L. Mitigating Circumstances Notice to Examiners

The University's policy on the use of medical and other certificates is available at https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/exams/completing-an-exam/in-person-exams.

As Part A is part of a multi-part examination there are two points at which the mitigating circumstances notice should be considered, the final meeting of the Part A examiners and the final meeting of the Part B examiners. 

If Part A examiners are presented with a mitigating circumstances notice affecting one paper they can take it into account and decide on appropriate action to be taken.

If Part A examiners are presented with a mitigating circumstances notice affecting more than one paper and feel unable to take any action at the Part A Examination Board they should pass this information, along with the medical or other evidence, to the Board of Examiners in Part B the following year.  The Part B examiners can then take this evidence into account before making a classification.  Once USMs have been issued to colleges at the end of Part A they cannot be altered, so in order to take such evidence into account Part B examiners may have to suspend the examining conventions in awarding a classification.

In all cases a record of mitigating circumstances notices and medical or other evidence submitted at Part A must be kept and passed to the Part B examiners, along with a note of any action taken.