Exam

When you turn in a home examination you will also have to sign av declaration that states that this is your own work.

Declaration home examination (PDF)

GRADING SYSTEM
Hedmark University College uses the ECTS credit system with the letters A-F.
The grades have been translated into English by the University of Oslo and are presented below.

 

Grade Description
General, qualitative description of evaluation criteria
A – Excellent. An excellent performance, clearly outstanding.
The candidate demonstrates excellent judgement and a high degree of independent thinking.

B - Very good. A very good performance.
The candidate demonstrates sound judgement and a very good degree of independent thinking.

C – Good. A good performance in most areas.
The candidate demonstrates a reasonable degree of judgement and independent thinking in the most important areas.

D – Satisfactory. A satisfactory performance, but with significant shortcomings.
The candidate demonstrates a limited degree of judgement and independent thinking.

E – Sufficient. A performance that meets the minimum criteria, but no more.
The candidate demonstrates a very limited degree of judgement and independent thinking.

F – Fail. A performance that does not meet the minimum academic criteria.
The candidate demonstrates an absence of both judgement and independent thinking.

Exam regulations

The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education

Regulations Concerning Examinations at Hedmark University College

Established by the Board of Hedmark University College on 12 June 2008 pursuant to Section 3-9 sub-section7 of the Act no. 15 of 1 April 2005 Relating to Universities and University Colleges.

This document is a translation of a legally binding document originally written in Norwegian. If a dispute arises as to the interpretation of this document, the Norwegian version takes precedence.

 

Article 1 Scope and Extent

These regulations apply to all examinations, tests, assessments, evaluation of practical work and other evaluation from Hedmark University College (hereafter called HUC) included on a diploma or a transcript of records. In the event of a discrepancy between these examination regulations and the framework plan for a course of study, the framework plan as established by the Ministry of Education and Research takes precedence.

 

Article 2 Definitions

  1. The Act
    The Act referred to here is the Act no. 15 of 1 April 2005 Relating to Universities and University Colleges.
  2. Framework plan
    A framework plan is the national framework describing the objectives, contents and organisation of certain vocational study programmes. Framework plans are established by the Ministry.
  3. Curriculum
    A curriculum is a plan which gives a more detailed specification of the objectives, content and organisation of study programmes that have a national framework.
  4. Syllabus
    A syllabus is a plan which comprises more detailed further specification of the objectives, content and organisation of study programmes that are not regulated by a framework plan.
  5. Module Description
    A course or module description is a description of contents, scope, aims, forms of assessment etc. of a module included on a diploma or transcript of records.
  6. Credits/ECTS
    The overall study workload of a module or study programme is measured in credits. The normal workload for one academic year is 60 ECTS credits for full-time students.
  7. Examinations
    Examinations can be:
    - written and/or oral examinations in a module
    - practical tests and assignments
    - assessment of supervised practical training/work
    - presentations
    - portfolio assessment (those components of the portfolio that are part of the final assessment for a module and/or which form part of the final grade on a diploma or transcript of records)
    - assessment of completed laboratory, project and seminar assignments, reports or other types of documentation that are part of the final assessment for a module and/or which form part of the final grade on a Diploma or transcript of records
  8. Student
    A student is a person who has been enrolled in studies at HUC pursuant to Sections 3-6 and 3-7 of the Act.
  9. External Candidate
    An external candidate is a person who sits examinations according to Section 3-10 of the Act without having been formally enrolled in studies at HUC.

10. The Right to Study
The right to study is a right connected to enrolment as a student and having the status of a student. This entails the right to attend all organised teaching, examinations, supervision (individual and in small groups), practical work and exercises, laboratory courses, practical studies, field work, etc. connected with the course in which the student is enrolled.

11. Individual Education Plan
An individual education plan is an agreement between the individual student and the university college. It is to ensure a more binding commitment between the student and the university college. Individual education plans refer to the rules and regulations governing the relationship between individual students and the university college, and provide information about the academic contents and structure of the studies.

