New research for the social mobility charity, Sutton Trust, condemns the new GCSE system for ‘disadvantaging the disadvantaged’ school pupils who are taking the exams in England. New reforms to GCSE exams were introduced by […]
Chaos as 300 finalists unable to sit 20 credit paper after printing mishap
300 final year Business students were unable to sit an exam accounting for 100% of a 20 credit module this morning, after a printing mishap meant it could not go ahead. Six pages of case […]
Campus Watch: A.I. don’t cry
A Japanese robot with artificial intelligence has recently failed the entrance exam to the prestigious University of Tokyo for the fourth year in a row. The robot, Torobo-Kun, scored almost the same as it did […]
Campus Watch: Cambridge students reject plan to end public display of exam results
Cambridge Students have decisively rejected a plan to put an end to the “wailing wall” of exam results, a 300 year old tradition which publicly publishes the grades of named students. A student referendum revealed […]
Leeds History students given wrong exam paper
The School of History has come under fire after students sitting the examination for ‘Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union’, on Saturday 16th January, were left dumbfounded at being handed the incorrect paper. The […]
News | Uni stats reveal the students most likely to resit exams
Students from the Schools of Business, Mathematics and Healthcare are the most likely to have to resit the exams they take this year, according to figures released to LS. The figures, obtained from the University’s […]
News | Delayed exam adds to stress
Three exams were delayed by an hour and a half, as well as some students being given an incomplete exam paper. LS spoke to an MBA student whose three hour Business Accounting exam was affected. […]
24 hour libraries hit campus
The University has made a landmark decision to extend library opening times to 24 hours a day during the summer exam period. After lengthy debate between students, the Union and the University, the idea was […]
Patience tested by exam failings
25.01.13 Chaos has disrupted the exam period, with students having to put up with missing questions and being given the wrong papers. In December, second year Biochemistry students found themselves sitting an exam on topics […]