Tag: EQE2018
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In October, the EPO & epi arrange an annual meeting of EQE Tutors and members of the EQE Committees (EC’s). Information & views are exchanged to help Tutors prepare Candidates for future exams, and to influence how future exams are made and marked. It is a good opportunity to learn about how each paper is…
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For those who want to practice the papers, or to analyse their own performance, the EQE 2018 compendium is now almost complete: Survey Results Statistics Examiners Reports show the expected solutions and some of the alternatives that were accepted: Pre-Exam (recently corrected after appeals) Paper A Paper B Paper C Paper D For anyone who…
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The results for the EQE Main Exam 2018 are here. Congratulations if you passed at least something – none of the papers are easy, especially when you take into account the stress. There were many comments in the Candidate’s survey this year that the extra 30 minutes seems to have been cancelled out by the increased…
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Several candidates who appealed their Pre-Exam 2018 failing grade of less than 70 have been successful. After taking the arguments provided in appeal into account, three more answers in the Pre-Exam Examiners’ Report have been amended. See here for a track changes version (at the top of my Study Materials page). Legal Questions: 4.4 True or…
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Today I did paper C. If you want to look, here are official copies of the paper. It felt very long, and it turns out it was 7 pages longer than 2017. Most of the people I talked to had issues getting through everything, and the inventive step seemed very complicated to sort out. Almost…
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Today I did papers A and B. This is the second year that the technlogies are combined, so as expected a combination of electromechanical and chemistry skills were required. If you want to look, here are the official copies of the A and the B papers. I think these papers were nicely balanced and they…
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I sat the paper under exam conditions in Munich as a bench marker to give the examination committees some materials for their marking discussion. If you want to look through the paper yourself, here are official copies of the paper. My impressions were that it was a reasonable D paper – they are never easy,…
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Every year, the Examination Committees rely on papers from “benchmarkers” to help fine-tune the marking. These papers are made by people who have already passed the EQE, and ideally they are looking for people who can get around 50 points. The benchmarkers take the exam at the same time as everybody else under the same…
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Recently, the EPO announced that it would no longer make the Guidelines for Examination available on paper. Although the electronic version is useful for searching, some people still prefer to use a paper version, particularly when studying. My version is available to order as an A5-sized book. It is suitable as a desktop reference for…
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Preparation: – Check the exam times and plan to arrive early – Since EQE2017, an additional 30 minutes has been given for papers A, B, C and D (REE OJ 2017 SE2 – page 43) to help candidates who do not have English, French or German as their mother language. The papers are designed to be…