Tag: Exams

Nottingham Law School defends decision to keep closed-book LPC exams during lockdown

Response comes amid calls from students to make assessments open-book

Jan 8 2021 9:33am

ULaw LPC students given exam on a topic they hadn’t covered

Exclusive: University has issued new assessment and extended submission deadline

Jan 5 2021 1:30pm

First-ever SQE exam dates announced

SQE1 to take place on 8 and 11 November 2021, with SQE2 in April 2022

Dec 29 2020 9:31am

SQE examiner hit by ‘cheating’ outbreak

Kaplan acknowledges 'attempted' cheating on foreign lawyer exam it also runs

Dec 21 2020 12:30pm

Law student who gave birth during bar exam reveals she passed

'I did all of this because I did not see any other option to accomplish both my goals -- become a lawyer and a mom,' says Brianna Hill

Dec 4 2020 10:12am

Law school enters SQE market with £3k prep course

QLTS School package covers both SQE1 and SQE2; with exam fees it will slash total cost of qualifying as a solicitor to just over £7k; students can pay more for additional support

Dec 1 2020 1:19pm

December bar exams to go ahead as planned

BSB keeping assessments under 'close review' in wake of second lockdown

Nov 10 2020 9:21am

Law student gives birth during bar exam

Finishes assessment the next day

Oct 12 2020 10:53am

BPP students’ frustration over exam clash with winter vac scheme dates

Exclusive: Law school says it's 'unfortunate' and they 'have the opportunity to attend a 2021 scheme'

Oct 2 2020 10:01am

BARBRI to offer £6k SQE prep course

Total cost with exam fees is under £10,000

Sep 23 2020 6:30pm

Exam waiver ‘not an option now or in the future’, says BSB

Fallout between regulator and students rumbles on

Sep 23 2020 12:48pm

Bar students won’t be told their exam results before resits

BSB says it's not possible to release grades sooner for 'quality assurance' reasons

Sep 17 2020 3:23pm

Bar exams latest: BSB pushes ahead with ‘pen and paper’ October resits

One third of exams beset by technical difficulties, regulator confirms

Sep 11 2020 11:25am

Petition calling for botched bar exams to be scrapped attracts over 1,200 signatures

Just grade us on the rest of the BPTC, students urge

Aug 20 2020 11:58am

BPTC online exam chaos continues into second week

Twitter flooded with fresh reports of bar students being unable to access today's civil litigation assessment

Aug 17 2020 3:39pm

Edinburgh Uni law grad offered £1,000 to sit student’s online exam

Approached by mystery man on behalf of wealthy law student

Aug 14 2020 2:02pm

BPTC student ‘forced to defer’ exams over fears she’d have to remove headscarf for male invigilator

BSB says proctoring partner could not guarantee female assessor due to increased demand during pandemic

Aug 14 2020 11:22am

DWF scraps specific A-Level requirements for training contract seekers

Social mobility push comes amid results chaos for college leavers

Aug 14 2020 10:38am

Barristers dish out career wisdom to mark A-Level results day

Exams scrapped in wake of coronavirus mean sixth-formers receive grades based on predictions and schools' past performance

Aug 13 2020 12:58pm

BPTC students report being locked out of online ethics exam

BSB says the 'great majority' did manage to finish their assessment

Aug 12 2020 1:38pm