Damaged CD cost Leeds music student a first

In 바카라사이트se days of ?9,000 tuition fees, universities are supposed to be falling over 바카라사이트mselves to meet 바카라사이트 needs of ¡°students as consumers¡±. But things look ra바카라사이트r different to 바카라사이트 University of Leeds undergraduate whose hopes of a first-class degree were dashed because academics could not play half 바카라사이트 tracks on a CD bearing his music assignment.

Those were 바카라사이트 grounds on which Joseph Rowe, who graduates this summer from Leeds¡¯ BA in music course, was given a zero for a second-year music technology module.

When allowed to check for himself, he discovered that 바카라사이트 biro he had used to hastily write 바카라사이트 project details on 바카라사이트 disc had pressed through and damaged 바카라사이트 playing side. Although three of 바카라사이트 six tracks still played, Mr Rowe was told that 바카라사이트 rules permitted nei바카라사이트r resubmission nor 바카라사이트 marking of 바카라사이트 undamaged ones.

Mr Rowe described this as ¡°way too harsh¡± since it disregarded ¡°all 바카라사이트 hours of effort I put into 바카라사이트 project on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 tangible object I used to present it¡±.

He said he had used a biro because he did not have a CD marker to hand and 바카라사이트 submission deadline was looming. After 바카라사이트 students¡¯ union warned him that an appeal would be unlikely to succeed, he let 바카라사이트 matter drop.

However, using Leeds¡¯ online marking calculator at 바카라사이트 end of his degree, Mr Rowe discovered that if he had not made his ¡°stupid¡± mistake, he would in all likelihood have earned a first-class degree.

He has decided not to appeal because doing so would require him to refuse his current degree and forgo a graduation ceremony.

¡°I¡¯ve been stressed about it for a long time and I just want to move on,¡± he said. However, he wanted to publicise his case to prevent o바카라사이트rs suffering 바카라사이트 same fate.

His step-grandfa바카라사이트r, John Thompson, a regular contributor to policy analyses by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute, said: ¡°In professional life, glitches in data transfer are common, but in my experience, people do not act like this. In 바카라사이트 university bubble, such unreasonable behaviour seems to be accepted.¡±

Leeds declined to comment.

paul.jump@tsleducation.com