tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3394197552191101555..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Clarifications and outstanding questions on the PEB online examsVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17621488688515810032020-07-30T15:23:58.654+01:002020-07-30T15:23:58.654+01:00The 2020 PEB Information for Candidates has been u...The 2020 PEB Information for Candidates has been updated today.<br /><br />Looks like most candidates will no longer need a scanner, and it seems that the mobile phone camera is no longer required either. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-16168489993288997442020-07-24T11:40:46.661+01:002020-07-24T11:40:46.661+01:00Has there been any comment on who can qualify as &...Has there been any comment on who can qualify as "Designated Contact" if you choose to sit the exams at your firm's address? <br /><br />Does this person have to be CIPA qualified? Or is EPA qualified suitable for this purpose?<br /><br />Some candidates will be sitting the exams outside the UK, e.g. Singapore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-60371075617630909802020-07-23T16:33:41.911+01:002020-07-23T16:33:41.911+01:00My understanding from the webinar yesterday was th...My understanding from the webinar yesterday was that PEB considered this. However, it suffers from the same issues as a normal exam (apart from the social distancing). That being, if a local lockdown in enforced the exam would have to be cancelled. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-39455895120603032102020-07-23T15:18:05.484+01:002020-07-23T15:18:05.484+01:00I understood on the call yesterday that this would...I understood on the call yesterday that this would not be possible. The exam proctor software is apparently automatic, the start up involving a 360 degree room scan meant to make sure no other people were present - so any other people in the same room, or potentially glass walls, would be a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-58309025300974863242020-07-23T14:13:40.435+01:002020-07-23T14:13:40.435+01:00My Partners and I had been looking at whether we c...My Partners and I had been looking at whether we could socially distance candidates in a large conference room with a Partner invigilating. Does anyone know whether this has been considered by PEB (or indeed now, the EPO)? The advantage of this is that it might remove some of the problems with poor or unrealiable internet access outside the big cities that we still have to put up with in the UK.David Elsyhttp://www.withersrogers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-23053322075841315532020-07-23T14:07:50.628+01:002020-07-23T14:07:50.628+01:00Mixed feelings about this. Exams are so hard that ...Mixed feelings about this. Exams are so hard that pretty much any change to them is unwelcome as you worry about being able to perform in changed circumstances. On the other hand, literally no-one looks forward to going to Walsall to sit the exams in what is typically a cold exam hall, with the worry that transport troubles might mean you missing the exam.<br /><br />It might seem weird to people, but if given the choice between sitting the exams at home and sitting them in Walsall I really wouldn't know which one to pick (but would probably have my mind made up for me by superiors unwilling to cover the cost of the trek to Walsall).Gilmannoreply@blogger.com