Examination regulations
Below is guidance on examination regulations. Please ensure you have read the Examination Regulations for your course in full ahead of sitting your formal examinations. You should also read the memorandum from the Proctors regarding conduct during examinations.
- Taking items into the examination
- Sitting your examination
- Examination Conduct
- Fees payable for examinations
- Avoiding plagiarism
- Complaints and appeals
Taking items into the examination
Required |
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Permitted |
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Disallowed |
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| DO NOT bring valuable items to the Examination Schools. We are not able to look after these for you and they will have to be left either in the Great Hall or marquee at your own risk. | |
Sitting your examination
DO |
DO NOT |
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| Arrive 20 minutes before your exam. | Arrive just as your exam is scheduled to start. |
| Read carefully the instructions on the front of your exam paper. | Leave your exam within the first or last 30 minutes. |
| Write in black or blue ink | Write in pencil |
| Cross through your rough notes | If you DONT cross through your rough notes they may be marked by an examiner. |
| Complete the question numbers you have answered on the front page of the script booklet. | Complete the examiners column on the front page of the script booklet. |
| Complete your candidate details on the front of our script booklet: candidate number, date, exam. | Write your name, University ID or Student Self Service number on the front of our script booklet. |
Examination Conduct
DO |
DO NOT |
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| Raise your hand to attract the attention of an invigilator if you have a question. | Communicate with any person during the exam, other than the invigilator. |
| Raise your hand if you suspect there is a mistake on the exam paper. | Ask if you do not understand a word or phrase on the exam paper, neither examiner nor invigilator is permitted to answer. |
| Raise your hand and wait for an invigilator if you need to leave the room, e.g. in the case of illness. | Leave or re-enter the exam unless permitted by an invigilator. |
| You must remain silent in the exam room until all scripts have been collected and you are told to leave the room. | |
| You must remain quiet in the building after your exam – there will be other exams still being sat – and listen to instructions from Examination Schools staff as you depart. | |
| Unruly, disruptive or anti-social behavior at the end of your exam will be reported to the Proctors and you may be fined. | |
Fees payable for examinations
Some students may be liable to pay fees for certain examinations or for late entry or late alteration of options. More information is available on the Fees and Funding website.
Avoiding plagiarism
Plagiarism is the 'copying or paraphrasing of other people's work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement'. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Intentional plagiarism can carry severe penalties, including failing your degree. For further information and guidance visit the avoiding plagiarism section of the Education Policy and Standards website.
Complaints and appeals
Students wishing to make a complaint about the conduct of University examinations – an academic appeal – should raise concerns with their Senior Tutor who will forward them to the Proctors. Postgraduate Research students should initially raise concerns with their Director of Graduate Studies. More information is available from the Complaints and Appeals section.