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Review
of Results Procedure (Graduate Program
in Law)
The
following procedures apply to
the review of assessment of results:
- students
are entitled to view all their
marked assignments and examination
scripts.
- students
are also entitled to discuss
their performance in relation
to assessment with an examiner
or other staff member involved
in the teaching of a particular
unit.
In
addition, the following excerpts
from the working rules:
a)
All students are entitled to
view their marked assignments
and examination scripts.
b) Students are entitled to
discuss their performance in
relation to assessment with
the lecturer or the convenor
of the unit.
c) One staff member in each
unit will be designated as the
Chair of Examiners in that unit
and, as such, is required to
ensure that the academic performance
of each candidate in that unit
is adequately and fairly assessed,
taking into account the representation
of a student who is querying
the mark awarded. The Chair
of Examiners may, after consultation
with other examiners in the
unit recommend that a mark in
the unit be varied.
d) Should a student be dissatisfied
with the outcome or her/his
representations referred to
in (b) and (c) above, the student
may write to the Director of
the Graduate Program in Law
setting out the reasons for
her/his dissatisfaction with
the mark awarded.
e) Should a student be dissatisfied
with the outcome or her/his
representations referred to
in (b), (c) and (d) above, the
student may write to the Dean
setting out the reasons for
her/his dissatisfaction with
the mark awarded.
f) The Dean would normally talk
to the student and raise the
matter with the examiners in
the unit. The Dean's role is
however primarily that of conciliator,
though, in the interests of
all concerned, the Dean would
want to be assured that the
responsibilities of the examiner
had been properly carried out
in the circumstances of the
case.
There
are two matters that should be
emphasised, to clarify common
misconceptions.
The
first is that a student is not
entitled simply to lodge a request
that an item of assessment be
remarked. A student who is dissatisfied
with the mark received in an item
of assessment should discuss the
matter with a lecturer or Chair
of Examiners, as outlined above.
The
second is that the Faculty will
not as a general rule give any
weight to a submission made after
marks have been returned that
a student was ill or disadvantaged
at the relevant time. There are
well-established procedures for
seeking special consideration
which require that a request be
made before assessment is completed.
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