{"id":18460,"date":"2017-10-06T14:05:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=18460"},"modified":"2017-10-06T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:11:11","slug":"foundation-and-intermediate-exams-going-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2017\/10\/06\/foundation-and-intermediate-exams-going-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation and Intermediate exams going online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An online option for Full examinations was launched in March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Clubs, exam centres and candidates have all given very positive feedback.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/examination-standards-committee\/exams-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exams Group<\/a> meeting approved the roll-out of online Foundation and Intermediate exams.<\/p>\n<p>From <strong>1 November 2017<\/strong>, the RSGB HQ Exams Department will accept applications for online Intermediate exams and, from <strong>2 January 2018<\/strong>, you will be able to apply for an online Foundation exam.<\/p>\n<p>To bring consistency to the application process, a notice period of 10 working days will apply to every exam from 1 November 2017, regardless of level or whether it is online or paper-based.<\/p>\n<p>All examinations, both online and paper, will still be held at exam centres and invigilated in exactly the same way as now.<\/p>\n<p>When applying for an exam you must state whether electronic, paper or a mix of examination type is required.<\/p>\n<p>Online exams reduce paperwork for invigilators and provide immediate feedback to the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>More online administrative tools are in the pipeline to assist examination secretaries.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for paper examinations will continue as before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online option for Full examinations was launched in March 2017. Clubs, exam centres and candidates have all given very positive feedback. A recent Exams Group meeting approved the roll-out of online Foundation and Intermediate exams. From 1 November 2017, the RSGB HQ Exams Department will accept applications for online Intermediate exams and, from 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47],"tags":[327,338],"class_list":["post-18460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","tag-exams","tag-online"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}