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As I understand it locally, scripts would be marked but marks would not be handed to administrators for recording formally! Wendy Dunkley UCN > -----Original Message----- > From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John Gledhill > Sent: 18 January 2001 14:13 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Industrial action and disclosure of exam results > > > What's interesting about many of these actions (though tangential to the > DP element) is that "working to contract" should not enable you to > refuse to mark assessments, let alone refuse to release the marks. That > would be a breach of your contract, not a "work to rule". "Working to > contract" should require you to mark all work, and indeed should require > you to do it by the appointed deadline, which in some cases might be an > improvement..... > John > > "Temple, Angela" wrote: > > > > As many of you will know that HE Trade Unions are currently > undertaking industrial action short of strike. This includes > working strictly to > > the contract of employment and may result in staff withholding > student marks and non attendance of examination boards (which > would mean that > > marks could not be moderated/verified by the Boards). Several > students have already started to make noises about legal action and their > > rights to disclosure of marks under the DPA. We have a set of > terms and conditions that include a clause relating to failure or delay in > > performing obligations under this contract that are beyond our > control such as labour disputes which we hope would protect us > from breach of > > contract action by students (although we wouldn't want to the > the test case for such action). > > > > Under normal circumstances a subject access request must be > complied with within 40 days of the request but the miscellaneous > exemptions > > within the DPA extend the response time for exam results (that > have not been published) to up to 5 months from the date of the > request. So, > > we think that there is no immediate obligation for us to > release unmoderated marks, but that the situation will need to be > kept under close > > review if the action continues for some months. > > > > I am not sure how the action will develop and how staff will > interpret "action short of strike" but I would assume that a > member of academic > > staff may mark the exam script and withhold the mark for "the > University" - do people think that if the staff member holds that > mark then > > the University is effectively holding the mark or would you > view it that the University does not have the info (I vaguely recall some > > discuss - possibly on the list - about whether staff have an > obligation under their contract to disclose marks held by them). > > > > Any views/comments? How are other HEIs dealing with this > situation? Thanks Angela > > > > *********************************************** > > Angela Temple > > Committee and Policy Support Officer > > Planning Support Office > > Sheffield Hallam University > > Tel: (0114) 225 3361 > > Fax: (0114) 225 3498 > > -- > > > ************************************************************** > * From Dr John M Gledhill > * personal email: [log in to unmask] > * Academic Registrar, Coventry University, > * Priory St. Coventry CV1 5FB, UK > * phone 024 7688 8336, fax 024 7688 8311 > * for general University email use: [log in to unmask] > ************************************************************** >