Historical Studies Policy Section 6.9.1 - Eligibility for Special Consideration
1. If a student's work has been affected by illness or other serious cause they may apply for special consideration.
2. Students availing themselves of alternative Arrangements for Assessment (AAA) are not prevented from also applying for special consideration where appropriate.
3. Lack of facility with English is not a ground for special consideration in assessment but when relevant it may be a ground which could be pleaded in mitigation in show cause/exclusion proceedings.
Subject results should signify demonstrated achievement,
not potential for achievement.
Marks should therefore
be raised only where students have demonstrated an ability in other
aspects of the subject that is not reflected in the component for
which special consideration is being sought.
Alternatively,
it may in such cases be appropriate to discount that component (if
it is small), or to give the student the chance to make up the work
in a different form.
Special consideration for
students with long-term disability or problems affecting all or most
components in a subject should take forms such as provision of extra
time, not just the boosting of marks.
This relates to
principle 1, and rejects the awarding of marks above the level of
demonstrated achievement on the basis that a student might have performed
better without the problem. In such cases it is highly desirable
to give special consideration in other forms.
Where
special consideration is sought for an event affecting a component
of a course, any adjustment should normally take place for that component,
rather than to the overall mark.
Depending on the subjet
co-ordinator's evaluation of the disadvantage to the student,
the adjustment to the affected component may be up to 4%