Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Policy Statement
1.1 The College has a duty to ensure that assessments are conducted fairly
and in accordance with its Equal Opportunities Policy and that each
student has the opportunity to demonstrate her/his true level of
academic performance.
2.2 When completing the form the student should state clearly the
grounds for mitigation and the date(s) when the circumstances
occurred.
2.5 The deadline for submission of a claim is normally the deadline for the
assessment to which the mitigating circumstances relate. Where
circumstances prevent a student from submitting a mitigating
circumstances form at that particular point, s/he should submit it at the
earliest opportunity but normally no later than seven days before the
meeting of the Examination Board.
3. Confidential information
4. Consideration of evidence
4.2 The Panel will consider each claim and decide upon an outcome
which it will recommend to the relevant Examination Board. In making
its recommendation, the panel will take into account:
4.3 The Panel will only take into account claims of mitigation which have
been submitted formally. It will not consider claims which have not
been submitted according to the College’s procedure.
4.4 If the Panel accepts the student’s claim for mitigation the student may
be required to submit/sit the assessment for a first attempt or in the
case of a resubmission/resit the student may be required to resubmit
the assessment under the original conditions.
4.7 The Head of Registry will report the Panel’s recommendations to the
relevant Examination Board. The Panel however will not disclose the
nature of the circumstances.
5. Data Protection