I would say it depends on the terms of the contract between the exam
marker and the college. If the exam marker is an employee, and marking
exams is an integral part of their employment contract, I would say it
was incumbent upon the college to extract the information on behalf of
the student. Employees are not "data processors". As such, requests
submitted to an individual tutor should be passed up the management line
rather than responded to direct. Just my own thoughts, but I hope they
help.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Quaite
Sent: 13 March 2006 15:16
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Subject: [data-protection] 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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