 

Article 3 The Right to Study

  1. Pursuant to Section 4-2 of the Act a person who has accepted a student place will keep his/her right to study for 50 % over and above the normal period of study, however for no less than one year. On application from the student HUC may make an exception to this rule. Deferred start of studies and temporary exclusions are not included in this time limitation.
  2. If a student fails to complete a study programme/module within the normal time, and significant changes have in the mean time been made to the study plan or programme curriculum, he/she has the right to complete the course according to the original study plan or programme curriculum for up to one year after the changes have come into force.
  3. The student must pay the semester fee, approve the education plan (for studies of 60 ECTS or more) and /or register each semester before the prevailing deadline. If these conditions are not met, the right to study will be revoked automatically.
  4. The student may lose his/her right to study on a course to which he/she has been admitted in the following cases:
    a) The student has exceeded the permitted time extension over and above normal time.
    b) The student has used all his/her permitted attempts at examinations or practical training in accordance with the framework plan, curriculum or syllabus or these regulations.
    c) The student has not been granted leave of absence, and has not sat and passed an examination during the last two academic years.
    HUC decides whether the right to study is to be lost. This decision can be appealed.
  5. The right to study is automatically revoked when:
    a) The student him/herself confirms that he/she is retiring from the study programme
    b) The studies have been completed and diploma/transcript of the record has been issued.
  6. A person who has lost the right to study pursuant to clauses 4 a and c of this Article may apply for new admittance to the course and will then have to relate to the prevailing syllabus on a new course.

 

Article 4 Education Plan

  • An education plan must be drawn up between HUC and a student who has been admitted to studies of 60 ECTS or more. The education plan is to contain rules concerning HUC’s responsibilities and obligations for the student and the student’s obligations towards HUC and fellow students.
  • The education plan should make it possible for the student to complete his/her studies or study programme within normal time limits as a full-time or part-time student.
  • The education plan can be changed by HUC and student in agreement, and it is to be approved by the student each semester before the designated deadline. The education plan is not legally binding.

 

Article 5 Leave of Absence

A student is not normally granted leave of absence before having completed 30 ECTS or more. Normally up to one year’s leave of absence may be granted. HUC decides the application for leave. HUC may grant leave of absence for more than one year in cases of e.g. maternity leave/adoption, national military or civil service, illness or for other special reasons.

 

Article 6 The Right to Sit an Examination

  1. Students who have been accepted for a module or a study programme at HUC, and who have paid the semester fee and registered, have the right to sit the examinations and tests that are part of their course, module or study programme.
  2. Students who have been accepted for a study programme of at least one year’s duration
    (60 ECTS) must endorse their individual education plan in order to have the right to sit an examination.
  3. Others who satisfy general and any specific admission requirements and other requirements for having the right to sit an examination, will be permitted to sit examinations according to the provisions stipulated in the Section 3-10 of the Act. HUC decides whether the necessary requirements have been met.
  4. HUC may determine specific work requirements, requirements that certain examinations or tests or obligatory attendance in classes/lectures and practical training must be completed before an examination in certain subjects can be sat. Information about this is to be included in the curriculum/ syllabus and in the module descriptions. Students who do not meet the determined requirements for examinations and tests, or who have not attended obligatory classes/lectures or completed obligatory practical training, do not have the right to sit an examination.
  5. HUC allows students to sit the same examination in the same module three times. Students who fail to withdraw from the examination within the deadline, fail to turn up for the examination, do not deliver an examination paper or withdraw from the examination while it is in progress are deemed to have attempted to sit the examination. In special circumstances HUC may, on application, grant a student the right to sit the same examination a fourth time. In cases where students try to take the same examination several times, the best result counts as the final grade.
  6. If a student fails practical training/work placement he/she is permitted to take the practical training period once more unless otherwise stated in the framework plan.
  7. Examinations are normally organised in the same semester as the module has been taught and finished. The syllabus for the examination is included in the module descriptions. HUC can decide to can arrange a new examination for those who failed their exam or who had a valid reason for being absent from the ordinary examination. If a new examination is arranged, students who wish to improve their earlier examination results may also take part. A new examination may be of a different type from the ordinary examination.

