The FEM Testing Centre has been in operation for almost ten years – and has undergone many improvements in that time. One of those that makes life easier for students is the automated test booking reminder system we launched a year ago, on 23 June 2024. Since then, we’ve been sending regular emails to students to help them remember their deadlines.
What do we send to students?
Automated emails fall into several categories, the most common of which are:
- Reminder 24 hours in advance
- Reminder 1-2 hours in advance
Since the launch of the comment system, the following have been sent:
Reminders 24 hours in advance: 62 132 emails
Reminders 1-2 hours in advance: 59 616 emails
This means that over 121,000 reminders have gone out in just one year, helping thousands of students arrive on time for the test and not forget.
Overview of the types of comments sent
The chart below shows the distribution of reminder emails by type:

A calendar? You already have it!
Another new feature that has made the comments even clearer is a personal calendar for each student. Currently, 8,979 users have already created their own calendars in which they can also keep track of all booked appointments.
The calendar is available in iCal format and can be easily linked to Google Calendar, Apple iCloud or Outlook. Students are sent their addresses as part of reminder emails.
And what are we going to do next?
We are, of course, planning further development in the future. In addition to strengthening the security of the Testing Centre, which we are continuously working on, you can look forward to, for example, the My Testing Centre PEF personal portal, where you can already submit electronic requests for exceptions and where additional functions and options will be added in the future (e.g. environment monitoring, Moodle availability monitoring, etc.).
The comment system has proved its worth in its first year, and we definitely intend to continue it.