The University of Edinburgh has extended the honours exam period to span the entire four week summer exam diet.
The university announced on Twitter, "In response to student feedback, Semester 2 honours exams are now scheduled within the full four week period of the exam diet."
A petition signed by almost 1,400 students was submitted to the registry on Monday 12 December calling for an extension to the proposed exam period.
Originally, the exam diet was shortened because of the limited time between the exams and graduations that restricted the time available for marking. The university extended the honours exam diet from two weeks to three and a half weeks in November.
A motion at the Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) general meeting which called for a further extension of the diet failed to win a majority as it was feared that further extension would impact on innovative learning week which will be introduced next year.
A spokesperson for the University of Edinburgh told The Student, "Innovative learning week will continue as planned from 20 to 24 of February. The second semester exams will be scheduled within the four week period of the exam diet, from 30 April to 26 May."
It was also made clear that the introduction of innovative learning week had no part in the earlier decision to shorten the exam period.
Andrew Burnie, fourth year computer science and artificial intelligence student and EUSA representative for the School of Informatics organised the campaign for the extension of the exam diet.
He told The Student, "This petition was started because students in my school demanded the University change and its success belongs to those students who took direct action and told the university that they must be listened to.
"This is a real win for people power and I'm proud to have been a part of it."
Burnie and two other students who signed the petition met with Rio Watt, the Director of the Academic Registry to discuss the additional concerns about the exams raised by the campaign.
She reassured that all students with additional requirements in exams would be catered for and that schools had the opportunity to request changes to a provisional exam diet before the final one is published.
She also stated that she would look into improving the timetable for those who study inter-school joint degrees.
Exams at the university are scheduled so that most students will not have honours exams on the same or consecutive days.
There are around 110,000 individual exams taken during the summer diet each year.
source= studentnewspaper.org
The university announced on Twitter, "In response to student feedback, Semester 2 honours exams are now scheduled within the full four week period of the exam diet."
A petition signed by almost 1,400 students was submitted to the registry on Monday 12 December calling for an extension to the proposed exam period.
Originally, the exam diet was shortened because of the limited time between the exams and graduations that restricted the time available for marking. The university extended the honours exam diet from two weeks to three and a half weeks in November.
A motion at the Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) general meeting which called for a further extension of the diet failed to win a majority as it was feared that further extension would impact on innovative learning week which will be introduced next year.
A spokesperson for the University of Edinburgh told The Student, "Innovative learning week will continue as planned from 20 to 24 of February. The second semester exams will be scheduled within the four week period of the exam diet, from 30 April to 26 May."
It was also made clear that the introduction of innovative learning week had no part in the earlier decision to shorten the exam period.
Andrew Burnie, fourth year computer science and artificial intelligence student and EUSA representative for the School of Informatics organised the campaign for the extension of the exam diet.
He told The Student, "This petition was started because students in my school demanded the University change and its success belongs to those students who took direct action and told the university that they must be listened to.
"This is a real win for people power and I'm proud to have been a part of it."
Burnie and two other students who signed the petition met with Rio Watt, the Director of the Academic Registry to discuss the additional concerns about the exams raised by the campaign.
She reassured that all students with additional requirements in exams would be catered for and that schools had the opportunity to request changes to a provisional exam diet before the final one is published.
She also stated that she would look into improving the timetable for those who study inter-school joint degrees.
Exams at the university are scheduled so that most students will not have honours exams on the same or consecutive days.
There are around 110,000 individual exams taken during the summer diet each year.
source= studentnewspaper.org
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