Pigeons halted exams at Bangor University

Hundreds of students will have to re-take their exams after pigeons swooped into the exam hall. Bangor University have apologised to 224 law students after the two birds disrupted examinations at Pritchard Jones Hall on Tuesday morning.



Kyle Gauvin, an Exchange Student from the University of Maine, who was there for the 3110 International Law of Human Rights exam said : “There were two pigeons that somehow got in the room and they were on top of the organs in the back of the room and would not just shut up. I guess a few people complained and then they ended the exam.”

A Bangor University spokeswoman said students taking other papers were relocated and continued their exams. She added: “First year and third year students following modules in public law and international law were those mainly affected.



“Bangor University has apologised to the students concerned and in addition to rescheduling the exams, has assured students that they will not be disadvantaged as a result of this disruption. The pigeons left the hall before the afternoon exam session, which went ahead as planned.” A likely cause of the pigeons being in Pritchard Jones Hall appears to be some missing windows.