An Exeter colleague has asked me to forward the following
query to the list:
A recently graduated student, obviously disgruntled with
their degree classification, is appealing on more than one
ground, but the one in question here is retrospective
medical evidence.
The student feels that the degree result did not reflect
their true ability, and has, after the event, been
certified as dyslexic. At Exeter as in many institutions,
such certification ahead of exams would have triggered a
number of special assessment arrangements.
The student has submitted this evidence outside the
'normal' time boundaries, but would claim that this
condition was unknown to them until professionally
diagnosed.
Clearly there are a number of issues here - not least the
one of the precedent for a whole raft of retrospective
appeals where medical conditions were generally unknown
at the time.
I'd appreciate any responses from other institutions that
have dealt with similar cases recently.
Thanks
Patrick
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Patrick Kennedy
University of Exeter
(01392) 263021
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