As most readers will be aware, the Queen's 50th Jubilee is being marked by a double-Bank Holiday on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 June. Unfortunately, as eagle-eyed finalists and second years will already have noticed, undergraduate exams have had to be scheduled over these days.

"All BA/LLB finalists and second years should check the exam timetable carefully," said Jim Guild, Assistant Registrar. "Please don't assume that the Bank Holidays mean no exams."

As in previous years, unseen exams for undergraduates will also be held on weekday evenings and Saturdays, as well as during 'office hours'. "We know that these arrangements are not ideal, but they are the only way that we are able to schedule all unseen exams between mid-May and the end of the summer term," explained Jim.

He went on, "The students having to take exams on these Bank Holidays of course have our sympathy, but we have done our best to help at a practical level. For instance, we have liaised with Brighton & Hove Buses to meet our students' needs to get here on 3 and 4 June for exams that start at 9.30am." No. 25 buses will leave Palmeira Square at 8.24am and 8.44am to get here in time for the first exams on those days.

The Computing Service and the Library will both be providing services to students over the two Bank Holidays.

The Computing Service will provide its usual Bank Holiday service: Chichester 1 will be closed but the 24-hour access PC clusters will be open, the campus network and link to JANET will remain active, and UNIX systems and printing facilities will be available.

The Library (but not the Bolthole) will be open between 9am and 6.30pm on both Bank Holidays (although lending facilities will be in operation only from 12.30pm on these days).

For students who need to take a break from all that hard graft, the Falmer Sports Complex gym will be open from 9am-6pm on 4 June, while Falmer Bar and East Slope Bar will be open as normal on both Bank Holidays. Essential refuelling will be possible by shopping at the Students' Union stores.