Special Consideration Procedures

Parent policy: University Special Consideration Policy and Procedures.

The university Special Consideration Policy provides students with a further opportunity to demonstrate their ability when work for a particular piece of assessment has been adversely affected by serious medical or personal situations.

The accompanying university Special Consideration Procedures outlines the general guidelines for eligibility and lodging of a special consideration application, and indicates that faculties shall develop additional procedures according to their own needs. The procedures below apply only to students enrolled in the Faculty of Science and to units owned by the Faculty of Science.

PROCEDURES:

A. In-semester special consideration

These procedures apply to students eligible for special consideration and enrolled in a unit taught by the Faculty of Science who have been adversely affected during the period leading to and/or covering any assessment within semester such as assignments, quizzes, oral presentations, laboratory reports and attendance to compulsory unit activities.

Lodging of application:

Students must lodge the completed application form with the supporting documentation to the Campus Unit Coordinator no later than two working days after the assessment is due. This deadline can be extended only in exceptional circumstances.

Students who need to keep the original of the medical certificate or other supporting documentation, can provide a copy of the document(s), but must also present the original for sighting.
Assessment, recording and notification:

2.1 The special consideration application will be assessed by the Unit Coordinator of the relevant campus. The outcome of this assessment could be one of the following:

extension to the submission deadline

alternative assessment

in units with activities that require compulsory attendance: exemption from attending the activity, granting an average mark for it

for weekly quizzes or other regular assessment: exemption from completing a quiz/assessment, granting an average mark for it

rejection of the application.

2.2 The Campus Unit Coordinator will notify this outcome to the student by returning a signed special consideration form or via an email to the student.

2.3 The Campus Unit Coordinator or the school should keep copies of all special consideration applications together with their outcomes for as long as the exam scripts for that unit are kept in the school.

B. End-of-semester special consideration

These procedures apply to

students eligible for special consideration and enrolled in a course managed by the Faculty of Science, and to
the final examination of a unit or the final report of a research unit.

The lodging of the applications, their assessments and notification of the outcomes to the students must be carried out according to the university Special Consideration Procedures.

Supporting Information

Definitions

Units taught by the Faculty of Science: are all science and non-science units coordinated and taught by staff of the Faculty of Science (all campuses).

Related Documents

University Special Consideration Policy
University Special Consideration Procedure
Faculty of Science Special Consideration Business Practice

Responsibilities for Implementation

Associate Dean (Education), Heads of Schools, Unit Coordinators

Date Effective

Semester 1 2009

Approval

Approved by Faculty Education Committee 01/09

Review

2014