Paper - Academic Registry and Council Secretariat - Queen Mary ...

TPB2012-024
3.32 (GR)
Calculators will not be provided by the University. A student is responsible for providing their own calculator
and for ensuring that it is in working order for the examination. A student must ensure that they have an
alternative means of calculation in case their calculator fails during the examination (i.e. a second calculator
which must also comply with the specification below) or must be prepared to continue the examination without
a calculator. Borrowing another student’s calculator during the examination is not permitted. If a student uses
an electronic calculator in an examination, they must indicate on their examination script the name and type of
machine used.
3.33 (GR)
Where calculators are permitted, the specifications listed below will apply, unless otherwise indicated in the
module description and on the Notice for candidates for the module concerned.
Calculators must:
be hand held, compact and portable
be quiet in operation
have no external wires
be non-programmable
not be capable of receiving, storing or displaying user supplied non-numerical data
The use of a calculator that communicates or displays textual, graphical or algebraic information
(other than error messages) is strictly forbidden.
3.34 (GR)
If a student uses a calculator that does not comply with the above specification, they will be considered to
have made an assessment offence and will be subject by the rules governing such offences.
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See section 6 for assessment offences and penalties.
3.35 (GR)
It is an examination offence to take into, or use in, the examination room any unauthorised materials or aids. A
student must not take into the examination room, or consult during the examination, any books, notes,
instruments or other materials or aids that are not permitted. All such materials or aids must be given to the
Invigilator before the examination starts. A student who takes any unauthorised materials or aids into the
examination room must hand them to the Invigilator when requested to do so.
Illness during examinations
3.36 (GR)
A student who thinks that illness or other circumstances may have affected their performance in an
examination must immediately inform the Student Assessment Office ensuring that notification is received
within three weeks of their last examination. A supporting medical certificate or other certification obtained at
the time of illness must be provided at the same time. Notification received more than three weeks after the
date of the last examination will not be taken into account.
Administrative re-check of marks
See the resources section in the student portal: http://my.londoninternational.ac.uk/
Students can request an administrative re-check of marks online or contact uolia.recheck@london.ac.uk
3.37 (GR)
A student may apply to the University for their results to be re-checked if they think a mark received is due to
an administrative error.
3.38 (GR)
A student who wishes to apply for an administrative re-check of marks must do so by specific deadlines and
by following the procedure set out on the University of London International Programmes website.
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take into the examination room,
or consult during the
examination, any books, notes,
instruments or other materials
or aids that are not permitted.
All such materials or aids must
be given to the Invigilator
before the examination starts. A
student who takes any
unauthorised materials or aids
into the examination room must
hand them to the Invigilator
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the Student Assessment
Office can be found at .
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3.36 (GR)
A student may apply to the
University for their marks to
be re-checked if they think a
mark received is due to an
administrative error.
A request for an administrative re-check of marks received after the given deadlines cannot be processed.
3.39 (GR)
A student who wishes to apply for an administrative re-check of marks must pay an administrative fee which is
refundable in the event that an error is found.
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