Recusal (Academia)

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In the context of academic examinations (and by extension professional examinations) recusal is the process whereby a marker or examiner is excused from dealing with a particular candidate's work. This happens most often in the case of a personal relationship between the examiner and the candidate.

Recusal is not always easy especially if the candidature is large. When there is a large number of candidates sitting for a given written examination, their answer scripts can be distributed to markers by automated means with software capable of prohibiting certain papers from being distributed to certain markers. In interview-type examinations, similar methods can be used in automated assignment of examiners to candidates to make recusal possible.