All students are required to familiarise themselves with the following instructions before sitting in person examinations.
- You are required to bring proof of identity to all your examinations, your student ID card is preferred. However other official and recognised photographic ID’s will be accepted. Your ID should be displayed on the desk throughout the examination. If you fail to bring proof of identity, your work may not be marked.
- Candidates must not bring unauthorised materials, such as books, notes or any other aid into the examination venue unless specified on the rubric of the examination paper.
- Any student wearing a head covering (including but not limited to crash helmet, woolly hat, religious head covering) will either be asked to remove it or will be asked to show that they are not concealing any earpieces/listening devices.
- Any stationery a candidate brings into the examination venue must be carried in a clear and transparent pencil case or ‘poly pocket’ which can be checked on entry to the venue.
- No mobile phones, smart watches or any other unauthorised electronic devices are allowed in the examination venues or any other accessible rooms, for example toilets. Unauthorised possession of a mobile phone or other unauthorised electronic devices will be reported to the University Academic Integrity Lead.
- No food may be consumed in the examination venue.
- Candidates are not allowed to communicate in any way with one another once they have entered the examination venue.
- No candidate is allowed to enter the room after the examination has been in progress for 30 minutes, and no candidate may leave the room until the examination has been in progress for 45 minutes.
- Candidates are not permitted to use their own calculators unless it is clearly stated on the rubric of the examination paper. University calculators will be provided at the venue when stated on the rubric.
- English or foreign language dictionaries will not be allowed unless it is clearly stated on the rubric of the examination paper. A supply of English and English/Welsh dictionaries will be available for candidates use when stated on the rubric.
- Candidates should report any errors or queries on exam papers to the invigilator. Error and/or queries will not normally be answered during the examination but will be dealt with during the marking process.
- Any candidate observed by an Invigilator causing a disturbance or acting in breach of a regulation e.g., communicating with another student, shall be warned in the first instance. Continued behaviour will result in removal from the venue and the incident will be reported to the University Academic Integrity Lead.
- No candidate is to leave the examination room during the final 15 minutes of an examination. Movement during this period may cause disturbance to other candidates still in the examination room.
- At the end of the examination, candidates are to remain seated in silence until all scripts have been collected and the Chief Invigilator announces that you may leave the venue.
