Aegrotat and impaired performance consideration , Ngā ture whakamātautau

Let us know if you were ill or injured or if you faced some other challenge around the time of your assessments or exams. This includes both situations where you didn’t take the assessment and situations where you didn't perform as well as you normally would.

We can take your situation into account, and in some cases we may be able to give you another opportunity to complete or retake the assessment or to adjust your grades.

  • Apply for an aegrotat if you've missed your exam or assessment.
  • Apply for impaired performance consideration if you sat the exam or completed the assessment, but the situation meant you didn't perform as well as you normally would.

You may also want to have your exam paper marked again or returned to you. You can do this after you get your results.

Find out how to get your paper re-marked or returned

Reasons for applying

The types of circumstances we might be able to take into account are those not in your control and that affect your study significantly. For example:

  • serious short-term illness or recent injury
  • recent bereavement
  • recent illness of close friends or family members
  • other exceptional circumstances outside your control.

You will normally need to provide evidence that supports your situation and the effect on you. This may include:

  • medical certificates
  • death certificates
  • newspaper death/funeral notices
  • a statement from a funeral director
  • police or legal documents
  • email attestations made by others – please provide these people’s contact details and let them know we may contact them to verify the information they have provided.

If you have been working with a Massey University Support Officer or any of our student support services they may be able to provide a statement in support of your case. You should contact them to discuss this first and indicate on your application if you are waiting for the appointment or their statement.

An application can sometimes still be made if you have circumstances that would be difficult or impossible to evidence. We will try our best to help you, but some circumstances explained without evidence may not be able to be approved.

Assessments covered

You can apply for aegrotat or impaired performance consideration for any assessment. However, usually the assessment needs to count for at least 10% of your final course grade to be considered.

Apply for aegrotat or impaired performance consideration

Fill out the Aegrotat or impaired performance consideration form and send it to us, along with your evidence, in the Results and exams tab in the student portal.

You should try to submit your application no more than two weeks after your assessment or exam. If you are still waiting for evidence submit what you have and tell us you are waiting for evidence.

How to submit your form:

  • Log in to the student portal
  • Go to the Results and Exams tab at the top of the screen
  • Under the Exceptional Circumstances heading, click Apply for aegrotat, impaired performance, exam script return or exam re-mark
  • Click on Create new application
  • Select your application Type, Reason and Course from the available menus
  • Upload your documents by clicking Browse your computer, then click Upload.

You will need to make an application for each course impacted.

The information you provide on your form will be kept confidential among the relevant university staff.

Outcomes of applications

Your college will assess your application and consider your circumstances. Ultimately we need to make a judgement about whether you have met the learning outcomes of the course.

  • If there is an option to complete or retake your assessment, your course coordinator will contact you about this.
  • If a grade adjustment is an option this may not be performed until the end of the course, as your achievement across the course will need to be considered.
  • Sometimes we cannot change your grade or offer you the opportunity to complete/retake the assessment even though you genuinely had circumstances affecting your achievement. This often happens when students have not been able to show they have met the learning outcomes through their other work in the course. Unfortunately this means that not all successful submissions result in a passing grade.

When your college has considered your application, you'll get an email telling you whether or not your result has been changed or if you have been offered an opportunity to complete the assessment.

What outcomes you might be given:

Aegrotat

Depending on your achievements across the course, the outcome may be:

  • An extension or another opportunity to complete the assessment or an alternative assessment.
  • An aegrotat pass (AG), if you have completed at least 40 percent of the total course assessment and if your achievements in the course suggest you have sufficiently met the learning outcomes.
  • A letter grade. This may be an option if you have completed at least 60 percent of the total assessment for the course and your achievement in the course enable an estimate of your final grade to be determined. The final grade awarded may be a passing or a failing letter grade, or an AG pass.
  • A grade of DC (did not complete) if you haven’t completed enough of the rest of the course to determine you have met the course learning outcomes.

Impaired performance

Your college may give you an opportunity to repeat the assessment or may award you a passing or failing grade for the assessment after considering:

  • your overall achievement in the course
  • how the rest of your class performed in the assessment.

Appealing the outcome

You can appeal an aegrotat or impaired performance outcome. Email the Chief Examiner of your college within two weeks of getting your result. You may also be able to reply through the portal. If you don’t know who the Chief Examiner is for your college please email your appeal to exams@massey.ac.nz