1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

10.4.3 The Chief Examiner will assess
whether or not there is prima facie
evidence to suggest there has been an
irregularity. If it is the belief of the
Chief Examiner that there may have
been an irregularity, a meeting of
the Examinations Conduct
Committee will be convened to
investigate the matter.
10.5 Notice of meeting
10.5.1 The student(s) concerned must,
within five working days of the
Chief Examiner's decision to
convene a meeting of the
Examinations Conduct Committee,
be sent written notice of the meeting
by the Examinations Officer.
10.5.2 This notification will be in the form
of a prepared statement into which
the Examinations Officer inserts the
relevant details for each student.
The notice must contain the
following:
the date, time and venue of the
examination at which the alleged
breach occurred;
the subject code and name of the
examination;
the student's name and ID
number;
the nature of the alleged breach;
the date and time of the
Examinations Conduct
Committee meeting;
a description of where the
student may get assistance in
terms of preparing his/her case,
including the name and
telephone number of the
Student Union Advocate;
advice that the student may
present any evidence or call such
others relevant to the case which
s/he may present to the
committee.
10.5.3 The meeting will be held as
expeditiously as possible but not
later than five working days from
the date of the notice.
10.6 Examinations Conduct Committee
10.6.1 For the purposes of investigating
alleged irregularities of conduct in
examinations subject to the control
of the Academic Registrar, the
Examinations Conduct Committee
shall consist of:
a) the Chief Examiner (Head of
Teaching School) as Chair;
b) the Subject Convener, or
nominee;
c) the President of the Student
Union, or nominee.
The Examinations Officer (or other
nominee of the Academic Registrar)
will be present at the meeting to act
as Secretary and record the
decisions.
The student concerned may be
represented by an advocate, both of
whom may address the Committee
and provide such information or call
such others as the Committee may
agree. The advocate may not be a
member of the Committee.
10.6.2 Powers of the Examinations
Conduct Committee
If the Committee as convened
according to sections 10.6 and 10.6.1
is of the view by a majority vote
that an irregularity has occurred, the
Committee may, taking into account
the seriousness of the occurrence
and circumstances, decide:
a) to take no action;
b) to reprimand the student;
c) that particular questions in the
examination paper be not
marked;
d) that the examination paper be
cancelled;
e) that the paper for the
examination in question be not
marked and a fail result be
recorded;
f) that the student be required to
undertake further assessment;
g) to suspend the student from the
University for a period up to a
maximum of two semesters;
h) that the student be excluded
from further study in the course.
Such students wishing to reenter,
may apply for readmission
to the course after a
minimum of two years.
10.6.3 Action
a) The student shall be informed in
writing of the decision and
reasons for the decision of the
Examinations Conduct
Committee. Such written advice
shall be mailed to the student's
semester address shown in the
University's records, within five
working days of the
Committee's decision being
made.