And an additional note on question 2: DP officers in educational establishments may have concluded that the precedent set by Durant vs the FSA suggests that students need not be allowed access to comments on their exam scripts as these are not being held in anything that could be termed a "relevant filing system". However, my advice is that there is no point in using this ruling because the activation of Section 69 of the FOI Act on January 1st 2005 will in any case allow students to request the chance to see specific scripts and whatever is written on them.
Andrew Okey
Lancaster DP Project
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Subject: Re: Examination Scripts
Advice on these issues is available at
http://www.dpa.lancs.ac.uk/guidelines.htm
Our view in answer to the questions posed is:
Q1: Yes
Q2: No exemption for the examiner's comments.
Q3: Final degree lists published in the local press unless an individual
objects, in which case their name will be withdrawn. This information is
sent out with the graduation packs.
Mike
> From: davidwyatt <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: davidwyatt <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 02:48:56 -0000
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Examination Scripts
>
> Observations please
>
> 1: Are examination paper contents and marking of content personal data?
> (Marking content ie candidate was right or wrong appears to be an examiners
> 'opinion' of the candidates knowledge)
> 2: If yes any exemption from subject access?
> 3: Are results of exams considered 'public domain' ? (ie can the body setting
> the exam publish the result (pass / fail) without notifying candidate of that
> intent first)
>
> I suspect there may be some form of qualification on answer to last question?
> ie is the examining body is public or private sector.
>
> Thanks
>
> David Wyatt
>
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