1st April 2012, 07:27 PM
Martin Locock Wrote:Given that many able people suffer from dyslexia, I hope that universities do not rely on a spelling test in their marking.Spell checkers are free and will pick up at least 99% of errors. If someone regularly submits work with poor spelling then they SHOULD be marked down for it -- it's just laziness on their part (assuming it's pointed out and they're made aware of it the first time!), even if they are truly dyslexic.