ESRG February 2024 key messages

The Exams and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) met four times during February. It has released these key messages from those meetings:

• We discussed a number of challenges. Two were upheld and the candidates notified
• Johnathan Groves, M0VRI resigned from the ESRG, due to work commitments. We thank him for his time on the ESRG
• We continued to review the EMF document from the EMF group and accepted more recommendations
• We discussed whether we needed further EMF questions but decided we have enough for now
• We welcomed a potential new member as a guest
• The ESRG Chair emailed the Tutors’ forum describing what the ESRG does and asked for some volunteers to come to our meetings
• It was agreed that Alan Betts and the ESRG will monitor the Tutors’ forum and respond to the tutors’ concerns, as a collective. It is important to note that some ESRG members are tutors as well
• We looked at some proposed new questions for the bank to cover the new licensing conditions
• We fine-tuned Syllabus 1.6 ready to publish in March
• Reviewed Advanced and D2F Mock papers for the RSGB website
• We looked at some proposed new questions for the bank to cover the new licensing conditions
• We considered the January exam statistics and, overall, the success rate was very good
• Started planning our in-person meeting

Category: ESRG Minutes