1999 Law Handbook - Assessment

Assessment

Special consideration
Special (deferred) examinations
Unsatisfactory progress

The assessment of coursework subjects may take a number of forms, including supervised examinations, take-home examinations, research papers, case studies, class presentations and other forms of class participation.
The regime of assessment for each subject is determined by the teacher and requires the approval of the Graduate Studies Committee.
Candidates should ensure that they have familiarised themselves with the form of assessment for each subject they propose to take before enrolling.

Special consideration

A student whose work during a teaching period or whose performance in an examination or other assessment has been affected by illness or other serious cause may apply in writing to the Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, within a reasonable period of time, for special consideration by the examiner in assessing his/her performance in the subject concerned. Such application should be supported by medical or other evidence in writing and will be considered on its merits.

Special (deferred) examinations

A student whose work during a teaching period or whose performance in an examination or other assessment has been gravely affected by illness or other serious cause or who has been prevented from presenting for all or part of a terminal examination in a subject by illness or other serious cause may apply in writing to the Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, within a reasonable period of time, for permission to sit a special (deferred) examination in the subject. Such application should be supported by medical or other evidence in writing and will be considered on its merits.

Unsatisfactory progress

Where the Graduate Studies Committee is of the opinion that the academic progress of a student enrolled for a masters degree is unsatisfactory, having regard to his/her examination results or work in relation to a thesis, the committee may:

refer him/her to the Exclusion Committee; or
permit him/her to re-enrol and continue as a candidate for the masters degree for such subjects and upon such conditions, restrictions and limitations as the committee shall prescribe in the particular circumstances of the case.

A student shall not be excluded from candidature for the masters degree by the Exclusion Committee unless:

he/she has been given notice in writing of the intention of the Exclusion Committee to consider the matter of his/her exclusion;
such notice is accompanied by brief particulars of the grounds for doing so; and
he/she has been given a reasonable opportunity to make representations, either in person or in writing, to the Exclusion Committee

In the event of exclusion, an appeal may be made to the Academic Board.