USyd assessments set to return to in-person for semester one 2023

Luke Cass

The University of Sydney has announced that the “majority” of exams and assessments will return to an in-person “supervised” format in 2023, with the form of assessment still dependent on the unit of study.

The return to in-person assessments will see many units return to penand-paper format. Students studying summer intensives through Sydney Law School have already sat open-book pen-and-paper assessments, indicating the return of this form of assessment at the Law School.

The University has committed to further trialling Bring Your Own Laptop exams, which would see students complete assessments on their computers while supervised oncampus.

The return to in-person formats comes after the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority (TEQSA) mandated that international students resume in-person attendance for 2023, with Australian universities required to comply with this requirement by July.

The University said “for the relatively small proportion of students unable to make it to Australia for first semester” exams will be “conducted online through ProctorU with a live proctor.”

“A small number will be ‘monitored’