 

Article 7 Registering for Examinations

 

  1. Registration for examinations must take place before 1 October in the autumn semester and 1 March in the spring, unless otherwise stated by HUC. Registration for examinations is usually effectuated on approval of the education plan for studies of 60 ECTS or more.
  2. Students are personally responsible for making sure they register for examinations before the deadlines given. In special circumstances HUC may deviate from the deadlines. Dispensation may be granted in cases where students have been ill or other unforeseen circumstances have prevented them from registering within the deadline given, if valid documentation has been produced.
  3. Students who have registered for an examination may withdraw. Notice of such withdrawal must be received by HUC no later than 2 weeks prior to the examination date.
  4. Students who withdraw after the deadline and who do not have valid reasons for this delay, are considered to have used one attempt at the examination. Valid reasons are illness or serious welfare grounds, and must be documented. Such documentation must be presented to the campus or sent by post (postmarked and signed by post office employee) as soon as possible and no later than three working days after the examination.

 

Article 8. Assessment

  1. The purpose of all assessment is to ensure that the individual student achieves a satisfactory academic level, and will usually include an individual testing of the student.
  2. Which examinations/assessments that are to form the basis for grading, is determined by the Ministry of Education and Research in the framework plans and otherwise by HUC. This information is included in syllabuses, curricula and module descriptions.
  3. Curricula, syllabuses and module descriptions also include information about partial examinations, including types of assessment and how much they count towards the final grade.
  4. The normal length of written, supervised examinations is:
    Up to 10 ECTS up to 4 hours
    For 11 to 30 ETCS up to 6 hours
    More than 30 ETCS up to 8 hours
    The scope of home and group examinations is decided separately.

 

Article 9 Special Examination Arrangements

  1. If students for medical or other reasons require special arrangements for the examination applications for such arrangements must be made before the deadline for registering (cf. Article 7.1). Exceptions from this rule may be allowed should acute situations arise. The application must include valid documentation from an expert (e.g. a doctor, speech therapist or psychologist), as well as a description of the special arrangements required for the examination. Students normally have to apply for each examination period but if the special arrangement requirements are of a permanent nature exceptions to this rule may be made.
  2. Special arrangements may include physical adaptations, the use of special aids and/or extended examination time, and in special circumstances, alternate types of assessment. (Special arrangements may include separate examination room, use of PC, secretarial help, oral instead of written examination, having the examination questions read aloud, having one’s answer paper read aloud for proofreading, recording one’s
    answer on e.g. a tape, specially adapted chairs and tables, extra breaks for rest, breaks for breastfeeding.)
  3. Written, supervised examinations can normally be extended by up to 25 %, maximum one hour of additional time. Unsupervised examinations are to be considered in each case, though there can be no more than 48 hours additional time.
  4. Students requiring special arrangements will be assessed according to ordinary academic criteria.
  5. If they wish, students who have dyslexia or other reading/writing disabilities may attach to their examination answers an anonymised documentation verifying their disabilities. Students with another native language than Norwegian will not normally be granted any additional time in which to complete the examination but they may, if they wish, attach to their examination answers an anonymised documentation verifying that Norwegian is not their first language.

 

Article 10 Use of Aids at Supervised Examination

HUC determines which aids are to be permitted at examinations. Information about permissible aids is to be available at the start of the semester and be included in semester/lecture plans and on the first page of the examination paper.

 

Article 11 Cheating and Attempted Cheating.

Students are deemed to have cheated if they have access to other than permissible aids during the examination, or in other ways contravene the examination regulations or the rules about the use of sources.

