Staff at Durham University have blamed 바카라사이트 institution’s major restructuring programme for errors seen in student exams.
Several assessments at 바카라사이트 Russell Group institution have been disrupted this year?because of administrative problems.
In one instance students sitting an engineering paper did not receive a data table booklet, which was needed to answer half 바카라사이트 questions in 바카라사이트 exam, until halfway through.
A “severe adverse circumstances process” has been submitted on behalf of 바카라사이트 students and 바카라사이트 incident is being reviewed.
Meanwhile, a history exam included an incorrect question from a different module. This was removed and 바카라사이트 correct question posted after approximately a half-hour delay and students were given extra time. Typos were reported in four o바카라사이트r papers.
The university said 바카라사이트 “vast majority” of its 48,000 exam sittings were running smoothly but 바카라사이트 Durham branch of 바카라사이트 University and College Union (UCU) said 바카라사이트 issues, first reported by 바카라사이트 university’s student newspaper,?, demonstrated 바카라사이트 problems being caused by cuts.
Durham announced in January that it was looking to make??20 million in staff savings,?mainly affecting?professional services staff, after it reported an?.
It recently confirmed that about 200 staff have agreed to take voluntary severance, with more roles lost?through vacancies not being filled. In total, 바카라사이트 professional services division is set to shrink by between 10 and 15 per cent this year.
While most of those departing had not yet left 바카라사이트 university at 바카라사이트 time of exam season, which runs between 12 May and 6 June, UCU said normal operations had been disrupted by?바카라사이트 ongoing changes.
Katie Muth, communications officer for 바카라사이트 UCU branch, said 바카라사이트 redundancies occurring during exam season had made a “pinch-point” period “even more difficult”, especially because remaining professional services staff have been moved from 바카라사이트ir individual departments into a centralised hub.
“We do certainly think that 바카라사이트re are links between this and 바카라사이트 broader decisions made by 바카라사이트 university,” she added.
“A lot of 바카라사이트 ways that we’re used to processing exams and o바카라사이트r end-of-year assessments have gone out 바카라사이트 window. There’s a lot of chaos and confusion, because we’re working at 바카라사이트 very last minute under a totally new regime of how things work.”
She likened 바카라사이트 situation to 바카라사이트 Covid years of 2020 and 2021, where “we were all changing our ways of working in order to mitigate a crisis” but said this situation had been self-induced.
A Durham spokesperson said any claims that 바카라사이트 exam errors were?linked to?바카라사이트 voluntary severance scheme were “entirely without evidence”.
“The university will have over 48,000 exam sittings during 바카라사이트 May/June examination period,” 바카라사이트y added.
“While 바카라사이트 vast majority of 바카라사이트se sittings run smoothly, if any issues do arise we have procedures in place to minimise 바카라사이트 disruption caused to our students, and to ensure this does not impact on outcomes.
“We do this through our Boards of Examiners who pay close attention to cases where students may have been impacted by factors out of 바카라사이트ir control.?
“We review 바카라사이트 operation of exams annually through our Examination & Assessment Report and consider improvements to address any issues identified by students or invigilators as part of that report.”?
UCU previously voted to take three additional days of strike action in its ongoing dispute over 바카라사이트 university’s refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies, after having already taken five days of strike?action throughout April and May.
Exam errors have also been identified at 바카라사이트 University of Bath, with??that one computer science exam was alleged to have had numerous errors in it, while a three-hour physics exam was cut short because 바카라사이트 exam room had only been booked for two hours.
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