The wrong grades for (Tourism studies) TOUR101 were inadvertently published on Friday, and shortly afterwards the university was contacted by two students querying their grade, and they realised there had been an error, a spokeswoman said.
Media have reported students being distressed about the situation as they thought they might have failed the course, only to discover they had received the wrong grade.
It comes after a series of exam blunders during the past three semesters.
Last month, students sitting the intellectual property law (LAWS329) exam in the afternoon were stopped after about 30 minutes. They were told that they had been given the wrong paper and that the exam was cancelled.
In the first semester last year, a student had to sit the company law exam earlier due to a timetable clash. The student was given an identical exam to the rest of the class and then revealed what was in the exam.
In semester two last year, the law faculty printed hundreds of torts exams which students attempted, only to discover errors in the content and questions.
A spokeswoman for the university said yesterday a thorough investigation was initiated, and the grades were reissued on Monday afternoon.
‘‘We apologise for any stress caused.
‘‘We are currently reviewing our processes around the publication of exam results for this paper.’’
Asked whether the university’s students could trust their processes for exams, given recent events, she said they considered this was a one-off, isolated incident, related to the publication of grades.
‘‘We stand by our reputation for academic excellence and are constantly reviewing and updating our procedures to ensure the smooth delivery of exams.’’
