University of Bath makes students retake exam after giving answers in the question paper

In recent news University of Bath accidentally printed the answers on one of their exams and now the university is asking students to retake the exam. The University of Bath handed out the answers and marking scheme to an exam. This decision of the University of Bath has led to protests from students regarding the reset date of the exam.

More than 400 economics students will have to resit the exam. This decision is causing problems for international students who were planning to fly home at the time new exam dates were announced.

An anonymous student said he was confused initially when the exam paper was distributed. He said “I just continued with the exam and used the marking scheme as help towards my answer. I thought - who on earth managed to do this? I was quite angry, too. It was chaos.” 

The exam went ahead with the answers, without any further communication during the exam, the student added. "The majority of us were upset with what the resit date was. We started submitting formal complaints," the student said.

The next day the University of Bath realized that there should be an exam retake date. More than 150 students have so far signed a petition asking the university to reconsider the resit date, which is on Friday.

Students are stressed about this as international students have already booked their flights to go back home, as they thought they would be done with exams by then. They also say the stress of preparing for a second exam is "unfair".

A student in an interview said, “I think the university needs to understand the stress and anxiety, performances are definitely going to fall. This isn't a small mistake they can brush under the carpet, they need to take responsibility.”

In a statement the University of Bath said: "Events like this are rare. We are taking steps to make sure it does not happen again. To ensure quality standards are met, students will need to repeat the assessment for this module with a different exam paper. This is important to assist in ensuring that their achievements can be properly recognised and to uphold the quality and integrity of their degree."