Assessment and examinations

If you are unable to sit an in-semester or end-of-semester examination on the set date, please note that there is a different procedure to that for extensions, above.  For information and the online application process regarding deferred examinations  (in-semester or end-of-semester) refer to Deferring an exam information displaying in myUQ. 

Students with a continuing disability are encouraged to consult a Disability Adviser, with a view to arranging a Student Access Plan which considers reasonable adjustments that may be appropriate for you. This plan is notified to course coordinators at the start of a semester, before the immediate pressure of assessment or examination deadlines. If you are suffering from stress and having difficulty in coping with deadlines, consider counselling from Student Services, or consult your course coordinator.

Students whose studies may be interrupted by representative sporting activities should consider seeking elite athlete status at UQ, in accordance with Reasonable Adjustments - Students Procedure. Your recognition as an elite athlete means that you may request reasonable adjustments with respect to enrolment and course assessment. We still ask that you seek assistance as soon as you become aware of any commitments during the semester which may require special arrangements to be made on your behalf - rather than leave it to the last minute, but recognise that the nature and extent of a sporting commitment may be unpredictable and outside your control.

Written feedback about final examinations (does not include deferred and supplementary examinations), together with the examination question papers, will be made available on the Learn.UQ (Blackboard) website following completion of the Deferred/Supplementary Examination Period for the relevant semester. Prior to or during the Deferred/Supplementary Examination Period, students who are eligible for a supplementary examination (does not include deferred examinations) may view a copy of their final examination paper at the Law School Office and request oral feedback from the Course Coordinator. All other students who wish to view their final examination scripts must register for an Examination Viewing Session by completing an ‘Application to Attend an Examination Viewing Session’ (available on Blackboard) by the due date. This form will be posted on Blackboard after the official release of results. Late applications will not be accepted.

Examination Viewing Sessions will be held within 20 calendar days of the release of the final grade and within the first two weeks of the following semester. Students who have applied will be notified of session times and venues by email to the student’s UQ email address. Examination Viewing Sessions will follow the format outlined below:

• Examination Viewing Sessions will be conducted in two-hour blocks. Students may attend at any time within the two hours except that no student will be allowed to enter a session within the last 15 minutes.
• Students must print out and bring to the Examination Viewing Session the feedback and examination question paper available on the Course Website. Copies will NOT be available in the Examination Viewing Sessions.
• Students must present their student ID cards on entry to the Examination Viewing Session. They will then be given their examination script/s.
• At the Examination Viewing Session students should consider their examination script/s with reference to the written feedback. In most cases this should satisfy feedback requirements.
• Students should consider taking their own notes during the Examination Viewing Session as copies of examination scripts will NOT be provided.
• Students must return their examination script/s to the supervisor before leaving the room.

Students who, after viewing their examination script/sin conjunction with the written feedback, wish to obtain additional verbal feedback from the course coordinator/s are required to submit an ‘Application to Attend an Examination Feedback Session’. Application forms will be available from the Exam Viewing Session. Note: Only students who have attended an Examination Viewing Session are able to apply to attend an Examination Feedback Session.

Students will be notified of the Examination Feedback session times and venues by email to the student’s UQ email address. Students must attend at the scheduled time and must advise the course coordinator if they do not propose to attend the session. There will be only one Examination Feedback Session scheduled for each course. This will be the only opportunity for students to meet with course coordinators for feedback on their examination performance. If no students register for a session, the session will be cancelled.

Students who wish to apply for a formal re-mark must follow the Assessment Re-mark Section of Assessment Procedure. Students are strongly advised to participate in both the Examination Viewing Session and the Examination Feedback Session prior to applying for a re-mark, however, this is not compulsory. In preparing their written request for a re-mark the student may view their examination script at the Law School Office during office hours. Students who have a valid reason for not being able to attend the Sessions (e.g., illness or other medical condition, personal crisis, absent from Brisbane) should contact the Law School Office for alternative arrangements.

Course Coordinators do not have authority to amend marks once released. 

Students who wish to apply for a formal remark of an assessment item (including exams), must make a reasoned application and follow the procedure set out in Assessment Re-mark section of Assessment Procedure.  Before submitting a request, it is expected that the student will already have taken advantage of the opportunity to receive oral or written feedback.  

Please note that if the Associate Dean (Academic) grants an application, the final mark may go up or down.

Application to attend examination viewing session