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We do check the loos in all of the exam venues before the start of the two exam periods in the day, and students who need to avail themselves of the facilities are escorted, by an invigilator or porter, into the loo (but not into the cubicle) if of the same gender. As has been said short of body searches there's little more that can be done other than listen for suspicious rustling noises - then it starts to become silly. Some invigilators do note on the attendance sheets which student went out for a loo visit. Not sure that this helps but short of providing each student with a commode .... Lorna M. Mullett International Student Adviser Student Support Services Lancaster University Tel : 01524 594619 Fax: 01524 594868 This message is confidential: any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either whole or partial, is prohibited, If you are not the intended recipient of the message, please notify the sender immediately > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenny Beaumont [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 15 June 2001 3:31 pm > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Exams - loo visits! > > Hi > > Like everyone else, we have our suspicions about what goes on in the > privacy of the cubicle - and there's nothing realistic to be done about it. > Searching the loos before the exam to make sure nothing gets hidden there > would help a bit (assuming we had enough people to do that), but would > still only be part of the solution of course because short of > strip-searching students we don't know what they have about their persons. > > I like the suggestion about marking the script in some way - though that > wouldn't work in exams where candidates have to use a different answer book > for each question. > > Just one thought - while we can't follow them into the cubicle and search > for hidden notes, if the escort is the same gender they can at least go > into the toilet area to make sure illicit phone calls aren't being made. > > If anyone comes up with any brainwaves, do please share them! > > I comfort myself with the thought that anyone who has to resort to this > type of measure in an exam is probably not going to do very well anyway. > > > Hope this helps. > > > Jenny Beaumont > Assistant Registrar, Academic Standards and Support > University of Bradford > Richmond Road > Bradford > West Yorkshire, UK > BD7 1DP > Tel (+44) 01274 233896 > Fax (+44) 01274 236130