oh, totally you'll get extenuating circumstances, we have all sorts of options there
but you shouldn't be able to change absolute marks. You can sometimes, say, agree to give an "A" for 55% if the person is clearly an A candidate but had a good reason for fucking up an exam. But changing the actual 55% value is getting into naughtiness territory. I know some of the "newer" unis do it, but it's really bad practice. You got what you got. The reason we sit in exam boards is not to debate what you got, but what it is worth.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 15:21, Reply)