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Exam answer students re-sit paper | Exam answer students re-sit paper |
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Students at an Aberdeen university who were given an exam with the answers attached have re-sat the paper. | |
Dozens of final-year business students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) received a marker's version of the exam paper by mistake last month. | Dozens of final-year business students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) received a marker's version of the exam paper by mistake last month. |
However, students alerted invigilators to the mistake. They sat the rescheduled exam on Friday afternoon. | |
An RGU spokeswoman said an apology was made for the error, and the exam had gone ahead as planned. | |
RGU previously explained: "The marker's version of the exam paper, which included the answers, was distributed to the students in error and the exam was promptly stopped by the invigilators. | RGU previously explained: "The marker's version of the exam paper, which included the answers, was distributed to the students in error and the exam was promptly stopped by the invigilators. |
"The university has procedures in place for the preparation and production of exam papers, which regrettably failed on this occasion. | "The university has procedures in place for the preparation and production of exam papers, which regrettably failed on this occasion. |
"A replacement exam, with a new exam paper, was scheduled to minimise the impact to our students." |