If during supervised examinations situations arise where a student is suspected of cheating, he/she must immediately be informed that it will be reported to the college administration for further steps to be taken. The student will then be asked whether he/she wants to break off or continue the examination. The same applies to students who have contributed to cheating, cf. clause no. 5 below.

If during an individual home examination situations arise in which the candidate’s final papers cannot be said to be the result of individual and independent work the college administration must be notified. Should it afterwards appear that two or more examination answers are clearly based on the same original source or have the same writer or a shared disposition, it will be counted as cheating for all those implicated.

References to sources used must be given. Direct copying without references to sources is considered cheating, no matter what the original source material. Examination answers must always be original, independent and individual pieces of work, unless otherwise stated in the examination instructions. The examination answers cannot have been used previously as an examination paper at HUC or any other institution of learning.

Candidates who intentionally or through gross negligence have contributed to other candidates cheating will also be considered to have cheated no matter what the type of examination.

Students who have cheated or attempted to cheat may have their examination annulled, cf. the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges Section 4-7 sub-section1, and/or they may risk being excluded from further studies, cf. Section 4-8, sub-section 3.

 

Article 12 Grading system

The grading system for examinations, tests, assignments or other types of assessment is either Pass/Fail, or it is based on a scale of six grades, where A to E represent a Pass and F constitutes a Fail, according to the following criteria:
Grade
Description
General qualitative description of assessment criteria

A - Outstanding
An excellent performance, clearly outstanding The candidate shows excellent judgement and a high degree of independent thinking
B - Very good
A very good performance. The candidate demonstrates sound judgement and a very good degree of independent thinking.
C - Good
A good performance which is satisfactory in most areas. The candidate demonstrates a reasonable degree of judgement and independent thinking in the most important areas.
D - Satisfactory
A satisfactory performance but with significant shortcomings. The candidate shows a limited degree of judgement and independent thinking.
E - Sufficient
The performance meets the minimum criteria, but no more. The candidate demonstrates a very limited degree of judgement and independent thinking.

F - Fail
A performance that does not meet the minimum academic criteria. The candidate demonstrates an absence of both judgement and independent thinking.
More specific descriptions and criteria are compiled by the individual faculties/departments, based on national guidelines for the specific subject areas.

  • The letter grades are equivalent to the following number grades: A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1, F=0. Numbers are used for calculating several examination results when an average is needed on a diploma or to work out the main grade. Standard rules for rounding off the numbers apply.
  • The use of Pass/Fail should not exceed 50 % of the credits awarded in a curriculum/ syllabus.
  • The curricula and syllabuses provide students with information about the grading system used for the various examinations, tests or assignments. This information is also included in the module descriptions.
  • HUC determines the rules for calculating the final grade in a module which comprises more than one partial examination. This information is also included in the module descriptions.

 

