Examinations and Final Grades
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Student Responsibilities
As a student you are responsible for:
- Knowing when your exam is
- Knowing where your exam is
- Being on time for your exam
- Producing photo ID (your student card, driver's licence or passport) at the examination.
- Checking your UNE email account regularly and accessing your exam information online when it becomes available.
- Nominating an examination centre when enrolling.
- Advising the Student Centre immediately should you require a change to your nominated examination centre.
- Contacting the Student Centre if you believe you have examinations and have not received advice of this within 4 weeks of the start of the examination period.
MOBILE PHONES, iPods and other electronic devices are not permitted in an examination room. Failure to comply with this rule may be regarded as Student Misconduct, for which penalties can apply.
Examination Dates
Dates for Examination periods can be accessed via the Principal Dates page. Examination timetables are generally available online at least 8 weeks prior to each examination period. When the examination timetable is completed, an email will be sent to your UNE email address advising you to access your personalised examination information online in MyUNE. Hard copy advice of exam arrangements is no longer sent. It is essential that you check your UNE email account regularly.
If you believe that you have examinations, and have not received advice of these arrangements 4 weeks prior to the start of the examination period, it is your responsibility to contact the Student Centre as soon as possible.
Special Exams
All students must sit their examinations as scheduled in the examination timetable. It is not possible to change your exam dates or times for personal reasons.
If you are unable to attend an examination because of illness or other unforeseen circumstances, such as a change in work requirements, you may be eligible for a Special Examination.
To apply for a Special Examination you must:
- Complete the Request for Special Examination Form.
- Attach supporting documentary evidence.
- Submit these to the Student Centre according to the deadlines.
- Inform your examination supervisor that you will not be attending.
On-campus Student Examinations
If you are enrolled in any ON campus units, you MUST sit the examinations for those units at the UNE campus in Armidale.
Students on prac may apply to the Examinations Unit in the Student Centre to sit these examinations at an external venue. Contact us via AskUNE as soon as you are aware of this requirement as fees do apply to late changes (within 3 weeks of the start of the examination period)
Off-campus (external) Student Examinations
Examinations for off campus units are held at the exam centre you nominate on enrolling. Students within Australia are required to travel up to 120 kms to an established Australian examination centre.
Contact the Examinations Unit in the Student Centre via AskUNE as soon as you are aware of any requirement to change your nominated exam centre as fees apply for late changes (within 3 weeks of the start of the examination period). Changes requested within 7 days of the start of the exam period (not necessarily your exam date) may not be accepted.
Overseas Costs
Students outside Australia are required to travel up to 300 kms to an overseas examination centre and are also liable for a cost of A$200 per examination held. This cost covers courier, administration, venue and supervision fees. These charges will apply from the date of dispatch of examination materials to your nominated exam centre. The charge will apply irrespective of whether you attend the examination or not. If you do not plan to attend exams arranged overseas, or need to change your exam centre, you should contact the Examinations Unit in the Student Centre as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary fees.
Use of Dictionaries in Examinations
Candidates whose first language is not English, or students enrolled in units which have an open book examination may be permitted the use of dictionaries during the examination. Please note that some examinations may preclude the use of dictionaries in general, or the use of certain kinds of dictionaries, and that any student using a dictionary without permission may be considered to be cheating. Contact your Unit Coordinator prior to the examination to ascertain whether you are permitted to take texts or dictionaries into your exam. Dictionaries should be free of all notes/annotations.
ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES ARE NOT PERMITTED
Students sitting exams at external venues and wishing to use a dictionary are required to present their dictionary to the examination supervisor for inspection prior to the examination.
Students sitting examinations on campus are required to submit their dictionary to the Student Centre PRIOR to the first day of their examinations. These dictionaries must have a table securely fastened inside the front cover clearly indicating the date, time and venues at which they will be required, full name and student number. These dictionaries will then be provided at the relevant examination hall on campus for those students use.
Final Grades for Units
Final Grades will be made available to students via MyUNE and by email to your UNE email address late in the evening on the following dates:
Trimester 1: Thursday 21st May 2009
Semester 1: Friday 17th July 2009
Trimester 2: Thursday 10th September 2009
Semester 2: Friday 11th December 2009
Trimester 3: Thursday 7th January 2010
Summer Semester: Friday 12th February 2010
Hard copy advice of grades is no longer sent. Staff are not permitted to give grades over the telephone due to issues of privacy and accuracy.
If you wish to query your final grade for a unit or obtain more detailed information on your performance in an examination or assignment, you should contact your Unit Coordinator directly in the first instance
'Not the Marks you wanted?' refer to the web page http://www.une.edu.au/dontdropout/marks.php
Final Unit Before Graduation
An email entitled "Important Information October 2009 Graduation Assessment" was sent to UNE email accounts on 29 May 2009 for students who indicated via their enrolment that they expect to complete their studies in mid-year. Students who did not receive the email and expect to graduate at the next ceremony must submit a Graduation Eligibility Assessment Form.