Bristol Centre

[PJW]

Could Swindon or Reading be considered as venues? T

I don't think I'm letting out any state secrets here, those volunteering on the day do usually receive a small honourarium (a bit of money) as a token of recognition of time given for the good of the institution. As a minimum, the regualtions require a fellow who has passed the exam to be the senior invigilator and, for practicalities, that person is going to require some help.
Peter

Peter may not have been letting out state secrets but I for one didn't know either needing a FIRSE who has passed the exam as senior invigilator, nor the honourarium so interesting to learn.

Given that there was just one exam centre in India in 2009, then the fact that there are two potentially available to those in Reading / Swindon might be thought of as a luxury!

I suppose it is all a matter of "the greatest good for the greatest number" and one can see the advantage of Bristol as a railway crossroads even if the disadvantage is that the office is quite a walk from the station. Perhaps the salient issue is the start time; I recognise that it would affect other centres but one can see that a 10am start might make quite a difference to peopl'e ability to reach, although obviously the consequence would be the finish time and as Peter intimated unless there is control of the heating etc then keeping to standard office hours is clearly a consideration as well. No easy answers but clearly a concentration of candidates at a particular site is certainly influential.