Article 13 Assessment of Examinations

  1. The students’ knowledge and competence are to be assessed in an impartial and academically sound way.
  2. HUC appoints external examiners, usually for four years at a time. External examiners cannot be employees of HUC (this applies to all the faculties) or be connected to the institution as a teacher paid by the hour during the period they are acting as external examiners for HUC. Guest lecturers may be used as external examiners if their involvement is limited.
  3. External evaluation may include: a) The use of external examiners to assess examination papers in one module.
    b) External spot checks of internal examiner’s assessments, external evaluation of certain parts of the assessments that are included in the examinee’s final grade or external evaluation of more extensive works such as projects and portfolios.
    c) The use of external examiners to evaluate syllabuses/curricula, module descriptions, teaching plan and/or assessment scheme.
    In the case of written examinations, external examiners should always be given the suggested examination questions and criteria for grading so that they can evaluate and approve said questions and criteria, even though they may not be involved in the actual assessment of the exam answers.
    HUC decides each year how to use external examiners in the assessment processes. It is important to ensure a varied use of the different ways external examiners can be used. External examiners should be used to evaluate examination answers/papers at least every three years in each study programme/module.
  4. External examiners must always be used to assess students’ independent work when this is a part of higher degrees.
  5. There must always be an external examiner where an oral examination is the only type of assessment and the module consists of 30 ECTS or more.
  6. If the internal and external examiner cannot agree on the evaluation of an answer, a third, external examiner is to be consulted and the three examiners must then reach a joint decision. If the course tutor and the supervisor in charge at the work/school placement cannot reach an agreement on the evaluation of the practical training, the person responsible for the course/programme steps in as the third examiner.
  7. The deadline for announcing the results of the exams is three weeks from the examination date. The deadline for Master’s theses is six week. In cases of appeals resulting in a new assessment of an examination, the deadline for announcing the result is three weeks from the date a new examiner is appointed. The Board may make exceptions from this rule for individual examinations and can use a temporary regulation to prolong a deadline if it proves impossible to obtain the requisite number of qualified examiners needed to return the examination results in three weeks. The Board may also decide a temporary regulation to prolong the deadline for theses and similar more extensive written assignments.
  8. For appeals resulting in the reassessment of examinations, cf. Sections 5-2, sub-section 2, and 5-3, sub-section 4, of the Act, at least two examiners must be appointed, at least one of whom must external. The new assessment may result in a grade that is better or worse for the appellant.
  9. Results of written examinations are either posted on the information board or published on HUC’s student administration website. Students are personally responsible for checking their own examination results.

10. Students who have failed their Master’s or Bachelor’s theses, project work or portfolio may re-use the same research question(s) and improve it(them). Students who wish to improve their Master’s or Bachelor’s thesis, project work or portfolio (without having failed them) must produce new work and completely new research questions.

 

Article 14 Grounds for Appealing against an Assessment

  1. Students are entitled to know why their examination performance has been
    graded in a certain way. For oral examinations or the evaluation of practical skills, students must claim an explanation immediately after the result has been announced. For other types of evaluation an appeal must be lodged within a week of the student having learned the result, yet no more than three weeks after the result was published.
  2. An explanation is usually to be given within two weeks of the appeal having been lodged. The explanation must state the general principles which form the basis for the grade and the way in which the performance was assessed. Examiners may choose to explain their reasons orally or in writing, and they decide jointly who is to give the reasons for the grade awarded.
  3. An appeal must be lodged in writing within three weeks of the publication of the examination results. If a student has claimed an explanation for the grade or complained about formal mistakes, the deadline for lodging an appeal starts when he/she has received an explanation or a decision about the complaint based on procedural errors.
  4. The written appeal must include:
    the name of the complainant (name, address and student number)
    what the complaint is about (subject/course, examination date, grade)
    date and signature
  5. If students wish to lodge an appeal based on a group examination result, all the members of the group must agree to the appeal and sign it.
  6. Oral examinations and the assessment of practical placement and other assessments which due to their nature cannot be controlled, are not subject to appeals (cf. Sections 5-3, sub-section 5 of the Act).
  7. In the event of an appeal new examiners are appointed. The results will be submitted within the same deadlines that apply to ordinary exams after the appeal examiner has been appointed. The new grade may go in favour of or against the complainant. This evaluation is final, pursuant to Section 5-3, sub-section 6 in the Act.
    If the final grade is based on an oral exam in conjunction with a written partial examination, and an appeal results in a different grade being awarded for the written part of the overall grade, a new oral examination must be held before the final grade is awarded.

 

Article 15 Complaints about Procedural Errors

  1. Complaints based on procedural errors are dealt with by the HUC Complaints Board pursuant to Section 5-2 of the Act. Procedural errors may include mistakes in examination questions, the way in which the exam itself was arranged or grading errors.
  2. Complaints regarding procedural errors must be lodged within three weeks after the student became aware of, or should have become aware of, the conditions on which the complaint rests. If the student has requested an explanation for or lodged a complaint concerning grading, the deadline for complaints pursuant to Section 5-2 sub-section 3 of the Act is calculated from when the student has received the explanation or the decision concerning the complaint.
  3. If the HUC Complaints Board finds that procedural errors have been made, and that this may have had significance for the performance or grading of one or more students, the student or students’ examination answers will be graded again or a new examination will be held as soon as possible.

