MGMT2724 Health and Safety at Work - 2018

Subject Code
MGMT2724
Study Level
Undergraduate
Commencing Term
Semester 1
Total Units of Credit (UOC)
6
Delivery Mode
On Campus
School
Management

1. Course Details

Summary of Course

​This course examines a major issue at work, namely its implications for the health, safety and well-being of workers. The course examines the extent of health and safety problems at work, how these problems arise, and how governments, industry, unions and professionals seek to address these problems. The course provides a detailed study of a major area of management of modern organizations, and covers internal organizational context and the interaction with central external features of the subject area – regulatory, health, organizational and worker-centred features.

Teaching Times and Locations

Please note that teaching times and locations are subject to change. Students are strongly advised to refer to the Class Timetable website for the most up-to-date teaching times and locations.

View course timetable

Course Policies & Support

The Business School expects that you are familiar with the contents of this course outline and the UNSW and Business School learning expectations, rules, policies and support services as listed below:

  • Program Learning Goals and Outcomes
  • Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
  • Student Responsibilities and Conduct
  • Special Consideration
  • Protocol for Viewing Final Exam Scripts
  • Student Learning Support Services

View course Policies and Support

Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses

​The overall aim of this course is to introduce you to the field of occupational health and safety (OHS) and to related management practices. As part of this the course aims to inform you of the scope and nature of OHS problems, acquaint you with the relevant theories from a range of different disciplines that seek to explain these problems, and to provide an overview of how management, unions, governments and other interested parties address these issues.

MGMT2724 is an advanced level course at Level 2 of relevant degree programs offered by or in cooperation with the Business School at UNSW. It will normally be undertaken at Year 2 or 3 of a three year program, or later in longer programs. It is available to students either undertaking majors offered by the School of Organisation and Management that are available in the relevant degree program offered at UNSW. It may be undertaken as a free elective where prerequisites have been completed.

Student Learning Outcomes

The Course Learning Outcomes are what you should be able to DO by the end of this course if you participate fully in learning activities and successfully complete the assessment items.

The Learning Outcomes in this course also help you to achieve some of the overall Program Learning Goals and Outcomes for all undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students in the Business School. Program Learning Goals are what we want you to BE or HAVE by the time you successfully complete your degree (e.g. ‘be an effective team player’). You demonstrate this by achieving specific Program Learning Outcomes - what you are able to DO by the end of your degree (e.g. ‘participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams’).

For more information on Program Learning Goals and Outcomes, refer to the course Policies and Support.

The following table shows how your Course Learning Outcomes relate to the overall Program Learning Goals and Outcomes, and indicates where these are assessed (they may also be developed in tutorials and other activities):

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes Course Learning Outcomes Course Assessment Item
This course helps you to achieve the following learning goals for all Business undergraduate/postgraduate coursework students:

On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:

This learning outcome will be assessed in the following items:

1 - Knowledge

Explain the origins, extent and impacts of OHS problems including competing theoretical models of injury and illness at work and how these problems can best be addressed.

  • Tutorial presentation
  • Class test
  • Project report/essay
2 - Critical thinking and problem solving

Evaluate competing explanations and interventions with regard to OHS and develop solutions for OHS in a particular workplace.

  • Tutorial presentation
  • Class test
  • Project report/essay
3a - Written communication

Construct written work which is logically and professionally presented.

  • Project report/essay
3b - Oral communication

Communicate ideas in a succinct and clear manner.

  • Tutorial presentation
4 - Teamwork

Work collaboratively to complete a task.

Not specifically assessed.

5a - Ethical, social and environmental responsibility

Identify and assess human and social costs of OHS (including environmental costs) and the need to devise healthier and more sustainable work organisation.

  • Tutorial presentation
  • Project report/essay
5b - Social and cultural awareness

Identify how age, vulnerable employment status, ethnicity and gender impact on OHS.

