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Appendix F3: University Policy and Guidelines for the Anonymous Marking of Examination Scripts 1.1 A policy of anonymous marking for all written examinations was introduced in 1996- 97 (SEN 6/95: Minute 73 refers). Faculties may decide whether the principle should be extended to any other forms of assessment. 1.2 Each candidate will be expected to identify his or her script by means of the University Registration Number (URN); this is printed on the library card. It has been agreed that it is desirable to allocate individual seat numbers to candidates but the Academic Registry cannot do this and produce place cards at present. Those Faculties which decide to produce their own place cards should include the candidate's number in addition to the name. Owing to the possibility of a candidate writing a wrong or illegible number on a script, answer books are used which enable the candidate to write his or her name on the script and then seal down the corner to conceal it; if necessary this corner can be slit open to reveal the candidate's name. Supplies of answer books with 16 ruled pages (as at present) and small answer books with 8 ruled pages are available. A candidate should write his or her number on any supplementary material, such as graph paper, and attach it to the answer book. For a multiple choice examination there should be a space for both the candidate's number and name; the fact that the name cannot be concealed is of no importance since each answer is either right or wrong and marking is an automatic process. 1.3 Attendance lists should be prepared by Faculties with the candidates' names in alphabetical order but also showing each candidate's number; such lists can be produced from the MIS database. Reference can be made to such a list if a candidate does not know his or her number. For examinations at level HE2 and above, one copy of the list, marked to show the candidates present, must be returned to the University Examinations Office and another retained by the Faculty. Such a list must not be included in the bundle of scripts for marking. 1.4 Scripts must remain identified only by number at least until they have been fully marked internally. 1.5 The method of preparation of mark sheets will depend on whether this is done manually or by using a computer. If a computer is used then the candidates should be arranged in numerical order to facilitate entering marks. The computer can, of course, be programmed to print mark sheets in any desired format for an examiners' meeting. For a meeting at which classes of degrees are to be determined, it may be of advantage if the lists of candidates are arranged in rank order according to the total mark. In all cases the agreed mark sheet submitted to the University Examinations Office after the examiners' meeting must list the candidates in alphabetical order. 1.6 Great care must be taken to avoid entering a mark against the wrong candidate, whatever system is used to identify scripts. 1.7 Each Faculty may decide whether candidates should be identified by name throughout the examiners' meeting(s). When classes of degrees are being determined the best practice is to decide them initially, with the candidates identified only by number. It is, however, necessary to identify candidates by name to make any allowances for illness or other special circumstances. 1.8 Each candidate is entitled to be told his or her marks for each examination or other form of assessment but a candidate may not be told other individual candidates' marks. A Faculty may find it convenient to provide this information by displaying a list of marks with the candidates identified solely by number. 23
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