 

Article 16 Exemption from Sitting an Examination

  1. A student may be granted an exemption from sitting an examination if he/she can present documents proving that he/she has passed an identical or equivalent exam at HUC or a different institution of learning. An application for exemption from an examination must be made in writing within a month of the start of the module in question, and must include the necessary documentation as to scope and content of the examination that is requested considered. Students may not be exempted from partial examinations that make up part of the final grade.
  2. HUC grants exemptions based on advice from the relevant tutors or faculty.
  3. In the event of exemptions being granted, this must be included in the Diploma and transcript of records with the reasons for the exemption stated.
  4. Examinations undertaken at upper secondary school level may not be considered to constitute grounds for exemption from HUC examinations.

 

Article 17 Diploma

  1. Students who successfully complete a vocational qualification or achieve a degree will be issued with a Diploma and a Diploma Supplement in English. If the qualification is the result of studies undertaken at different university colleges/institutions of learning, individual consideration will in each case be given as to which institution is to issue the Diploma.
  2. Students who have completed modules that do not add up to a Diploma may receive a transcript of records.
  3. The Diploma must include:
    - name and personal identity number
    - the degree or vocational qualification gained
    - time of completion
    - name, ECTS and grades awarded for the subjects/courses/modules studied
    - examination dates
    - exemptions from examinations, if applicable, including reasons
    - the title of larger written papers (comprising at least 30 ECTS)
    - grading system used
  4. If a student has taken exams in subjects/modules that partially overlap each other, the number of ECTS awarded should be reduced. HUC decides such reductions on the basis of advice from the relevant persons/faculties, and should be made so that students get the best possible outcome.
  5. Only one Diploma is issued per student per study programme. If a student after completing a study programme sits a new examination and the results of this may influence the grade awarded on the original Diploma, he/she can return the original Diploma and have another one issued based on the new results.
  6. Information about “double degrees”, re-use of an education and affiliation requirements for issuing Diplomas can be found in Regulation for Accreditation of Higher Education, as laid down by the Ministry of Education and Research on 10 April 2006.
  7. In special cases where it is possible to document or substantiate that a Diploma has been irretrievably lost, it is possible to have a duplicate Diploma issued without returning the original Diploma.
  8. If a student has completed a study programme and an appeal has been lodged based on the grade awarded in a module, a Diploma will not be issued until after the appeal has been decided. If a Diploma has already been issued, the appeal cannot be dealt with until the student has returned his/her Diploma to HUC.

 

Article 18 Annulment. Expulsion. Exclusion.

Pursuant to Section 4-7 of the Act the Board or the HUC Complaints Board may annul examinations. Pursuant to Section 4-8 sub-section 3of the Act, if a student has acted as described in Section 4-8 sub-section 3, he or she may be excluded from the institution and lose the right to sit examinations at institutions covered by this Act
for up to a year. For complaints regarding annulments, see Section 4-7 sub-section 3.

 

Article 19 Dispensations

Applications regarding dispensation from the examination regulations are decided by HUC.

 

Article 20 Supplementary Provisions

HUC may decide supplementary provisions to these regulations.

 

Article 21 Implementation

These regulations come into effect on 1 August 2008.
The regulations for HUC of 1 August 2006 are repealed as of the same date.

 

 

5. Exam guidelines

 

Exam guidelines

Guidelines for Examination Candidates

Established by the Board of Hedmark University College Board on 9 September 2005 pursuant to
Section 3-9, sub-section 7 of the Act no. 15 of 1 April 2005 Relating to Universities and University
Colleges, and Article 17 in the Examination Regulations for Hedmark University College. Changed on
Rector’s authority on 3 February 2006.

