Kia ora N Roberts

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) request of 1 October 2025.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and not
later than 30 October 2025, being 20 working days after the date your
request was received.

 

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meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Kayana Shaw (she/her)

Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy | Legal Services

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

[1]www.wgtn.ac.nz | 0800 04 04 04

 

-----Original Message-----
From: N Roberts <[FOI #32439 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 5:34 pm
To: OIA Requests <[VUW request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Law Faculty Assessment Statement

 

Tçnâ koe,

 

The Faculty of Law provides the following:

 

“Assessment dates have been scheduled and students are expected to
organise commitments (study, work, family, etc.), to complete the
assessments at the scheduled times in the course outline.

 

For example, bunching or concentrations of assessments are not an accepted
reason for an extension or alternative arrangement (e.g. two assignments
due on the same day). However, a clash of timed tests would be an accepted
reason.

 

Refer to Section 13 of the Assessment Handbook for information on approval
criteria for exceptional circumstances … ”

 

The statement is directly in contravention of section 6.6.2(d) of the
Assessment Handbook.

 

I understand the Handbook does allow faculties to set constraints under s
6.6(c), however, does the Faculty’s statement above wholly overrule s
6.6.2(d), and that extensions relating to academic workload or unexpected
workplace obligations for law assessments are not considered?

 

Furthermore, please provide all available guidelines and regulations
relating to assessment guidelines for courses run by the Faculty of Law.

 

I look forward to hearing from you. 

 

Ngâ mihi nui,

N Roberts

 

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