No exam allowance for students unable to return
Cambridge has told students stranded in the Middle East by the escalating conflict that they may have to withdraw from their studies, and that there will be no exam allowance for those unable to return. It is a hard line, and it is worth knowing the general position: extenuating circumstances processes exist for exactly this, and a refusal can be appealed and then taken to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. Extensions and academic support covers the route.
Designing assessment for neurodivergent students rather than adjusting it
A blueprint for neuro-inclusive assessment argues that a decade of individual reasonable adjustments has produced a system where every neurodivergent student negotiates separately for something the assessment could have been designed to include. It lands the same week students reported being wrongly flagged by AI detectors for writing in ways detectors do not expect.
How student representation actually works now
A sector-wide review of student voice systems finds representation has changed shape: fewer course reps, more surveys, more data, and decisions increasingly taken from evidence about students rather than from students in the room. If you want something changed on your course, the route is still the staff-student liaison committee — and it usually has empty seats.