The College of Law has apologised after its students had to sit through an exam in freezing temperatures.

Students in the College's Guildford branch turned up for their Civil Litigation Exam last weekend. Despite the fact that it was snowing, the room wasn't heated. The College is presumably struggling to make ends meet on its bargain basement LPC fees (£11,745 for Guildford, £14,025 for London), so savings have to be made on the gas bill.

In the end someone found 50p to put in the meter, but one frozen student complained that while "a feeble attempt was made to warm up the room about 10 minutes into the exam, it wasn't even lukewarm by the time we left".

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At least the College is remaining true to form in its complete inability to organise its exams. Computer systems crash pretty much every time results are published, incorrect exam materials are handed out, questions are duplicated and staff provide sneak peeks of exam papers.

A spokeswoman for the College said "unfortunately the heating in the building in which the exam took place developed a temporary fault coinciding with the start of the exam. It was rectified as soon as it was discovered but given the very cold weather the room took some time to warm up. We have apologised to the affected students and will inform the Examination Board of the issue so that no student will be prejudiced."