{"id":4341,"date":"2016-04-12T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T08:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/04\/12\/nakijkfout-kost-erasmus-universiteit-negenduizend-euro\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:14","slug":"nakijkfout-kost-erasmus-universiteit-negenduizend-euro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/04\/12\/nakijkfout-kost-erasmus-universiteit-negenduizend-euro\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking error costs Erasmus University nine thousand euros"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Erasmus University Rotterdam must pay a former psychology student damages of around 9,000 euros. This was the ruling of the Rotterdam cantonal judge<\/a>. A marking error caused the student a year\u2019s delay in her studies.<\/p>\n

The bachelor\u2019s student had already enrolled for a master\u2019s programme at Amsterdam\u2019s Vrije Universiteit, but had to do one EUR resit in mid-June. She scored a 5.2 for it.<\/p>\n

This fail meant she could not graduate on time, and had to wait a year before being able to start at the VU. She pleaded for an expedited review and an extra resit, but to no avail.<\/p>\n

It was a pass afterall<\/h3>

In the review performed a few days after the 1 September deadline, it turned out that the answer sheet in the multiple-choice exam contained a mistake. The student should have been awarded a 5.5, not 5.2. So it was in fact a pass.<\/p>\n

This was too late for the Vrije Universiteit and the student was not allowed to start. She then worked in a shoe-shop for a year. In the meantime she filed a court case claiming 23,000 euros in damages, because she could only graduate a year later because of the mistake (and the teacher\u2019s slow response).<\/p>\n

'Little chance of a job'<\/h3>

The university repudiated the claim, while also arguing that the woman was \u2018a mediocre student who would have little chance of a job after graduating\u2019. But this was rejected by the judge.<\/p>\n

After much deliberation, the court referred to a guideline for damages caused by study delay to award damages of around 9,000 euros. The university also has to pay the legal costs<\/p>\n\n\t

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