or
accept the fact that debtors will be able to get marks via subject access, no
later than by the of the statutory period defined by schedule 7 para 8.
As I have pointed out on this list before, the law does not define the format
of any subject access disclosure, just that data must be in "intelligible
form". Thus there is no reason to give a debtor their certificate and/or
transcript. You can give them a doctored statement as suggested by Charles, or
you could just write the marks down on the back of an envelope and give them
that.
Andrew Okey
Lancaster DP Project
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> From: Hubert, Paul [STU] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 June 2001 16:49
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> Subject: HEIs witholding results
>
> The question has arisen on another list whether many HEIs are witholding
> results from students who owe them money - a couple are. Is this still
> widespread, and is it being done despite the advice of DPOs?
>
> Paul Hubert
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