Senate

Subject: Annual report on use of condonement 2007/08

Origin: Learning and Teaching Committee, 12 February 2009

The Committee considered a review of the use of condonement for undergraduate students in session 2007/08. It was noted that there had been a significant increase in the number of students who had benefitted from condonement (a 44% increase on 2006/07), though the average margin of condoned failure had fallen for the fourth consecutive year. It was noted that the Science Faculty had the highest proportion of ‘condoned students’: this was felt to reflect the nature of the disciplines involved, where students whose performance generally was entirely satisfactory could have an unexpectedly bad failure in a single module.

The Academic Registry was thanked for producing the report, which would be forwarded to Senate for information. The Committee confirmed that it would wish to continue receiving similar reports on an annual basis.

Author – Robert Bowyer

Date – February 2009