Examinations
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Examinations
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 Examinations Unit via AskUNE immediately should you require a change to your nominated examination centre.
- Contacting the Examinations Unit via AskUNE 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.
Most units offered by the GSB have examinations. These are usually of two hours duration plus fifteen minutes reading time. Examination venues are located all over Australia and the world.
Overseas Examination Centres
Students outside Australia are required to travel up to 300 kms to an overseas examination centre and are also liable for a cost of $200 per examination held. This cost covers courier, administration and supervision fees. These charges will apply from the date of dispatch of examination materials to the nominated centre. The charge will apply irrespective of whether the student sits the examination or not.
An invoice will be emailed to students via their UNE email account approximately 2 to 3 weeks prior to the relevant examination period.
Examination Timetable
Dates for Examination periods can be accessed via the Principal Dates page. 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.
Examination Venues and Supervision
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 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.
- Supervision is arranged by the University. The examinations are held in rooms made available by church or local government authorities or in other suitable places arranged by the supervisors.
- Students who are unable to attend any of the established centres may be required to pay the costs incurred by the University in making special arrangements for their examinations.
- Students who know that they will be overseas at the time of the examinations for work-related or other non-holiday reasons are responsible for making arrangements to sit the exam at the scheduled time in consultation with the Examinations Unit.
Overseas Costs
Generally, the Examinations Unit will require at least four weeks notice to make appropriate arrangements, and obviously for remote locations even longer. In some cases, it will not be possible to make arrangements.
As soon as you become aware of circumstances which will lead to your being overseas at the time of the examinations, contact the Examinations Unit on (02) 6773 4402 or via AskUNE through the Current Students icon and Contact Us tab. Please make sure you mark the email as EXAM QUERY URGENT. Students in such a situation are liable for all costs incurred by the University in the conduct of that examination.
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 via AskUNE as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary fees.
You must sit your exam on the time and date specified on the timetable.
The published times of examinations can be varied only for individual students who have religious convictions which would prevent their sitting at the published time. Students who have timetable problems should notify the Head of the Examinations Unit as soon as they become aware of the problem. Examination venues will not change because of holidays overseas.
Final Grades for Units
Final Grades will be made available to students via MyUNE and by email to your UNE email address.
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.
Special Examinations
Special Examinations may be provided for students who have completed all other requirements for their unit, but who have been prevented because of illness or accident or other unforeseen circumstances from attempting, completing or passing their examinations.
A student who has been prevented through illness or other unavoidable and unforeseen circumstance from attending or satisfactorily completing an examination may, at the discretion of the GSB’s Board of Examiners, be granted a special examination. A special examination may also be granted when a candidate has sat for an examination and it is clear to the Board of Examiners that his or her performance in the examination was negatively affected by ill-health or some other relevant circumstance during or immediately before the day of the examination.
A student seeking a special examination should complete the Special Exams Application form and send to the Examinations Unit. You can do this by posting a hard copy of this form with your supporting documentation to:
The Examination Unit
Student Centre
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Or by fax to the number on the form, or by scanning all documents and returning via AskUNE.
- Applications must be received by the Examinations Unit within five working days after the examination in question and must be accompanied by a medical certificate or other relevant independent evidence. Where a student is unable to personally state a case in writing, an application may be made on the candidate’s behalf by a spouse, immediate family member, or by the candidate’s employer.
Special examinations are held during the next examination period. It is not possible to request a special exam on a special exam. If you are unable to sit a special exam you should contact the GSB for further information.
Special Extensions of Time
In satisfying the requirements for written essay assignments and practical work a student must submit the required work by the date specified by the School concerned. The date specified will be no later than the day before the beginning of the examination period of the trimester in which the unit ends.
Except students requiring extensions of time for units which would entail extensions to periods of candidature (e.g. postgraduate research students), a student who has been prevented through illness or other unavoidable circumstance from completing by the final date specified course work considered essential by the unit coordinator, may seek from the GSB either:
- a special extension of time - such an extension will be determined by the GSB Board of Examiners but will be due not later than the last day of the following trimester.
- withdrawal without failure by showing good cause.
Students should apply for either by completing an Application for a Special Extension of Time form and submitted to the Examinations Unit. You can do this by posting a hard copy of this form with your supporting documentation to:
The Examination Unit
Student Centre
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Or by fax to the number on the form, or by scanning all documents and returning via AskUNE.
Where a special extension of time is granted, the unit coordinator may at his or her discretion require the student to complete the required work, substitute alternative requirements, or both. Applications must be received by the Examinations Unit within five working days after the final examination for the unit in question and must be accompanied by a medical certificate or other relevant independent evidence. Where a student is unable to personally state a case in writing, an application may be made on the candidate’s behalf by a spouse, immediate family member, or by the candidate’s employer.
Special Consideration
Students who sit an examination but feel that there were circumstances prior to, or during the examination which, although might not qualify them for a special examination, but nevertheless affected their examination performance, may ask that the Unit Coordinator be made aware of the circumstances and that these be taken into consideration when their results are assessed This notification should be received by the Examinations Unit in the examination week or within 5 working days of the examination. This can be done by completing an Application for Special Consideration form. You can return by posting a hard copy of this form with your supporting documentation to:
The Examination Unit
Student Centre
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Or by fax to the number on the form, or by scanning all documents and returning via AskUNE.