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It is of course important that an amanuensis knows what they are doing in an exam. As an aside, I would note that as with a note taker in lectures it also wise for them to be familiar with the jargon of the subject area. As well as training for the scribe I would also suggest that the student concerned also requires some degree of training, or practice at least, when it comes to dictating their exams papers. If one is a bright, confident and well revised student an exam can be a breeze, possibly. But consider those times, that I am sure has happened to us all at some point, when we have looked at a question and wondered, wide eyed, how the hell we are going to answer that. What we may do is write a lot of flannel in the hope that something may come out that we can be given a mark for. Consider then also having to look someone in the eye - who may themselves be in expert in the field - and give them a load of guff when you are starting to quietly panic. It can take practice to become confident doing this. The student also needs to know what the ground rules are, e.g. that they could make rough notes themselves, instruct the note taker to cross everything out and start again, etc. It is not wise to give a student this facility without them being well briefed and practiced. Bryan Jones Equal Opps Adviser London Guildhall University ---------------------- Bryan Jones [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%