Is it fair to put someone in an exam with as much as 10 % off before they start?

3plus1

studentphil wrote: »

They were rather painful because of an inquiry. And the exam stress made that worse, so it was rather off putting when I was doing the test.

Oh, for crying out...! I have difficulties walking ALL THE TIME, because of a genuine medical condition and of course it hurts, but I've never tried to use that as an excuse to get marked up, as my feet have very little to do with my brain!

And I have yet to meet a single student who didn't get stressed during exam time!

studentphil

Martine1081 wrote: »

How do you know you didn't get marked up?

Did they reject your extenuating circumstances?

Because when I got my feedback it was made clear by the marker that mark reflected what was on the page.

studentphil

So do you think every disabled student should put in evidence to the grading committee of their disability to make sure they are not disadvantaged in marking?

dmg24

It depends on their disability.

If it is something that may directly affect their performance in the exam, then yes. If not, no.

Simple!

studentphil

dmg24 wrote: »

It depends on their disability.

If it is something that may directly affect their performance in the exam, then yes. If not, no.

Simple!

Let's say if a student gets no disability support in the first half of their degree because the university did not have good disability policy, is it worth them putting in that they have been disadvantaged through half of their course because of that?

Impet_Limpet

Long term conditions are already known and will be assessed in marking/support offered accordingly.

Definition according to UCLan
Extenuating circumstances refers to serious and exceptional factors outside your control which have adversely affected your performance within your course/programme of study. These factors may have prevented you from attending examinations or other timed assessments or caused you to miss assessment submission dates.

Post-dated corroborative evidence is of limited value and will not normally be taken into account especially if it is felt that evidence could have been collected at the time. For example, if you miss an examination or deadline through illness, it is expected that you would obtain a doctor's note at the time to verify the illness and that you were affected by the illness on the day of the examination. A note from a doctor who did not see you at the time and written some days or weeks after the event is not generally acceptable.

dmg24

No, not at all.

It is the student's responsibility to ensure that they get the support that they require, whether this be through the university support services or through other agencies.

Furthermore, after marks are published you have a set period of time to appeal. Appeals will only be heard after this time in exceptional circumstances (for instance, the candidate was too ill to appeal within the set period).

Impet_Limpet

studentphil wrote: »

is it worth them putting in that they have been disadvantaged through half of their course because of that?

No, before going to a university they should examine to see what support is available before choosing. If a disability policy is considered to be so bad that student suffer over a period of time maybe they should have aplied pressure via the student union for improvements to be made sooner. From an appeal POV I'd say no.

studentphil

You can just expect really a university can get away with failing to support disabled people and then will do nothing on the marks front.

Impet_Limpet

Its happens, as dmg24 said in an earlier post it is the students responsibilty