We require students to complete an attendance slip and place their ID Card
on the desk throughout the examination.
The examinations are currently invigilated by the SChool staff (although
this is changing) and therefore they also check for "rogue" attendees. We
are lucky that many or our class sizes make this possible.
Any student caught putting a substitute into an exam would be deal with
under the discipline procedures and the likely outcome being their loss or
"permission to proceed" in the module which means they cannot resit it they
would have take a completely new module to gain the credits.The individual
who acted as the substitute would also be disciplined
Lorraine E Fraser
Academic Registrar
University of St Andrews
Old Union Building, 79 North St,
St Andrews KY16 9AJ
Tel : (01334) 462596
Fax : (01334) 462144
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynzie Gadd, Examinations" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Student ID in examinations
> Dear colleagues
>
> I recently attended a training session run by Netskills covering
plagiarism
> (which was excellent) and was surprised by the volume of essay banks
> available on the Internet (100's). This has prompted me to consider how
> robust our procedures are at dealing with and discouraging cheating.
>
> One aspect that I would appreciate some feedback on, is how other
> institutions confirm the identity of their students in exam halls?
>
> For instance, do you place blank slips on each desk for the student to
> complete for collection by an invigilator or do you simply require the
> student to place their University ID card on the desk for inspection?
>
> If it was suspected that another person had sat the examination on behalf
> of a particular student, what procedure would you employ to deal with such
> a situation?
>
> I welcome any comments that you have on this matter.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Lynzie
>
> ----------------------
> Ms. Lynzie Gadd,
> Assistant Registrar (Examinations Officer)
> Examinations Office
> University of Bristol
> Tel: +44(0)117 9287680
> Fax: +44(0)117 9287681
> http://www.bris.ac.uk/exams
>
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