We, the students who undertook the exam ENG3177 Environmental Engineering and Hydrology on the 20/1/2015, request the Student’s Union submit the following resolution to the Department of Civil Engineering following mistakes and disruption occurred during the exam, namely:
1.That the multiple errors in the exam were unacceptable, that the way they were dealt with was disruptive and unfair, and that our academic performance has suffered as a result of the errors. Therefore, students should be fairly compensated.
2. Measures
currently in place regarding exam checking should be reviewed by the Department
of Civil Engineering to ensure that errors and disruption which occurred in the
ENG 3177 exam paper are not repeated in the future.
Updates
January 25, 2015
The department has acknowledged receipt of our formal concerns but they are offering nothing more than vague promises for now. I am exhausted by the back and forth but we cannot let this slide when our grades are on the line.
17 Comments
What was most distressing for me was that someone raised the error with him and he dissmissed it ten minutes into the exam only to come back an hour later to confirm the error.
A lot of time wasted re-attempting question 4 trying to find my mistaken not knowing there was a general mistake with the question, this led to me not finishing that question, and this affected my focus and time spent on the other questions. totally unfair. And question 3 also might have had a problem.
Ridiculous amount of time wasted in continuously attempting to answer question 4 believing that the wrong values produced were through fault of mine and not carelessness in checking a ‘YEAR 3’ examination paper. Despite extra 10 minutes given (which is nowhere near enough time to compensate for an entire question and its associated stress) question 4 remained incomplete and the two other questions were put on hold and either finished or attempted in a careless manner due to lack of available time and focus.
Errors on Q4 made it unresolvable. Spent large portion of exam trying to resolve. As a result, caclulations were rushed with numerous errors aswell as huge time wastage. This meant, Q2 was left incomplete and Q3 unrevised due to not having enough time to come back to them.
10mins of added time wasn't sufficient to compensate for the time lost in helping Prof.Khu to provide us with the correct equations plus the time required to redo the question. Furthermroe to add to the disruptions the invidulator decided to call the offices to let them know of the situation whilst inside the exam hall. As a result of these disturbances, it was difficult to regain concentration and as a result of the shortage of time, the previous question attempted couldn't be revised, corrected and completed as initialy planned.
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We, the students who undertook the exam ENG3177 Environmental Engineering and Hydrology on the 20/1/2015, request the Student’s Union submit the following resolution to the Department of Civil Engineering following mistakes and disruption occurred during the exam, namely:
1.That the multiple errors in the exam were unacceptable, that the way they were dealt with was disruptive and unfair, and that our academic performance has suffered as a result of the errors. Therefore, students should be fairly compensated.
2. Measures
currently in place regarding exam checking should be reviewed by the Department
of Civil Engineering to ensure that errors and disruption which occurred in the
ENG 3177 exam paper are not repeated in the future.
Updates
January 25, 2015
The department has acknowledged receipt of our formal concerns but they are offering nothing more than vague promises for now. I am exhausted by the back and forth but we cannot let this slide when our grades are on the line.
17 Comments
Not only is it unacceptable that such large mistakes could have been made, but I'm also concerned about how exactly the compensation marks will be calculated.
What was most distressing for me was that someone raised the error with him and he dissmissed it ten minutes into the exam only to come back an hour later to confirm the error.
A lot of time wasted re-attempting question 4 trying to find my mistaken not knowing there was a general mistake with the question, this led to me not finishing that question, and this affected my focus and time spent on the other questions. totally unfair. And question 3 also might have had a problem.
Ridiculous amount of time wasted in continuously attempting to answer question 4 believing that the wrong values produced were through fault of mine and not carelessness in checking a ‘YEAR 3’ examination paper. Despite extra 10 minutes given (which is nowhere near enough time to compensate for an entire question and its associated stress) question 4 remained incomplete and the two other questions were put on hold and either finished or attempted in a careless manner due to lack of available time and focus.
Errors on Q4 made it unresolvable. Spent large portion of exam trying to resolve. As a result, caclulations were rushed with numerous errors aswell as huge time wastage. This meant, Q2 was left incomplete and Q3 unrevised due to not having enough time to come back to them.
10mins of added time wasn't sufficient to compensate for the time lost in helping Prof.Khu to provide us with the correct equations plus the time required to redo the question. Furthermroe to add to the disruptions the invidulator decided to call the offices to let them know of the situation whilst inside the exam hall. As a result of these disturbances, it was difficult to regain concentration and as a result of the shortage of time, the previous question attempted couldn't be revised, corrected and completed as initialy planned.
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Not only is it unacceptable that such large mistakes could have been made, but I'm also concerned about how exactly the compensation marks will be calculated.