Examinations and Final Grades
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
If your first language is not English you are generally permitted the use of a translation dictionary during your examinations. Translation dictionaries are specialised dictionaries used to translate words from one language to another (eg English to Chinese). No other types of dictionaries are permitted.
- ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES ARE NOT PERMITTED
- Monolingual dictionaries (eg Oxford English, Macquarie English etc) are not permitted
- Subject specific dictionaries (eg Dictionary of Economics) are not permitted
Some language examinations may prohibit the use of a translation dictionary. If you are enrolled in language units and wish to take a translation dictionary into the exam, please check with your unit coordinator whether these will be permitted.
Dictionaries should be free of all notes/annotations. Any dictionary found to have notes will be used as evidence of Academic Misconduct (Cheating) for which penalties apply. If you borrow a dictionary, it is your responsibility to ensure that there are no notes written in the dictionary, as you will be held responsible for any notes found.
If you are sitting your exam at an external venue, you will need to present your dictionary to the examination supervisor for checking prior to the examination.
If you are sitting your exam on campus, please submit your dictionary to the Supervising Staff at the examination room 30 minutes PRIOR to the start of the examination.
Any student found to be using a dictionary without permission will be deemed to be cheating.
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:
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.
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Trimester 1 |
Friday 28th June 2013 |
| ISBT Period 1 |
Friday 28th June 2013 |
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JMP Semester 1 |
To be advised |
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ISBT Period 2 |
Friday 25th October 2013 |
|
Trimester 2 |
Friday 1st November 2013 |
|
JMP Semester 2 |
To be advised |
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Trimester 3 |
Friday 21st February 2014 |
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ISBT Period 3 |
Friday 28th February 2014 |
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
Which calculators are permitted in Exams?
Not all UNE exams allow the use of a calculator, but where they are permitted, your unit coordinator should let you know prior to your exam and the exam paper will have this clearly stated on the front page.
Where calculators are permitted, there are restrictions on the models allowed. If you bring a calculator that is not on the list of allowed models, you will not be permitted to use it and a replacement will not be provided, so it is important that you take note of these restrictions.
For Trimester 3 2012 exams, any calculator that is not programmable and does not have an alphabetical keyboard is allowed.
From Trimester 1 2013, the permitted models list that UNE will use is the NSW Board of Studies ‘Approved Scientific Calculators for the Higher School Certificate Examinations’ found at http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/calculators.html#scientific-hsc
This list has been used as most School leavers will already own an approved calculator, and it is updated around August each year.
Please ensure that you note this requirement and check the current listing should you need to purchase a calculator for your studies at UNE.