 

A. Individual Supervised Written Examination

  • The candidate must take his/her place in the examination premises at least 15 minutes before the examination starts. The candidate may not have other objects than writing equipment, permissible aids and food/drink at his/her desk. Bags, outdoor garments, mobile phones and any other things that are brought into the examination room must be put in a designated place. Mobile phones are to be turned off.
  • Candidates who have received examination questions and writing paper may not leave the examination room before they have signed the candidate list and before at least 30 minutes of the examination time has passed. Candidates who are up to 30 minutes late for the examination must approach the head invigilator and may be allowed to sit the examination without additional time.
  • The candidate is to present a valid student card with a photo, and must sign the candidate list when being given a candidate number (examination number). Private examinees must also show a valid receipt for payment of examination fees.
  • The time allowed for the examination has been indicated in prior information and should moreover be printed on the examination paper. This time also includes time for eating. When the allotted time is over, all writing on the answer is to cease. After this the candidate has up to 15 minutes additional time in which to fill in any covering sheets of paper, add page numbers, fill in necessary information at the top of the examination sheets of paper, separate sheets of paper, etc.
  • Hedmark University College uses examination paper with carbon copies. Answers must therefore be written in blue or black biro or hard felt pen. If the time allotted is not sufficient, the candidate may hand in his/her rough drafts on which page numbers and candidate numbers are written. It is up to the examiners to decide how much weight they can place on the rough draft. When using a PC for examination purposes the answer must be handed in in duplicate with the addition of candidate number, page number and how many pages there are in all and/or floppy disc/CD.
  • During the examination the candidate may not communicate with any one other than the examination invigilator(s). If the candidate needs a break, he/she must always be accompanied by an invigilator.
  • Candidates who are ill and cannot attend the examination must inform the study administration of this immediately and submit a doctor’s certificates. If a candidate becomes ill during the examination, the head invigilator is to be told so that leave can be given. For a candidate to have a valid reason for not
    sitting an examination, he/she must ensure that the study administration has received a doctor’s certificate by the latest three working days after the examination (postmarked within three working days).
  • If a candidate does not attend the examination and does not have valid grounds for his/her absence, this counts as the candidate having used one attempt at sitting the examination.
  • The candidate is to show the other candidates consideration so that there are no disturbances. In cases
    of serious breach of rules a candidate may be expelled from the examination room.
  • When the candidate wishes to deliver his/her answer, the examination invigilator must be contacted. The candidate stays at his/her desk until all the papers have been checked and delivered, whereupon he/she leaves the room immediately. An examination answer that has been delivered may in no circumstances be handed out again. All unused paper is to be given to the invigilator.
  • When using a PC for examination purposes the candidate is given an empty floppy disc/CD that is to be used for his/her answer. The candidate is responsible for saving copies regularly to ensure that data is not lost if there were to be trouble with the PC or a power cut. The examination answer is to be handed in as a printout in duplicate with candidate number, page number and number of pages added. The examination answer may be handed in on floppy disc/CD if pre-arranged.

 

B. Home Examinations

  • When examinations take place outside supervised premises the examination answer must be handed in to HUC within the designated deadline. Candidates may enter into an agreement to send their answers as express parcel. The postal service must provide documentation that it has been despatched before the deadline.
  • Examination answers in cases of home examinations are to be delivered in duplicate. It is the candidate’s own responsibility to make sure he/she keeps a copy for him/herself. The answer is not to have a name on it, only a candidate number which was made known when the questions were handed out, plus pagination and number of sheets of paper.
  • If HUC has decided that the examination answer is to be submitted electronically the candidate must send it within the designated deadline with the candidate number on, and otherwise follow the guidelines that apply to delivery.

 

Changes in the Guidelines for Examination Candidates become operative as of 1 March 2006.
Guidelines for Examination Candidates decided by the Board of Hedmark University College on 9. September 2005 are revoked as of the same point in time.