Hi All,
We have a student on our Part time course who is diagnosed as dyslexic and has requested to be able to listen to music using headphones during written exams to help 'block out the noise of the room'. His diagnostic assessment does state that he struggles with concentration and that environmental noise could cause a distraction so a separate exam room is recommended. We have agreed a separate room however if we allowed him to listen to music we would have it pre uploaded onto the laptop we provide for exams and someone would have to listen to it all to ensure there was no cheating happening which would be very resource intensive.
Is this something which anyone else has come across and would colleagues count this as reasonable? It has been suggested that we provide the student with ear plugs to minimise any noise distraction instead of the music option which seems to be a better solution, but I would be interested to hear what others thought.
ThanksLucia
Lucia EvansStudent Support Manager
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