for venues where University Examinations take place
Source: Proctors' Office as of 15 May 2007
This Code of Conduct applies within a six-mile radius of Oxford city centre and applies to all venues where University Examinations take place (including the Exam Schools and Ewert House).
What you can't do:
- continue to gather outside an examination venue after having been asked to leave
- bring any food or fluids with the intention of throwing or spraying them
- bring any alcoholic drinks at all
- throw or spray any foods or fluids, e.g. champagne/fizzy drink, flour, eggs, shaving foam, silly string (even if your friends do not mind)
- throw anything else (including confetti, glitter) which will cause litter
- bring or use any water-pistols
What you can do:
meet your friends (but you must move away quickly afterwards and not continue to gather after you have been asked to leave the area)
bring flowers, balloons or gifts
What happens if you break the Code:
any student can be required to identify himself/herself to a Proctor or other university officer
you will be told to leave the area immediately
you may be fined a minimum of £80 by the University, the City, or the Police
the Proctors or their Officers can give you a spot fine to be paid within two working days or refer you to the Proctors' Disciplinary Hearing (you may appeal against a fine to the Student Disciplinary Panel)
for a serious breach of the regulations, you can be referred to the Student Disciplinary Panel (which can impose an unlimited fine, or rusticate or expel you)
the City's Environment Enforcement Officers will issue fines for littering
the Police will issue fixed penalty notices for offences such as littering, damage to property, or public order offences
if your behaviour is considered to be a criminal offence (e.g. breach of the peace, or causing criminal damage) Thames Valley Police can arrest you. As of May 2006 it is an offence under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 to consume alcohol in a public place within the City of Oxford or to refuse to surrender to a police officer on request any alcohol in your possession (opened alcoholic drinks may be confiscated): you can be given a spot fine or arrested if you fail to comply with a police officer's instructions. Arrest may lead to prosecution in the Magistrates' Court, and that may leave you with the disadvantage of a police record.
This Code provides an explanation of the regulations about behaviour outside examination venues. These regulations may be found at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/statutes/regulations/217-062.shtml.