  • Tutorial presentation
  • Project report/essay

2. Staff Contact Details

Position Title Name Email Location Phone Consultation Times
Lecturer-in-chargeProfMichael QuinlanRoom 557, Business School building – Ref E12+61 2 9385 7149Tuesday 1pm-2pm (or by appointment)
TutorProfMichael QuinlanRoom 557, Business School building – Ref E12+61 2 9385 7149Tuesday 1pm-2pm (or by appointment)

Communication with staff​

If you cannot come at this time, please call or e-mail me in advance to arrange an appointment. Remember e-mail is good for arranging contact or raising quick and simple queries but is not effective for dealing with complex questions (a short phone conversation is often a more effective way of addressing issues beyond simple queries). I am happy to take phone calls during my consultation (preferable) or any time on Tuesday until 2pm (when I am not actually teaching). I am also very happy to discuss queries after lectures or tutorials.

3. Learning and Teaching Activities

Approach to Learning and Teaching in the Course

​Health and Safety at Work draws on a range of different disciplines (medicine, psychology, law and management) to explain why OHS problems arise and how best they can be remedied. The subject aims to acquaint students with these disciplines in as far as they pertain to OHS. Health and Safety at Work is strongly informed by current academic research and policy debates. Through lectures the subject aims to introduce students to the subject, key concepts, theoretical constructs and problems which are then examined and discussed in tutorials. Each week, the required readings provides an opportunity to review important contributions to OHS and to examine current trends and future developments in the field. This teaching strategy seeks to cultivate your appreciation and understanding of OHS research and how it informs the practice of management, government, unions and OHS professionals. The course provides discussion and examples of the research-nexus in the OHS research context, which students will have a chance to apply in their project.

Learning Activities and Teaching Strategies

​The learning outcomes of this course are best achieved through active student participation and experiential learning.  Lectures provide background information and an overview of each component subject, while also identifying critical issues and debates, amplifying and explaining the lecture notes posted on Moodle.  To assist with interaction students are welcome to ask questions/queries during lectures.

Tutorials provide an avenue for more active engagement including via presentations and associated discussion by students in class.  Active participation means asking relevant questions, expressing opinions and engaging in exploration and debate.  To ensure that you can provide informed contributions, it is necessary to have read the required readings before attending classes.  Completing the required reading is essential for success in this course.

The class test assesses students understanding of key concepts and significant debates within the field. The essay/project builds on key concepts developed in the course while also enabling students the opportunity to apply these with information they collect.

5. Course Resources

The textbook for the course is:
  • Quinlan, M. Bohle, P. & Lamm, F. (2010), Managing occupational health and safety: A multidisciplinary approach. 3rd Edition, Melbourne, Macmillan (Note: This edition is a significant revision of the 2nd edition so avoid buying cheap copies of the latter).
Recommended readings for the course are:
  • Walters, D. Johnstone, R. Frick, K. Quinlan, M. Gringras, G. & Thebaud-Mony, A. (2011) Regulating Work Risks: A comparative study of Inspection Regimes in Times of Change, Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK.
  • McCulloch, J, & Tweedale, G. (2008), Defending the Indefensible: The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Tucker, E. (2006), Working disasters: The politics of recognition and response, Baywood, New York.

Web Sources

There are many OHS-related sites on the Web. The state and federal government agencies in Australia regulating work health and safety (and workers’ compensation) all have websites where you can download reports, legislation and other relevant material (the national body is Safe Work Australia while the equivalent NSW body is WorkCover NSW). The same applies to government agencies in many other countries, including national research agencies (such as the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in the USA). The following is a list of sites that you may find useful. Most have a selection of hot links to other sites and they provide a useful pathway to some valuable OHS information (and some that are less valuable so be selective!):

Note: Some blogs also contain useful information and links to other sources such as media and government reports. This, like other internet material, should be used with caution as to the veracity of the source and the quality of the data. A useful Australian-based blog on OHS.

