Exam invigilation

The end of semester is upon undergraduates and as a result, exams are the order of the day for the department. As a research postgraduate, there are no exams at all for me, which is quite an interesting feeling, in that a wole semster of work can go untested: it's either in my head or it's not.

Aside from the academic perspective of exams, the end of term (or in some cases end of holidays/start of term) presents postgraduates with another opportunity to earn some precious pennies, in the form of exam invigilation. Obviously, not having done this before, I have taken up the offer from the secretarial staff of the department to invigilate four exams over the next two weeks. From what I have heard, the pay is really quite good (on the better side of £10 an hour, the better side being more than) and so this invigilation business could prove to be a very timely financial boost.

As to whether it will actually be interesting remains a different matter entirely, on which there will be more after my first exam.