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Exam Timetable for the 2023-2024

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examination on campus student guide 2023-2024

This guide aims to help students understand how exams operate on campus in an exam room, that is, the exam does not take place remotely, online.

Exam Time Table

Exams are scheduled all through the year and you are required to be available to sit your exam. Check Module and Programme Handbooks for details of how many exams to expect. The main exam period is 2 May to 26 – May 2023. 

Students have a responsibility to know when and where their exams are and as exam timetables are subject to change it’s important to check the timetable to see any changes affect you.

Exam Checklist

Check Exam Timetable on MyDMU, to see if the exam has changed

In the exam room you cannot talk, signal or communicate with other students

Exam instructions are read out by the invigilators, listen carefully

Ear/headphones/air pods of any type are not allowed

Exam instructions are read out by the invigilators, listen carefully

Your exam may be in a building you don’t know well, allow a few extra minutes to find your way

Arrive 20 minutes before the start of the exam, there’s no entry allowed 15 minutes after the start of exam

Coats and bags are placed away from desks. Outerwear/hoodies can’t be worn in the exam. No clothing to be hung on chairs

Bring pens, pencils, eraser and spares—invigilators can’t loan stationery. If you don’t have a pen or pencil you won’t be able to sit the exam

Exam instructions are read out by the invigilators, listen carefully

End Of Exam And Leaving Exam Room​

Raise your hand if you’ve finished the exam and want to leave so your work can be collected. To avoid disruption, you can’t leave the exam in the first hour or last 15 minutes of the exam. For exams of one hour students can’t leave the room until the exam time is finished. The invigilator will announce when it’s 15 minutes to the end of exam. At the end of the exam you must stop writing when told to. It’s your responsibility to ensure your name and student details are completed correctly in the answer book Please be patient whilst the papers are collected in and counted. Students can’t talk during this time. Invigilators will announce when students can leave the exam room.

Academic Offences​

Any attempt to cheat or gain advantage in an exam is reported to the Faculty as an Academic offences. Invigilators patrol, observe and monitor students and report concerns to the Principal Invigilator, including where a student is found to have access to unauthorised material even during a break/toilet visit and if the material isn’t used.

Academic Offences
include but are not limited to:

  • Having notes, or any other information on or near the desk or on a candidate’s person (such as written on the body or concealed in clothing) whether a candidate uses it or not.
  • Having a phone, smart watch or data storage/internet enabled device on your person during an examination including programmable calculators (where not expressly permitted) or electronic dictionaries.
  • Copying from the exam script of another candidate or allowing copying of your work.
  • Helping another candidate, including attempting to communicate by oral, electronic, written or signalling means.