Other Sources

To assist you in preparing your assignment the following journals contain relevant material on occupational health and safety. This list should not be seen as exhaustive:
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
American Journal of Public Health
Applied Ergonomics
Australian Journal of Labour Law
Australian Journal of Public Health
Ergonomics
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
International Journal of Health Services
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Occupational Medicine
Policy and Practice in Health and Safety
Safety Science
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Work and Stress

6. Course Evaluation & Development

​Each year feedback is sought from students about the courses offered in the School and continual improvements are made based on this feedback. UNSW's myExperience survey is one of the ways in which student evaluative feedback is gathered. In this course, we will seek your feedback through myExperience responses (more informal feedback via email or directly is also welcome).

7. Course Schedule

Week 1: 26 Feb
Activity

Lecture

Topic

Lecture 1: Introduction and Overview of OHS

Assessment/Other

No tutorial

Week 2: 05 Mar
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 2: Perspectives on OHS

Assessment/Other

Tutorial

Introduction and allocation of presentation questions to students

Week 3: 12 Mar
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 3: Explaining Injury and RSI

Assessment/Other

Tutorial Topic: OHS Overview

Questions

1. Can we accurately measure the impact of occupational injury and illness on the community?

2. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of workers’ compensation claims data as a measure of OHS outcomes.

 

Week 4: 19 Mar
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 4: Occupational Disease, illness, stress and hours of work

Assessment/Other

Tutorial Topic: Perspectives on OHS

Questions

1. Briefly describe the role and contribution of medicine (including occupational medicine) and epidemiology to OHS.

2. Using two examples indicate how different disciplinary perspectives lead to different prescriptions for resolving OHS problems.

 

Week 5: 26 Mar
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 5: OHS Regulation and prevention

Assessment/Other

Tutorial Topic: Occupational Injury and RSI

Questions:

1. An ergonomist, psychologist and sociologist have each been asked to suggest ways to reduce the level of back injury amongst labourers on a large construction site. What factors are each likely to identify as possible sources of such injuries?

Why have strain or overuse injuries proved to be contentious over a long period of time?

Mid Semester Break: 02 Apr
Activity

No classes

Assessment/Other

Nil

Week 6: 09 Apr
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 6: Workers compensation and rehabilitation

Assessment/Other

Tutorial Topic: Occupational health and hours of work

Questions

1. Assess the value of either Karasek’s job strain model (also known as the demand-control-support model) or Siegrist’s Effort Reward Imbalance model in terms of the capacity to explain how work affects health.

2. Is the timing of work more important than the duration/length or irregularity/influence on working hours arrangements when it comes to OHS?

Week 7: 16 Apr
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 7: Employer approaches and risk

Assessment/Other

Tutorial Topic: Regulation and Prevention

Questions

1. Who is a duty holder under OHS legislation in Australia? What is the significance of using the terms ‘work’ and ‘worker’ rather than ‘employee’ and ‘employment’ in the Australian model OHS legislation?

2. What is the difference between performance standards, process standards and prescriptive (aka specification) standards? Is maintaining all three types of standards warranted?

 

Week 8: 23 Apr
Activity

Class test

Topic

No lecture - class test held in lecture slot

Assessment/Other

No tutorials

Week 9: 30 Apr
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 8: Worker involvement and communication

Assessment/Other

Class test results

Tutorial topic: Compensation and rehabilitation

Questions

1. Discuss either the coverage or cost pressure challenges facing workers’ compensation regimes in Australia and other rich countries.

2. What factors influence return to work after injury?

 

Week 10: 07 May
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 9: Precarious employment and work restructuring

Assessment/Other

Tutorial Topic: Employer approaches and risk

Questions

1. Is Behaviour-Based Safety adequate as a basis for an OHS management system?

2. Why do OHS management systems fail? What can we learn from this?

Week 11: 14 May
Activity

Lecture and tutorial

Topic

Lecture 10: Age, Gender, Ethnicity and OHS

Assessment/Other

Tutorial topic: Worker involvement and communication

Questions

1. What factors influence the degree and quality of worker involvement in OHS?

2. Evaluate evidence on the effectiveness of worker health and safety representatives.

Week 12: 21 May
Activity

Assignment help & tutorial

Topic

The lecture slot will be used to discuss the major assignment (project or essay), dealing with queries and briefly reviewing drafts.

