Report on an application for consideration of factors affecting performance
This report may be used to record actions taken for each candidate for whom the board of
examiners has received an application for consideration of factors affecting performance
under Part 12 or 13 of the Regulations for the Conduct of University Examinations
(http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/examregs/2015-16/rftcofunivexam/). A separate report should be
completed for each candidate. Guidance for examiners on how to deal with such
applications is available in Annex C: Consideration of medical and other special
circumstances in examination and assessment of the Policy and Guidance for Examiners
and others involved in University Examinations
(http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/edc/policiesandguidance/pgexaminers/).
Candidate Number:
Section 1: Evaluation of seriousness of circumstances - to be completed at pre-board meeting
Examiners should take into consideration the severity and relevance of the circumstances, and the
strength of the evidence.
In the view of the examiners, how
serious is the impact of the factors
affecting performance given in the
application likely to have been?
1 = minor impact
Have some or all papers been
affected?
All papers
If a subset of papers, specify which.
(Note: It is possible for circumstances
to have different levels of impact on
different papers.)
Comments
Section completed by
Date
2 = moderate impact
3 = serious impact
Subset of papers
Candidate Number:
Section 2: Evaluation of impact of circumstances and report of action taken - to be completed
at results confirmation meeting
Examiners should consider specifically whether, but for the illness or other urgent cause, the
candidate would have achieved a higher classification or overall result. Examiners are not required to
quantify marks for specific papers that might have been obtained but for the illness, or to discount
particular papers as a whole (although this may be appropriate in certain cases when supported by
the material in the application), but examiners are nevertheless expected to consider very carefully
the factors that affected the candidate’s performance on the relevant examination dates, and to
determine whether those factors are likely to have affected the overall classification (result) to the
extent that it should be amended in all the circumstances.
Have the examiners considered the candidate’s performance in the light of the material provided in
the application for consideration of factors affecting performance?
How have the factors been considered?
Summary of action taken (the following are examples of some of the actions that might be taken.
Boards may decide to do one, some, or none of these actions.)
Paper(s) disregarded
Specify paper(s)
Mark for paper finalised on basis of
work completed not work required
Specify paper(s)
Classification requirements reviewed
Comments
Recommendation to future examiners
Other action (Please specify)
Reasons for action (if no action taken, please record this and state reason.)
Section completed by
Date