I failed to attend my last exam due to sickness. When I went to discuss this situation with the course administrator, who informed me that the International Management programme does not normally offer a replacement examination, requiring students who are prevented from sitting an examination to wait a year until the next full examination session in May 2004. This would leave me in the same position as if I had failed an examination and wished to re-sit, rather than being prevented from sitting an examination through no fault of my own. Therefore I wrote letters to the Board of Examiners and to the Head of Department. After a gruelling process, I am now granted an examination in August 2003. Whilst I understand that granting a replacement examination is at the discretion of the School Board of Examiners, I feel that it would be inequitable to not grant postgraduate students a replacement examination in August/September 2003, and thereby require them to wait a full year to complete the examinations in satisfaction of their master's degree. As I am sure everyone can appreciate, such a delay in completing a degree would have a detrimental impact on students career, leaving a hiatus in their CV that would require explanation. In the currently very competitive graduate job market, this could prevent students from commencing employment, as a normal condition precedent to an offer of employment is satisfactory completion of university studies.
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