Arrangements for reasonable adjustments in examinations for students with a disability

A University policy objective is to maintain consistent program requirements and academic standards for all students while allowing suitable flexibility in the assessment arrangements for students with disabilities. Reasonable adjustments are carefully administered to avoid disadvantage to any examination candidate.

You may need a reasonable adjustment where a significant mobility, sensory, learning or other physical or mental health impairment, permanent or temporary, may prevent you from performing to capacity in an examination conducted under standard conditions.

Timelines

You must contact the Disability Adviser to discuss and finalise your examination requirements by the end of Week 9 of the semester. Any requests for new support or amendments to existing support plans from Week 10 will be considered on a case by case basis and will be supported only if deemed to be unexpected or extraordinary and confirmed as such by a medical or mental health practitioner.

Request due to medical and mental health emergencies may be considered if received no later than 48 business hours prior the commencement of the respective exam period. At this time, examination coordination is locked in and NO further adjustments can be made.

Requests after these dates should be directed to your faculty for deferred exams or other alternate arrangements.

Documentation

Requests for reasonable adjustments must be substantiated. Acceptable documentation of your disability may be obtained from medical practitioners or specialists with expertise in diagnosing the condition for which an adjustment is being requested.

Documentation must be relevant to the condition and to the adjustment required. For more details on documentation requirements, please see the Disability Support Documentation webpage

You should then present your documentation and any other relevant information to the Disability Adviser within Student and Academic Services who assess your specific examination requirements on the basis of the information you provide.

Please note your documentation must be current when it is initially submitted. If, after reasonable adjustments have been made, your condition improves or deteriorates, or other altered circumstances influence the existing arrangement, updated documents will be required and you will need to contact your Disability Adviser within the time frames specified above.