The minutes of the Supplementary Board of Examiners held on was approved …. as an accurate record, subject to the inclusion of Mr W Nabarro in the list of apologies. Matters Arising It was noted that all candidates for whom Decision Deferred had been recorded at the last meeting had been processed. It was noted that an Appeal by Philip Rickman, following the decision of the Board, had been successful and the student was currently repeating the final stage as a first attempt. Programme(s) and Stage(s) considered Please list programmes as they are set out on the agenda. Students Considered This section should include any specific discussion which took place on any matters relating to the performance of students, including any complex discussion of any decisions relating to extenuating circumstances affecting the performance of individual students or reasonable adjustments made for disabled students, for example. The Extenuating Circumstances Report should be appended to the minutes. Issues Raised The Board noted that decisions recommended by the Extenuating Circumstances Sub-Committee were endorsed as appended in table 1. Scaling of Marks: The Board noted that scaling had taken place in relation to module EL1234 Poetry due to an incident in the examination. Stage One Student: Alice Munro (UB number The Board agreed …….: that the candidate be permitted to undertake supplementary assessment as a first attempt. The discussion in relation to R Kipling (UB number regarding …) whether it was in his best academic interests to undertake supplementary assessment in 70 credits in the supplementary assessment period due to agreed Extenuating circumstances. The Board agreed that it was not and the student would be required to undertake 70 credits as a first attempt in the forthcoming academic session. Stage Two Students: Henry James (UB number The Board …..): agreed that his performance had been affected in the examination for module LS1345M but, it was the view of the Board, supported by the External Examiner, that the failure in the paper was so severe that it could not be condoned, even taking the circumstances into account. The candidate would be permitted to undertake supplementary assessment as a first attempt.
The minutes of the Supplementary Board of Examiners held on …. was approved as an accurate record, subject to the inclusion of Mr W Nabarro in the list of apologies. Matters Arising It was noted that all candidates for whom Decision Deferred had been recorded at the last meeting had been processed. It was noted that an Appeal by Philip Rickman, following the decision of the Board, had been successful and the student was currently repeating the final stage as a first attempt. Programme(s) and Stage(s) considered Please list programmes as they are set out on the agenda. Students Considered This section should include any specific discussion which took place on any matters relating to the performance of students, including any complex discussion of any decisions relating to extenuating circumstances affecting the performance of individual students or reasonable adjustments made for disabled students, for example. The Extenuating Circumstances Report should be appended to the minutes. Issues Raised The Board noted that decisions recommended by the Extenuating Circumstances Sub-Committee were endorsed as appended in table 1. Scaling of Marks: The Board noted that scaling had taken place in relation to module EL1234 Poetry due to an incident in the examination. Stage One Student: Alice Munro (UB number …….: The Board agreed that the candidate be permitted to undertake supplementary assessment as a first attempt. The discussion in relation to R Kipling (UB number …) regarding whether it was in his best academic interests to undertake supplementary assessment in 70 credits in the supplementary assessment period due to agreed Extenuating circumstances. The Board agreed that it was not and the student would be required to undertake 70 credits as a first attempt in the forthcoming academic session. Stage Two Students: Henry James (UB number …..): The Board agreed that his performance had been affected in the examination for module LS1345M but, it was the view of the Board, supported by the External Examiner, that the failure in the paper was so severe that it could not be condoned, even taking the circumstances into account. The candidate would be permitted to undertake supplementary assessment as a first attempt.
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