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Significant mitigating circumstances – namely, unforeseeable and documented travel disruption (train cancellations, motorway accident) that prevented me from attending the exam despite leaving home well in advance and doing everything reasonably possible to arrive on time. I provided evidence including train tickets, cancellation notices, and email correspondence with the university made on the morning of the exam.
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Procedural concerns – specifically, that despite notifying security, emailing multiple staff members before 9am, and arriving only 14 minutes after the exam start (before any student would even be permitted to leave under the one-hour rule), I was still denied entry. This feels disproportionate, especially when other universities have grace periods to cover exactly this type of unforeseeable disruption. I had checked my life360 location history last week, within the last 30 days. I arrived at the venue itself at 9:14, rushed to the reception to ask them if they were aware of my situation, panicking as I had called the university several times before I had arrived. She directed me to the exam hall and I arrived there at 9:17 (it’s quite a walk from the entrance) and there I was told I could not sit the exam as I’m outside of the 15 minute grace period. Most unis if not all have a grace period within 30 minutes to an hour, because I guess they are more understanding about students like me, who genuinely face knock on unforeseeable circumstances. I find this very inconsiderate and unfair, and very harsh. Someone I know who has a bad leg arrived late, but she still got let in, I’m guessing because the invigilator could see she was struggling to walk. The excuse the invigilator gave me also did not make sense. She said “what’s the chances I’ve bumped into somebody else who’s completed the exam” which is extremely unrealistic, as no one would have completed a 2 hour exam in 17 minutes, and according to the regulations, no one is even allowed to leave the exam hall after an hour anyways? So this wouldn’t have been possible. Very contradictory and frustrating!
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Significant mitigating circumstances – namely, unforeseeable and documented travel disruption (train cancellations, motorway accident) that prevented me from attending the exam despite leaving home well in advance and doing everything reasonably possible to arrive on time. I provided evidence including train tickets, cancellation notices, and email correspondence with the university made on the morning of the exam.
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Procedural concerns – specifically, that despite notifying security, emailing multiple staff members before 9am, and arriving only 14 minutes after the exam start (before any student would even be permitted to leave under the one-hour rule), I was still denied entry. This feels disproportionate, especially when other universities have grace periods to cover exactly this type of unforeseeable disruption. I had checked my life360 location history last week, within the last 30 days. I arrived at the venue itself at 9:14, rushed to the reception to ask them if they were aware of my situation, panicking as I had called the university several times before I had arrived. She directed me to the exam hall and I arrived there at 9:17 (it’s quite a walk from the entrance) and there I was told I could not sit the exam as I’m outside of the 15 minute grace period. Most unis if not all have a grace period within 30 minutes to an hour, because I guess they are more understanding about students like me, who genuinely face knock on unforeseeable circumstances. I find this very inconsiderate and unfair, and very harsh. Someone I know who has a bad leg arrived late, but she still got let in, I’m guessing because the invigilator could see she was struggling to walk. The excuse the invigilator gave me also did not make sense. She said “what’s the chances I’ve bumped into somebody else who’s completed the exam” which is extremely unrealistic, as no one would have completed a 2 hour exam in 17 minutes, and according to the regulations, no one is even allowed to leave the exam hall after an hour anyways? So this wouldn’t have been possible. Very contradictory and frustrating!
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