Employee Relations November 2005 - CIPD

PDS – Employee Relations
EXAMINER'S REPORT
November 2005
When there was doubt as to whether a candidate should be granted a Pass or Fail grade
against the above criteria, the examiners applied the following professional judgement
test:
’The CIPD Graduate membership qualification is an indication to employers that the
holder of such a qualification can be reasonably expected to be aware and informed of
the prevailing trends, contemporary research, organisational practice, skills and
techniques in employee relations and human resource management, and to display an
acceptable level of proficiency in terms of operational skills that might be expected of a
chartered member of the CIPD.’
The awards
The distribution of grades was as follows:
November 2005
Grade Number Percentage of
total (to 1
decimal point)
Distinction 1 0.4
Merit 18 6.4
Pass 150 53.2
Marginal Fail 21 7.4
Fail 92 32.6
Total 282 100
The overall pass rate was 60% (169 candidates). The highest mark awarded to any
candidate was 72% and the lowest was 0%. Sixty per cent (93 candidates) of the
candidates who passed the examination received a mark of between 50–52% inclusive.
The number of candidates receiving a Distinction and/or Merit remains relatively few.
The above figures are simple calculations based on the number of candidates sitting the
Employee Relations paper at the November 2005 diet whether for the first or subsequent
time(s). They are for interest only. They are not to be confused with the statistics
produced by CIPD headquarters which are based upon the performance of candidates
sitting the examination for the first time. It is from these figures that the national average
pass rate is calculated.