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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
Hope it all went well today for everyone in the last core subjects exam today. Paper 1 BLP was apparently harder than yesterday's first BLP exam and the twins said you had to think more. Hopefully they have still done okay. The twins said afterwards that there may have been a reference to a...- Jane Smith
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
h1, I didn't even know BPP had extended the end time by 30 mins but that feels very fair in the circumstances. In my post above I meant to type my twins did the paper from 10.05 (not 10.20) to 12.05 - ie they had the full two hours and I do not think the exam itself was too bad. Anyway I...- Jane Smith
- Post #260
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
Just in case of interest neither of my sons could log on at 9.50am yesterday for the Drafting exam. In the end they had to obtain the password from someone on the course and one of my sons could not even login to download the password protected paper due to BPP issues (our internet here was...- Jane Smith
- Post #258
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
h1 - that all seems fine. On the password issue - my son has not downloaded as (same as you) it says you need a password so he cannot even download it unopened as suggested to be done in advance. I agree with you that being ready 10 mins before to download should be fine - that is what my son is...- Jane Smith
- Post #257
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
Good point about Archive above and the other advice. Now the twins have now done the 5 exams including the 2 today they seem to have the hang of it. So on to Drafting tomorrow which is not proctored. The 20 December email from BPP is about that exam. People will have that email, the Briefing...- Jane Smith
- Post #254
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
I hope everyone is doing fine. My twins leave their mobiles outside the two rooms with the door closed for the exams (one is in a room upstairs and one is down in our house). There has been no internet cutting out so far that they have noticed either, even though that happens most days here...- Jane Smith
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
It looks like tomorrow morning is the part of civil litigation which is not and the afternoon ( 3pm) the MCQs going by the timings. My twins feel it would have been better just to have one very long exam starting at 10am. The result of splitting it into two means you have to be energetic at...- Jane Smith
- Post #244
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SQE or GDL
I would go for your option 2 (not least because bigger London law firms are putting people in for the PGDL and then SQE) and money is not such an issue for you and you plan to be a solicitor in the UK. Do look at law firms' websites for time deadlines too as they will often recruit people...- Jane Smith
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
The internet is annoying here. It just went down again and my son said it was down (each time is very very briefly) often yesterday and on both our separate BT broadband lines. I have just reminded him about the Inspera code if you are cut off. There is probably at least a 50% chance it will go...- Jane Smith
- Post #243
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
Just to let people know, there is a 7 Jan email from BPP. headed Exams and is about using your BPP email address and password to login which I believe we already know and if you cannot see when you log in to Inspera your upcoming exams you need to email Inspera (not BPP) and reminding people...- Jane Smith
- Post #242
- Forum: General Discussion
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
I agree with h1 as the webcam will be on your face probably not looking over all the desk below really. One of my twins just did his Inspera test of the system today including the test ID check and room scan. He said it was fairly simple. The software closed down all his other programmes that...- Jane Smith
- Post #241
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
One of my sons says those whoa re doing it in person have now just been told where it is - somewhere in Waterloo. I presume they had an email today.- Jane Smith
- Post #234
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
For those doing the online proctored exams starting next Monday I was just looking at the Inspera Exam Portal User Guide for the proctored exams - your main guide for next week's exams. Random thoughts below- I would have ready on the day:- 1. Your BPP student card (or driving licence if you...- Jane Smith
- Post #231
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
Yes, very bad timing with exams a week today... The Hub says" Please note: we have received reports that some students may be experiencing issues when logging into the Hub. We are aware of it and are working to resolve this as soon as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause".- Jane Smith
- Post #230
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How Important Are A-Levels?
I don't think the different career for 10 years and then try again is worth the waste of time that might be in terms of getting on with your life and career. Perhaps try for smaller or non-London firms with commercial law departments and try to move through those kinds of firms as a qualified...- Jane Smith
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
My son also said the Hub was down or slow yesterday (he wanted to watch one of the lecture videos for revision, but I think looked at other material instead due to the problem with the Hub). That is one reason that son (with the Apple Mac laptop for the exams ) looked at the Inspera Guide for...- Jane Smith
- Post #227
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
I just managed to pin one of the twins down about Inspera. I am calling it the "I" word in this house as they think I am nagging them about it and one is calling me good humouredly his "personal tutor" (not that I have looked at any of the real law work so I am not being too bad). Today a few...- Jane Smith
- Post #224
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BPP Accelerated LPC (Consortium firms)
Ah, I see. I hope it is not too bad for those doing it. I certainly warned my younger 3 lawyer children off it (their older sibling was not required to do it by her law firm either) as I had heard it was quite concentrated and tough (albeit it you get the course over with sooner). One of my two...- Jane Smith
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BPP Accelerated LPC (Consortium firms)
4 of my children have done or are doing the non-accelerated one and I am a lawyer, not that any of that makes me an expert. I am afraid a lot of my children would say not everyone does all the preparation work and still can do pretty well without it, not that I would ever encourage anyone to...- Jane Smith
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BPP LPC help. 3Days?
In both Outlook and the virtual learning environment (VLE) (I think the VLE is not much used. If you click on 31 Jan 2022 - the first day in 2022 for my sons at least that has an SGS we can see it there (Solicitors Accounts in their case). if you cannot see yours it may be worth raising a query...- Jane Smith
- Post #223
- Forum: General Discussion