British universities ban smart-watches, more likely to follow

It’s pretty obvious that this day would come, and like their smartphone parents, smart-watches are appearing on the blacklist of items you cannot take with you into exams.

Cheaters beware, test proctors have their eyes on your wrists!
City University of London recently spoke with Buzzfeed about it joining other British universities in outlawing the smart timepieces, in a move to thwart stumped students looking to get some answers to arbitrary questions.
The more interesting part is that these universities are planning on eliminating all watches from exams. To remove any doubt for proctors, any kind watch will not make it past the doors to your classroom during test days.
City University reported the following to Buzzfeed:

Students are already asked to place mobile phones in a plastic wallet under their desk, so we adopted the same procedure for watches. Students either don’t wear them to an exam venue, or they remove the watch in the venue and place it in the plastic wallet.
We also increased the number of large wall clocks available in the examination venues, bought small desk clocks for any student who requests one as well as a small quantity of RNIB-approved desk clocks for use by any student who needs one.
We regularly review exam procedures to ensure that no student has an unfair advantage over any other student. We are really pleased that our students have adopted this new policy so readily.

I’ve yet to see a similar policy put into place at my local universities, but I imagine the day is coming! What about you: do you attend a school that has smart-watches banned during testings?
Source: Buzzfeed

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About the Author: Joseph Proffer

In 2011, Joseph bought his first smartphone: Sprint's variant of the Samsung Galaxy SII, the Epic 4G Touch. And the rest, as they say, is history. Joseph has been an occasional journalist since his college years at the University of Oklahoma, where he was an opinion columnist for the OU Daily. His main interests have always been science and technology, especially gadgets. He lives in Oklahoma City with his wife of nearly 10 years. They have two dogs and two cats and, being animals, are jobless and do not support the family income.