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A candidate who is found to have cheated in any examination or assessment shall normally fail that assessment. Further, The Assessment Board will report the candidate to the Law Society where it is of the opinion that the offence has a bearing on the candidate’s character and suitability to be an immigration or asylum caseworker. Assessment offences include (but are not limited to): • Copying, stealing, appropriation or use of the work of another • Permitting or assisting another to copy, appropriate or use one’s own work • Taking into an assessment any materials or aids other than permitted materials • Consulting unauthorised material, in or outside the assessment room during an assessment • The use of a mobile telephone during the assessment • Being party to impersonation where another person sits an assessment in the place of the actual candidate or a candidate is knowingly impersonated by another • Leaving the assessment venue to refer to concealed notes • Using, attempting to use, assisting another to use or attempting to assist another to use any other unfair, improper or dishonest method to gain advantage in any part of the formal assessment process • Obtaining an unseen assessment in advance of the assessment • Paying or offering inducements to another person to obtain an advance copy of an unseen assessment. • Making false declarations in order to receive special consideration by Assessment Boards • Falsifying information • Plagiarism i.e. where the published work or ideas of another person are presented as a candidate’s own. • Presenting or submitting work that is not the candidate’s own unaided work. Note: The above list is not exhaustive. 3.5 Marking and Moderation Process One of the most important aspects of assessing a candidate’s examination script is to ensure that marking is always fair and consistent. The procedure we apply is fair and rigorous. All the Written Examination scripts are blind marked the assessor only knows the candidate’s ID number. May 2011 – V14 14
3.5.1 Written Examination marking procedure i. First marking All the scripts are sent out to an assessor for first marking. ii. Second Marking Only scripts that fall within the banding of 45% to 52% are second marked, unless a first marker specifically requests that a script be second marked. All overriding fault scripts are second marked. iii. Moderation A selection of scripts is sent to the external moderator(s) for moderation (i.e., review and agreement). The selection includes: • Scripts that fall within the banding of 45% and 52%; • A selection of passes from each assessor including low, median and high passes; • All scripts requested by the assessors to be moderated; • All overriding fault scripts; • Any script increased from a fail to a pass by the second marker. Once the scripts have been moderated, the Assessment Board meets to discuss and agree the results. 3.6 Overriding fault in English 3.6.1 Overriding Faults There are two overriding faults which may cause a candidate to fail an assessment notwithstanding the candidate has scored a pass mark of 50% or over and these are detailed below: i. Overriding fault in English It is a requirement of the Law Society’s standards that candidates must demonstrate the ability to communicate to a high standard of written English in the Written Examination. Candidates who fail to demonstrate a high standard must fail overall. Candidates will receive notification of the reason for failing the assessment. ii. Gross professional errors A gross professional error (GPE) is an error which, had it been made in relation to a client in a real life situation, might in the opinion of the Assessment Board have led to disciplinary action being taken by the Law Society against the individual or the partner(s)/solicitors within a firm. Examples of a GPE are as follows: • misleading the court; • assisting the client to commit a criminal offence e.g. advising the client to overstay; • knowingly putting forward false information on behalf of the client; • inventing evidence; May 2011 – V14 15
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Contact Details..
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