04.16 Special Consideration with Respect to Examination Conditions

2. Special consideration is available to those with learning or medical difficulties. In these cases, a statement from a medical specialist giving advice as to the difficulty and to the consideration which might be made is required.

3. Special consideration is also available to international students, whose first language is not English and, to those students who come from a non-English speaking background.  Eligibility for special consideration includes the following criteria: the student has come from a non-English speaking background, that is, a language other than English is spoken at home; the student has been resident in Australia for less than 10 years; and the student is in the first two semesters only of their study. The following consideration may be given for eligible students: the student is permitted 10 minutes per exam hour of additional time, and, the student may use a bilingual (not specialised) dictionary/bible in the exam. This applies only to essay-style exams i.e. not to Greek or Hebrew exams.

4. Special consideration may be available for expectant women students such that women enrolled in any of the undergraduate courses of the College and who are expecting to be delivered of a child in the period two weeks prior to the published examination date until two weeks after the published examination date be allowed to sit the examination earlier than the published examination date after having signed a confidentiality agreement.

5. Requests from male students for special consideration in relation to paternal responsibilities around the birth of a child will be determined based on the student’s personal circumstances.

6. Requests for special consideration must be made at least two weeks prior to the date of the examination concerned. This is to provide opportunity for adequate consultation on the matter. Requests seeking consideration on medical grounds require a medical certificate.

7. Appeals against decisions made under this regulation may be made via the Academic Dean.