LL.B. Students at the University of London International Programmes are graded for a year’s worth of intense and difficult work on the results of a single three hour exam per subject.  The result per exams determine our annual grades, represents our scholastic abilities, and stay with us for life affecting our future employabilitiy and / or any future academic endeavors.  Due to the weight and importance of these exams and the amount of hard work they represent, in the spirit of openness, transparency and justice, the University of London International Programmes should make the following changes to the Grading Standards and Policies of its LL.B. students as spelled out on the website WWW.LLBSTUDENTVOICE.ORG IMMEDIATELY:

1. The University must require examiners to mark student exams with notes and explanations as to why points were awarded / deducted, and these marked exam papers with the final grade must be digitally scanned and emailed to each student.  Each student that has paid an annual fee, spent a year studying, and took multiple 3 hour hand written exams is initialed to receive copies of the exams with the specific rationalization for their grades.  For this service, the University has a right to charge a reasonable fee, which I am certain every student will be happy to pay. 
   
   
2. The University must allow students who feel their grades were unjustified to appeal for academic review(not just an administrative review for which the University currently charges £50) to a third party examiner, who will grade the answers thoroughly with explanations in the side notes.  The University must take this regarding into account in considering the students final exam marks, and also send a scanned copy of this re-graded exam to the student via email.
   
   
3. The examiner reports provided by the University are very general and very lacking, and in no way give complete examples and instructions regarding how to achieve first class marks. The University must publish 1:1 exam (with the authors anonymity) answers, in full, for the edification of all its students and the advancement of legal education among its students.  Anything less is a disservice to our growth as future lawyers.
   
   
4. The University must once and for all allow External students not residing in the UK to sit on the Student Council to advocate for our own group interests.  We the External students still have no say regarding policies that affect us. 
   
   
5. The materials provided by the University (subject guides which form the basis of our studies) are outdated for certain subjects. Any legal practitioner or law student knows the value of having the latest edition of any legal publication. For a renowned institution like the UoL not to have published new subject guides (fully updated) every summer is a letdown for all independent students. One has to ask if any lecturer at one of the UoL internal constituent colleges would dish out notes which have no relevance in light of legislative or case law developments.

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