December 2020 Examination Diet
Edinburgh Law School would like to wish all students sitting exams this month every success during the forthcoming assessment period. Please take a look at the timetable information and guidance on this page ahead of your forthcoming assessment period.
Law School Exam Dates Academic Year 2020/21
Exams will take place between 10 - 21 December 2020 (including Saturdays 12 and 19 December 2020) at 13:00 GMT, so please ensure all electronic devices are set to UK Time Zone.
Download full University of Edinburgh December Exam Timetable
Please note, changes can occur to the timetable therefore please ensure that you recheck your exam details immediately prior to your examination(s).
Special Circumstances
The University operates a Special Circumstances process to provide students with a route to ask your School to take into account any personal circumstances that may be affecting your performance in assessment.
We understand that the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact upon our lives, in a variety of different ways. While Schools have redesigned your courses this academic year, taking into account the impact of Covid-19 will have on your studies, there may still be situations where you experience a unique impact as a result of the pandemic.
If you have been affected by special circumstances, you should submit information in writing to the Extensions and Special Circumstances service:
Extensions and Special Circumstances (ESC) service
Technical difficulties and late submissions
If you face any technical difficulties during your assessment, or your submission is late as a result of any technical issues, you should inform your School as soon as possible.
You should also, where possible, provide evidence of any issues e.g. screenshots/photos of error messages etc., so that this can be taken into consideration and if possible, steps can be taken in order to mitigate the impact on your performance. Where this is not possible, we would encourage you to submit an application for Special Circumstances via the Extensions and Special Circumstances (ESC) service website.
Academic Misconduct
We understand that there is some student – and staff – anxiety that academic misconduct by a minority in online assessment could undermine the fairness of the assessment process.
The University’s approach remains the same: we take all reported incidences of academic misconduct seriously and seek to ensure that they are dealt with efficiently and appropriately via the Academic Misconduct Investigation Procedures.
Examples of academic misconduct and what you can and cannot do in relation to assessment is available on our Academic Services webpages.
Affirmation Meetings
The University of Edinburgh have made one change to the Academic Misconduct Investigation Procedures by introducing the possibility of Affirmation Meetings.
The purpose of an Affirmation Meeting is to establish whether a student holds the knowledge that they have presented in work submitted for assessment. A student may be invited to attend a meeting with their Course Organiser and/or other member of staff to discuss their assessment and their understanding of it. Following this meeting, if there is continuing doubt about a student’s work, the matter would be considered further through the Academic Misconduct process.
