123, hopefully someone will come along to answer but I think it just depends on the person. My twins are living at home this year. some LPC students are older and already renting but I am sure others every year will be looking to rent with someone on the course.
h1, good point.
I am just going to see what I can find now pasted below about what we know so far on materials or the bits that contradict just out of my own interest.
"Both types of assessment [ on line and in the exam hall] will be open book. By this, we mean that, for invigilated assessments, students will be permitted to refer to any hard copy materials (hard copy textbooks, printed BPP materials, hand-written or typed notes, etc) during the assessment. However, students will not be permitted to refer to any soft copy materials or to use any electronic devices (other than a simple calculator and, for those sitting digital assessments, the computer being used for the assessment). In order to prevent collusion between students, the SRA requires us to ensure that students who leave the room / screen during an invigilated assessment are not able to return to any part of the assessment which has already been seen or attempted. As a result:"[ then a bit about no breakf if under 2 hours etc] Last modified: Friday, 10 September 2021, 11:08 AM
So the above suggests you could write all over your books and notes and have thousands of pages of your own notes ready in advance as long as they were printed out which is very different from not writing on your materials but may be it not writing on the permitted materials only that is not allowed. That what needs to be clarified in writing very early on and not changed after.
Programme hand book says "Detailed guidance in relation to the sitting of online assessments (and, particularly, remote proctored online assessments) is available on the Students’ Association website and links to that guidance are also available on the Hub."
Pg 31 of the handbook says says
"10. Materials allowed in assessments under controlled conditions
At the beginning of each module candidates will be informed which materials are and are not permitted in assessments under controlled conditions. A candidate who is found to have brought materials into an examination or an assessment that have not been permitted will be subject to the Academic Malpractice Regulations."
Rules and policies:
"As you will know there are detailed rules about the materials you can take into an assessment, about the limited extent to which you may highlight or tab those materials, and so on. Full information about this and other assessment guidance can be found under Assessments on the LPC home page of the VLE."
In Inspera ( exam software) guidance have no help on what you can take in or mark up relevant to this.
The pdf on eg the Business Law module says
"In this assessment, you may refer to any hard copy document you wish. This includes the permitted materials produced by BPP, the teaching materials produced by BPP, any notes you may have made (whether typed or hand-written), textbooks and so on. You may not, however, print out a copy of the assessment itself. You may not refer to any other soft copy documents on the computer on which you are undertaking your assessment. Inspera is a secure exam portal that will not permit you to access the VLE, the internet, emails or any documents on your computer."
So it sounds like there is no problem before hand preparing anything you like and printing it off - past papers, hand written notices, lists etc etc etc but you can not refer to them on your screen just have print outs by you and secondly the issue is what notes if any you can write on the materials.
I think BPP need to be clear on this because it seems unnecesary to me that you could take in 1000 separate printed out documents, notes etc and the whole year's work you did and all your files on paper but could not write in adfvance on to the permitted materials your own notes.
I may have missed some other guidance above - it was just a quick check (and it is pity everything is found in about 10 different documents in various places on the hub]
Let us hope it is clear soon.
