Phil
Don't forget that there is an extension to the time within which requests
for examination marks have to be complied with. It is either 5 months from
the date of the request or 40 days from when the marks are published.
Therefore if a student asked for results that were, for instance, "marked"
in May but because of industrial action were not formally published as they
would normally be, you would be able to extend the date by which you had to
respond until October (when hopefully everything would be sorted out). This
exemption is detailed in Schedule 7, paragraph 8 of the Act.
Also, remember that exam marks are not really "official" marks until they
have been through the entire marking process - external examiner, programme
board etc. However, if the University holds them in any form (even if that
is in a lecturers filing cabinet), I suspect they would still need to be
made available with the proviso that they have not been externally examined,
considered by programme board etc and so may not actually be the final mark.
I hope that helps
Miranda
Miranda Routledge
Assistant Registrar
Academic Registry
Loughborough University
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From: "Phil Quaite" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:15 PM
Subject: Withholding of Marks
I have just been asked an interesting hypothetical question by a
colleague and wondered if list members might help me with a response.
One of the proposals put forward for post-strike action by NATFHE
members after the recent strike is to mark student exam papers as
normal, but to not return the marks to the college. What would the
situation be if a student made a request to a module tutor under the DPA
for this data to be released?
I realise that there is a whole raft of other issues surrounding this,
i.e. could a student request for the data to be released to the college,
or only to them personally? Also, we (like many other institutions)
employ an anonymous marking scheme, so would one request from an
individual mean that all the marks for the module the request pertains
to would have to be released?
I must stress that this question is hypothetical as this particular
course of action is not being undertaken at this institution, however I
would like to provide my colleague with an appropriate answer, so any
suggestions are welcome!
Thanks,
Phil
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Trinity & All Saints College
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