Assessment/Other

Tutorial topic: Precarious employment

Questions

1. What does evidence suggest with regard to the OHS effects of organisational restructuring?

2. Is temporary agency work (labour hire) a greater risk to OHS than temporary workers hired directly by an employer?

3. Why is subcontracting seen as a potentially hazardous form of work arrangement?

Week 13: 28 May
Activity

Tutorial and assignment submission

Topic

No lecture

Assessment/Other

Major assignment due Tuesday 5pm School of Management assignment Box level 5 (may also be handed in during tutorial)

Tutorial topic: Age, gender and ethnicity

Questions

1. Why do OHS issues affecting women warrant specific attention?

2. Are some categories of foreign workers at greater OHS risk?

3. What issues affecting young workers or older workers warrant specific attention?

8. Policies

Information about UNSW Business School protocols, University policies, student responsibilities and education quality and support.

Program Learning Goals and Outcomes

The Business School Program Learning Goals reflect what we want all students to BE or HAVE by the time they successfully complete their degree, regardless of their individual majors or specialisations. For example, we want all our graduates to HAVE a high level of business knowledge and a sound awareness of ethical, social, cultural and environmental implications of business. As well, we want all our graduates to BE effective problem-solvers, communicators and team participants.

You can demonstrate your achievement of these goals by the specific outcomes you achieve by the end of your degree (i.e. Program Learning Outcomes—henceforth PLOs). These PLOs articulate what you need to know and be able to do as a result of engaging in learning. They embody the knowledge, skills and capabilities that are identified, mapped, taught, practised and assessed within each Business School program.

All UNSW programs and courses are designed to assess the attainment of program and/or course level learning outcomes, as outlined in the UNSW Assessment Design Procedure. It is therefore important that you become familiar with the Business School PLOs, as they constitute the framework which informs and shapes the course components and assessments of the courses within your program of study.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Undergraduate
  • Postgraduate Coursework
Knowledge You should be able to identify and apply disciplinary knowledge to business situations in a local and global environment.
Critical thinking and problem solving You should be able to identify and research issues in business situations, analyse the issues, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
Written communication You should be able to prepare written documents that are clear, concise and coherent, using appropriate style and presentation for the intended audience, purpose and context.
Oral communication You should be able to prepare and deliver oral presentations that are clear, focussed, well-structured, and delivered in a professional manner.
Teamwork You should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and reflect on your own teamwork, and on the team’s processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  1. You should be able to identify and assess ethical, environmental and/or sustainability considerations in business decision-making and practice.
  2. You should be able to identify social and cultural implications of business.
Workplace skills (Co-op programs only) You should be able to conduct yourself in a professional manner in the work environment, communicate effectively in diverse workplace situations and be able to apply discipline knowledge and understanding to real business problems with initiative and self-direction.
Related PLO Documents View the Undergraduate Honours PLOs (pdf)
Knowledge You should be able to identify and apply current knowledge of disciplinary or interdisciplinary theory and professional practice to business in local and global environments.
Critical thinking and problem solving You should be able to identify, research and analyse complex issues and problems in business and/or management, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
Written communication You should be able to produce written documents that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
Oral communication You should be able to produce oral presentations that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
Teamwork You should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and reflect on your own teamwork, and on the team’s processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  1. You should be able to identify and assess ethical, environmental and/or sustainability considerations in business decision-making and practice.
  2. You should be able to identify social and cultural implications of business.
Related PLO Documents View the Master of Philosophy PLOs (pdf)
 View the Doctor of Philosophy PLOs (pdf)

UNSW Graduate Capabilities

The Business School PLOs also incorporate UNSW graduate capabilities, a set of generic abilities and skills that all students are expected to achieve by graduation. These capabilities articulate the University’s institutional values, as well as future employer expectations.

