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After a semester of hard work, early morning classes, and inebriation, exams are finally here, with the first taking place tomorrow morning.

Exams are administered by Academic Services, who were helpful enough to give us a few details about this examination window.
In total, including distance-learning papers, there will be 508 exams held during the cycle, and they will be watched over by 104 kindly Examination Supervisors (most of whom look like they have been plucked from the local bingo hall). There are a grand total of 14 266 individual candidates, with most sitting multiple exams. The most popular paper, HUBS191, has 2019 candidates sitting it. The exams run over 13 days, broken up by several exam-free days, and are held in 36 main examination rooms.
In order to provide a little respite from the stress of the exam period, OUSA will again be running several promotions. These include $2 student taxis home from the library, a free piece of fruit with triangle sandwiches from The Fridge and the Campus Shop, and the $2 exercise classes at UniPol. Albany Café also has $2.50 hot chocolates after 5pm for late-night studiers. 
For this week only OUSA has also decided to put on a free breakfast from 8-9am in the Gazebo Lounge, and a mystery exam pack drop will also take place in the Central Library at an undisclosed time.
OUSA President Harriet Geoghegan wished all students the best for their exams and shared her tip on improving exam performance: “Take a few jellybeans into the exam and eat them when you are feeling low on energy – instant boost.”