Confidentiality of Personal Circumstances

All information given by you to a member of staff in strict confidence is covered by a Code of Practice and will not be divulged to any third party without your permission except where there is a legal obligation to do so or where issues of personal safety arise. You must recognise, however, that in insisting on strict confidence it may not be possible for an examinations board to offer concessions unless the chair of the examination board is given knowledge of the full details of your case. For this reason you may be advised to allow the information to be shared with a second or third academic member of staff.