Law students and dean fall out at Sydney University

The dean of the law school at Sydney University has described students as 'precious' after they wanted the chance to resit a law exam which was interrupted by a fire alarm.

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Professor Joellen Riley replied to student calls by writing a letter to the student magazine in which she said: 'Treat it as a life lesson….Stuff does happen. Stuff will keep happening. This little typhoon-in-a-tea-cup could become a real tragedy if those students who have developed a grievance about this allow it to poison their experience of law school.' The alarm went off during a corporations law exam which was being sat by 450 students. Some students claimed later that the 25-minute pause allowed some colleagues to cheat and check notes. Source: The Daily Telegraph

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