Economics exam blunder

Second-year students left feeling anxious after being given wrong exam paper

Concerns have been raised after more than 150 students sitting an exam in Macroeconomic Theory were given the wrong exam paper.

The second-year Cardiff Business School (CARBS) students arrived at the Great Hall to sit the exam on May 26, but were given the paper that only one student, who was re-sitting the module from the previous year, was supposed to have been given. The course has fundamentally changed since last year, so students were unable to correctly answer the questions in Section B of the paper.

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Six percent rise in overseas tuition fees

Cardiff University has proposed a 6% increase in international students’ tuition fees for the academic year 2011-2012.

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Cardiff University Astronomers on BBC

Two astronomers from Cardiff University will be appearing on the BBC’s The Sky at Night programme on Monday June 7.

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