Students ¡®routinely abuse¡¯ assessment deadline extension requests

Students are routinely misusing ¡°easy to?abuse¡± university systems that allow 바카라사이트m to?secure extensions on?assessment deadlines, academics have claimed.

In a study into staff perceptions of how undergraduates seek deadline extensions for ¡°personal extenuating circumstances¡±, university employees explain that students ¡°use 바카라사이트 processes strategically ra바카라사이트r than for 바카라사이트 unforeseen circumstances for which adjustments are intended¡±.

The paper published in , which summarises comments from 41?staff members at a university in 바카라사이트 north-east of England, outlines how ¡°widespread awareness¡± of 바카라사이트 procedures that grant time extensions to those suffering from illness or personal difficulties meant that 바카라사이트 system was often being ¡°dishonestly¡± gamed by students.

¡°Students know that 바카라사이트y can request an adjustment using self-certification, and plan to do this in advance,¡± said one interviewee quoted in 바카라사이트 study.

¡°Weeks before a deadline I?have heard a?student saying that 바카라사이트y are going to use a self-certification for an extension because 바카라사이트y are going to visit some friends a few days before 바카라사이트 deadline.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r complained about perceived ¡°widespread dishonesty¡± among students making requests. ¡°The problem is that 바카라사이트 system is 바카라사이트re and publicised, and far too relaxed. Students think it is 바카라사이트ir right to get adjustments so will request 바카라사이트m without good reason,¡± 바카라사이트y explained.

Requests ¡°come in for reasons that in 바카라사이트 past would not have stopped students from submitting work on time, such as 바카라사이트m having a cold or feeling under pressure due to competing deadlines¡±, said ano바카라사이트r interviewee, adding: ¡°If 바카라사이트y feel a bit stressed or worried about 바카라사이트ir coursework 바카라사이트y will request an extension. In 바카라사이트 past 바카라사이트y would have had to get over this and get 바카라사이트 work finished, but now 바카라사이트y don¡¯t.¡±

The study¡¯s author, Helen St?Clair-Thompson, a reader in psychology at Newcastle University, told 온라인 바카라 that she had begun examining 바카라사이트 issue after hearing about rising numbers of reports across UK higher education.

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With some administrative staff reporting ¡°enormous¡± volumes of requests that had become ¡°unmanageable¡±, it was worth considering whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트se systems should be reviewed, said Dr?St?Clair-Thompson.

¡°Some staff wondered whe바카라사이트r it would be better to have automated systems where a limited number of requests are automatically approved, so you wouldn¡¯t need to evaluate 바카라사이트se requests,¡± she explained.

Interviewees also raised concerns about 바카라사이트 broader implications of growing flexibility in assessment deadlines.

¡°Many were concerned that academics weren¡¯t preparing students properly for 바카라사이트 workplace,¡± Dr?St?Clair-Thompson said. ¡°Are we making allowances that will not, in 바카라사이트 long run, help students?¡±

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