The message below comes from the Chair of the OU's sub-committee on
Exceptional Examination Arrangements and Special Circumstances (probably
the smallest sub-committee in the University but with the longest
name!).
It might help colleagues for me to put the reply given below into
context. OU students take self-contained (and often totally unrelated)
courses each year, and in whichever order they choose, to build up their
credit towards a final qualification. Students' yearly course results
are determined by the Examination and Assessment Board for the course(s)
studied during that year with no information provided about performance
on previous courses (or indeed whether they have a disability).
In order to treat all students consistently, we give them all four weeks
from receipt of their course results in which to query them. After that
time, only very exceptional cases will be considered. The size of our
student population means that we can't store exam scripts for years on
end - in fact we can't store them for longer than a few months because
of the lack of space. We therefore wouldn't have the facility to
retrieve all of the scripts. Without this, there would be no academic
evidence upon which to judge the student's actual ability in the light
of newly diagnosed disability. Hope this all makes sense!
Glenn Dickinson
Regional Disability Coordinator/Asst Exams Officer
Open University
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Glen,
>
> A few years ago we had just such a case. A student was diagnosed as
> dyslexic and asked that the results of the previous six years of
> courses be reviewed. The E and A (Examinations and Assignments) area
> decided that cases could only be
> reviewed for up to a year -for many reasons, including the fact that
> detailed information on the exams are only kept for one year.
>
>
> Peter
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