I'm confined to my room so that I don't disturb my lad while he's revising

#revision #exams #ALevels

WGRZ: Princeton ends 133-year no-proctor exam tradition amid AI cheating concerns. “Princeton’s honor system dates back to 1893, when students petitioned to eliminate proctors from exams and instead pledged not to cheat or assist others in cheating. Faculty formally banned exam proctoring that same year, creating one of the university’s most distinctive academic traditions. The newly […]

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WGRZ: Princeton ends 133-year no-proctor exam tradition amid AI cheating concerns

WGRZ: Princeton ends 133-year no-proctor exam tradition amid AI cheating concerns. “Princeton’s honor system dates back to 1893, when students petitioned to eliminate proctors from exams and …

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Princeton scraps honor code and will supervise exams for first time in 133 years because of AI

Princeton’s honor code was implemented in 1893 after students petitioned to get rid of exam proctors

The Independent

I've hugged my lad and off he goes to sit his first A Level exam today.
I'm more nervous than he is.

#ALevels #exams #ProudDad #NervousDad

Princeton faculty mandate proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 years of precedent

The faculty voted Monday to require universal proctoring for all in-person examinations in response to mounting concerns over AI-assisted cheating and declining student reporting of Honor Code violations. The policy, which takes effect July 1, preserves the student-run Honor Committee system while requiring instructors to serve as witnesses.

The Princetonian

Good luck to everyone sitting A Levels this week and into the next month.
🤞

#ALevels #ALevels2026 #UKEducation #exams

Pupils hopeless and crying after 'poorly worded' Higher Maths exam

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Pupils hopeless and crying after 'poorly worded' Higher Maths exam

More than 11,000 people have signed a petition calling for a review of the exam saying it was "totally unrecognisable" from what they had prepared for.