When the pandemic hit, we saw a pragmatic approach to assessments and mitigating circumstances.
The guidelines and policy adopted by universities were driven by the restrictions imposed by Government in response to the pandemic.
They were quite generic and tolerant in their application across all students due to the unprecedented circumstances.
For example, no sick notes were needed for Covid-19, there was an understanding that engagement would be affected due to IT and access issues, learning was all moved to online and there was more flexibility regarding late submissions. There was also more tolerance and understanding of the challenges facing students regarding meeting submission deadlines due to the exceptional circumstances that students and staff faced.
