King's Timetabling wants to trial a third exam slot for the January 2019 exams so fewer people have two exams in one day (they expect this to go from 11% of students to 4% of students). They have guaranteed no student would have 3 exams in one day. The proposed changes are as follows:
| Monday |
2 x 3 Hour Slots |
| Tuesday |
3 x 2 Hour Slots |
| Wednesday |
2 x 3 Hour Slots |
| Thursday |
3 x 2 Hour Slots |
| Friday |
2 x 3 Hour Slots |
- Current System: Exam A 10:00-13:00 / Exam B 14:30-17:30 (2 slot day)
- New System: Exam A 9:00-11:00 / Exam B 12:15-14:15 / Exam C 15:30-17:30 (3 slot day)
This would mean that on Tuesday and Thursday during the January exam period the exams will start earlier. (The other 3 days would stay with the current format).
Originally this was meant to be trialed in May (allowing for a longer consultation period with all of us) however due to the potential positive or negative impact this could have we have decided to consult on an urgent basis for the January exam attempts. If there is not enough of a response or if the response is negative then the trial period will not take place in January 2019.
We would urge everyone to fill in the survey by midnight tonight as we have been given till the end of today to respond.
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