UNSW Graduate CapabilitiesBusiness School PLOs
Scholars capable of independent and collaborative enquiry, rigorous in their analysis, critique and reflection, and able to innovate by applying their knowledge and skills to the solution of novel as well as routine problems.
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Knowledge
  • Oral communication
  • Research capability
  • Teamwork
  • Workplace skills
  • Written communication
Entrepreneurial leaders capable of initiating and embracing innovation and change, as well as engaging and enabling others to contribute to change
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Knowledge
  • Oral communication
  • Workplace skills
  • Written communication
Professionals capable of ethical, self- directed practice and independent lifelong learning
  • Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  • Workplace skills
Global citizens who are culturally adept and capable of respecting diversity and acting in a socially just and responsible way.
  • Ethical, social and environmental responsibility
  • Oral communication
  • Written communication

The Business School strongly advises you to choose a range of courses that assist your development against these PLOs and graduate capabilities, and to keep a record of your achievements as part of your portfolio. You could use these records for work or further study. For support with selecting your courses contact the UNSW Business School Student Centre.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

Academic Integrity is honest and responsible scholarship. This form of ethical scholarship is highly valued at UNSW. Terms like Academic Integrity, misconduct, referencing, conventions, plagiarism, academic practices, citations and evidence based learning are all considered basic concepts that successful university students understand. Learning how to communicate original ideas, refer sources, work independently, and report results accurately and honestly are skills that you will be able to carry beyond your studies.

The definition of academic misconduct is broad. It covers practices such as cheating, copying and using another person’s work without appropriate acknowledgement. Incidents of academic misconduct may have serious consequences for students.

Plagiarism

UNSW regards plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct. UNSW has very strict rules regarding plagiarism. Plagiarism at UNSW is using the words or ideas of others and passing them off as your own. All Schools in the Business School have a Student Ethics Officer who will investigate incidents of plagiarism and may result in a student’s name being placed on the Plagiarism and Student Misconduct Registers.

Below are examples of plagiarism including self-plagiarism:

Copying: Using the same or very similar words to the original text or idea without acknowledging the source or using quotation marks. This includes copying materials, ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document, presentation, composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, website, internet, other electronic resource, or another person's assignment, without appropriate acknowledgement of authorship.

Inappropriate Paraphrasing: Changing a few words and phrases while mostly retaining the original structure and/or progression of ideas of the original, and information without acknowledgement. This also applies in presentations where someone paraphrases another’s ideas or words without credit and to piecing together quotes and paraphrases into a new whole, without appropriate referencing.

Collusion: Presenting work as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people. Collusion includes:

  • Students providing their work to another student before the due date, or for the purpose of them plagiarising at any time
  • Paying another person to perform an academic task and passing it off as your own
  • Stealing or acquiring another person’s academic work and copying it
  • Offering to complete another person’s work or seeking payment for completing academic work

Collusion should not be confused with academic collaboration (i.e., shared contribution towards a group task).

Inappropriate Citation: Citing sources which have not been read, without acknowledging the 'secondary' source from which knowledge of them has been obtained.

Self-Plagiarism: ‘Self-plagiarism’ occurs where an author republishes their own previously written work and presents it as new findings without referencing the earlier work, either in its entirety or partially. Self-plagiarism is also referred to as 'recycling', 'duplication', or 'multiple submissions of research findings' without disclosure. In the student context, self-plagiarism includes re-using parts of, or all of, a body of work that has already been submitted for assessment without proper citation.

To see if you understand plagiarism, do this short quiz: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism-quiz

Cheating

The University also regards cheating as a form of academic misconduct. Cheating is knowingly submitting the work of others as their own and includes contract cheating (work produced by an external agent or third party that is submitted under the pretences of being a student’s original piece of work). Cheating is not acceptable at UNSW.

