At Nottingham we have a Learning Support Unit which has staff qualified
to assess students with learning disabilities. They may recommend that a
student be allowed to use a non-programmable electronic spellchecker in
examinations. These are recommendations only and academic schools are entitled
not to follow the recommendations but in reality they almost always do.
Lucy M Baker
Assistant Registrar
> Our Regulations are the same as UCL's. I would, though, be interested in
> any comments about the use in other HEIs of hand-held electronic
> spell-checkers, particularly by candidates with learning disabilities.
> Thanks.
>
> At 13:01 17/02/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >We are having a bit of a debate here regarding whether
> >overseas students should be allowed to use dictionaries in
> >exams.My view is no, however, I would be interested to know
> >if any other institutions have any specific policies on
> >this ? All comments gratefully welcomed.
> >
> >Marie Ward
> >University Examinations Officer
> >Liverpool John Moores University.
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> >Marie Ward
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