At Liverpool candidiates must have an approved model which has an embossed logo on it and which can be bought in the University. On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:37:55 +0100 Hancox DL <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would be interested to hear if there are any rules/regs imposed in other > institutions in relation to calculators being used in exams. > > At Salford calculators are allowed but students are advised that the > memories of pre-programmable calculators should be cleared. > > Obviously not all invigilators have sufficient technical ability to check > that this is done and where lots of students use calculators this can prove > too time consuming to carry out. > > It has been said that students in our Engineering Schools have to use very > sophisciated calculators in order to sit the papers and these are > programmable! > > What do we do? > > --------------------------------------------------- > Deborah Hancox > Administrative Assistant (Academic) > University of Salford ---------------------- [log in to unmask]