If you need to revise or clarify any terms associated with academic integrity you should explore the 'Working with Academic Integrity' self-paced lessons available at: https://student.unsw.edu.au/aim.

For UNSW policies, penalties, and information to help you avoid plagiarism see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism as well as the guidelines in the online ELISE tutorials for all new UNSW students: http://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/elise. For information on student conduct see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/conduct.

For information on how to acknowledge your sources and reference correctly, see: https://student.unsw.edu.au/referencing. If you are unsure what referencing style to use in this course, you should ask the lecturer in charge.

Student Responsibilities and Conduct

Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to university policies in relation to class attendance and general conduct and behaviour, including maintaining a safe, respectful environment; and to understand their obligations in relation to workload, assessment and keeping informed.

Information and policies on these topics can be found on the 'Managing your Program' website

Workload

It is expected that you will spend at least nine to ten hours per week studying for a course except for Summer Term courses which have a minimum weekly workload of eighteen to twenty hours. This time should be made up of reading, research, working on exercises and problems, online activities and attending classes. In periods where you need to complete assignments or prepare for examinations, the workload may be greater. Over-commitment has been a cause of failure for many students. You should take the required workload into account when planning how to balance study with employment and other activities.

We strongly encourage you to connect with your Moodle course websites in the first week of semester. Local and international research indicates that students who engage early and often with their course website are more likely to pass their course.

View more information on expected workload

Attendance

Your regular and punctual attendance at lectures and seminars or in online learning activities is expected in this course. The Business School reserves the right to refuse final assessment to those students who attend less than 80% of scheduled classes where attendance and participation is required as part of the learning process (e.g., tutorials, flipped classroom sessions, seminars, labs, etc.).

View more information on attendance

General Conduct and Behaviour

You are expected to conduct yourself with consideration and respect for the needs of your fellow students and teaching staff. Conduct which unduly disrupts or interferes with a class, such as ringing or talking on mobile phones, is not acceptable and students may be asked to leave the class.

View more information on student conduct

Health and Safety

UNSW Policy requires each person to work safely and responsibly, in order to avoid personal injury and to protect the safety of others.

View more information on Health and Safety

Keeping Informed

You should take note of all announcements made in lectures, tutorials or on the course web site. From time to time, the University will send important announcements to your university e-mail address without providing you with a paper copy. You will be deemed to have received this information. It is also your responsibility to keep the University informed of all changes to your contact details.

Special Consideration

You must submit all assignments and attend all examinations scheduled for your course. You can apply for special consideration when illness or other circumstances beyond your control, interfere with your performance in a specific assessment task or tasks. Special Consideration is primarily intended to provide you with an extra opportunity to demonstrate the level of performance of which you are capable.

General information on special consideration for undergraduate and postgraduate courses can be found in the Assessment Implementation Procedure and the Current Students page.

Please note the following:

  1. Applications will not be accepted by teaching staff. The lecturer-in-charge will be automatically notified when you lodge an online application for special consideration
  2. Decisions and recommendations are only made by lecturers-in-charge (or by the Faculty Panel in the case of final exam special considerations), not by tutors
  3. Applying for special consideration does not automatically mean that you will be granted a supplementary exam or other concession
  4. Special consideration requests do not allow lecturers-in-charge to award students additional marks

Business School Protocol on requests for Special Consideration

The lecturer-in-charge will need to be satisfied on each of the following before supporting a request for special consideration:

  1. Does the medical certificate contain all relevant information? For a medical certificate to be accepted, the degree of illness and its impact on the student must be stated by the medical practitioner (severe, moderate, mild). A certificate without this will not be valid. Students should also note that only medical certificates issued after physically visiting a registered medical practitioner will be accepted. Medical certificates submitted for Special Consideration should always be requested from a registered medical practitioner that you have seen at a medical practice. Certificates obtained online or via social media may be fraudulent and if relied upon could result in a breach of the UNSW Student Code.
  2. Has the student performed satisfactorily in the other assessment items? To understand what Satisfactory Performance means in this course, please refer to the 'Formal Requirements' section in Part A of your Course Outline

Special Consideration and the Final Exam in undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Applications for special consideration in relation to the final exam are considered by a Business School Faculty panel to which lecturers-in-charge provide their recommendations for each request. If the Faculty panel grants a special consideration request, this will entitle the student to sit a supplementary examination. No other form of consideration will be granted. The following procedures will apply:

  1. Supplementary exams will be scheduled centrally and will be held approximately two weeks after the formal examination period.

