We are aware of applicants’ concerns and issues about the Situational Judgment Tests used for this year’s Scientist Training Programme recruitment. There have been a series of problems with the third-party platform that we use to deliver these tests. These problems have affected applicants’ ability to undertake the tests and they have also led us to question the efficacy of the test results. Therefore, in the interests of fairness, we have decided that we should discontinue the use of the Situational Judgement Tests. We will NOT take into account the results of tests completed so far, and we will NOT rely on the tests as part of the selection process.
We are also aware that a small number of applicants have been reporting issues with submitting via Oriel.
We apologise unreservedly for the impact that these problems with the Situational Judgement Tests have had upon applicants. Importantly, the School remains committed to completing this year’s recruitment to the programme. We are now working urgently on an alternative plan to ensure that recruitment can progress without undue delay and without disadvantage to any applicant.
We will make further announcements as soon as we can about how we are going to proceed. Please, therefore, do not contact the School about this topic: we will inform all applicants as soon as we have new processes in place.
We know this will be an anxious time for applicants but we ask everyone to be patient and to wait to hear from us.
As a result of the issues experienced, we are extending the submission deadline for applications until 4.00 PM on Wednesday 24th February 2021.
Kind Regards,
National School of Healthcare Science
Health Education England
THE SJT TEST HAS BEEN CANCELLED, THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO DO IT. THEY WILL TELL US MORE WHEN THEY KNOW MORE. Hope this helps, I know not everyone seems to be getting these emails