Special consideration

The University's assessment practices are designed to ensure that conditions are fair to all students, as consistent as possible and that individual students are not disadvantaged by adverse personal circumstances beyond their control or by the activities of other students.

Generally, serious illness or misadventure will be taken into account when considering a student’s academic performance in a course or units of study. However, there is clear distinction between longstanding illness or difficulties which prevent students from attending classes and/or completing required work and short-term serious illness or misadventure that may prevent a well-prepared student from sitting for an examination or completing a particular assignment.

In the event of non-attendance due to ill-health or misadventure, a request for special consideration may be lodged within seven days from date of non-attendance.

Procedure for lodging a Special Consideration

Download a copy of The Sydney Summer School guidelines for applying for special consideration in Winter School.

To lodge a special consideration in Summer and Winter Schools a student must:

1. complete a Special Consideration form;
2. attach relevant evidentiary documentation - Professional Practitioners Certificate;
3. present all documentation to the Summer and Winter Schools office for receipting and logging;
4. lodge original documents at the relevant department or faculty office.

The faculty will notify students of academic judgment in due course.

Important: A request for special consideration may not automatically result in a supplementary examination.

Please note, students from the Faculty of Economics and Business can read Faculty procedure for Special Consideration here:

Faculty of Economics and Business Special Consideration Procedure

Again, please note that only those Economics and Business students who have been granted Special Consideration for a final exam by the Faculty are eligible to sit a further test.

All further tests will will be held in the Storey Dixon Building on dates to be confirmed, contingent upon Special Consideration applications. Please contact the Summer and Winter Schools Office at the relevant time for further information.