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Group splits and exams

Can I split from my group?

The group exam format requires you to be in a group
This means you cannot just choose to leave your exam group and continue on your own.

If you experience difficulties within your group, it might be ok to create a new group, as long as all groups still have a minimum of two students.

Always check with the course manager.

Getting support
If you experience controversies and difficulties within the group it is important to reach out.

Check out Making groupwork work for guidance and support and if you are still in need of help, getting support from the Study and Career Guidance is a great way to hopefully overcome the problems within the group.   

What if you are forced to split?

When you work in an exam group, situations may arise where the group cannot continue together.

A group member is not participating

The group format is often used for exam submissions either with or without an oral exam.

If a student is not engaging in the group work or adding to the group assignment, the student cannot be listed as a part of the group for the exam submission. That would be exam fraud.

The group needs to make this clear to the student in question and the course manager.

The group can go ahead submitting without the student.

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The student not listed will fail an exam attempt and go to the re-exam.

A group member becomes ill (special circumstances in generel)

Different scenarios can be at stake when working on an exam assignment as a group.

A group member can become ill early on in the process and not able to collaborate.

Illness can also hit later on and affect the group work.

Maybe the group is able to submit, but then struck by illness before the oral exam.

Follow the link for all the details about how to act according to the group exam if special circumstances occure.

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Disagreements within the group

A group member stays away for the oral exam

What if you are alone for a group exam