    Supplementary exams for Semester 1, 2018 will be held during the period 14 - 21 July, 2018. Students wishing to sit a supplementary exam will need to be available during this period.

    The date for all Business School supplementary exams for Summer Term 2017/2018 is Wednesday, 21 February, 2018. If a student lodges a special consideration for the final exam, they are stating they will be available on this date. Supplementary exams will not be held at any other time.

  2. Where a student is granted a supplementary examination as a result of a request for special consideration, the student’s original exam (if completed) will be ignored and only the mark achieved in the supplementary examination will count towards the final grade. Absence from a supplementary exam without prior notification does not entitle the student to have the original exam paper marked, and may result in a zero mark for the final exam.

The Supplementary Exam Protocol for Business School students is available at: http://www.business.unsw.edu.au/suppexamprotocol

For special consideration for assessments other than the final exam refer to the ‘Assessment Section’ in your course outline.

Protocol for Viewing Final Exam Scripts

The UNSW Business School has set a protocol under which students may view their final exam script. Please check the protocol here.

Given individual schools within the Faculty may set up a local process for viewing final exam scripts, it is important that you check with your School whether they have any additional information on this process. Please note that this information might also be included in your course outline.


Student Support and Resources

The University and the Business School provide a wide range of support services and resources for students, including:

Business School EQS Consultation Program
The Consultation Program offers academic writing, literacy and numeracy consultations, study skills, exam preparation for Business students. Services include workshops, online resources, individual and group consultations.
Level 1, Room 1035, Quadrangle Building.
BUS.EQS.Consultations@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4508

Business School Student Centre
The Business School Student Centre provides advice and direction on all aspects of admission, enrolment and graduation.
Level 1, Room 1028 in the Quadrangle Building
02 9385 3189

UNSW Learning Centre
The UNSW Learning Centre provides academic skills support services, including workshops and resources, for all UNSW students. See their website for details.
Lower Ground Floor, North Wing Chancellery Building.
learningcentre@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 2060

Educational Support Service
Educational Support Advisors work with all students to promote the development of skills needed to succeed at university, whilst also providing personal support throughout the process. Check their website to request an appointment or to register in the Academic Success Program.
John Goodsell Building, Ground Floor.
advisors@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

Library services and facilities for students
The UNSW Library offers a range of collections, services and facilities both on-campus and online.
Main Library, F21.
02 9385 2650

Moodle eLearning Support
Moodle is the University’s learning management system. You should ensure that you log into Moodle regularly.
externalteltsupport@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 3331

UNSW IT
UNSW IT provides support and services for students such as password access, email services, wireless services and technical support.
UNSW Library Annexe (Ground floor).
itservicecentre@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 1333

Disability Support Services
UNSW Disability Support Services provides assistance to students who are trying to manage the demands of university as well as a health condition, learning disability or who have personal circumstances that are having an impact on their studies. Disability Advisers can arrange to put in place services and educational adjustments to make things more manageable so that students are able to complete their course requirements. To receive educational adjustments for disability support, students must first register with Disability Services.
Ground Floor, John Goodsell Building.
disabilities@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 4734

UNSW Counselling and Psychological Services
Provides support and services if you need help with your personal life, getting your academic life back on track or just want to know how to stay safe, including free, confidential counselling.
Level 2, East Wing, Quadrangle Building.
counselling@unsw.edu.au
02 9385 5418


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