We want to support you to do the best you can in all your assessments and reach your full potential.
Top Tip
Check your Course and Module Handbook for….
- Assessment deadlines
- Learning outcomes
- Assessment criteria
This will ensure you have all the key information you need about your assessments
Your assessments and exams
Your learning is assessed in a number of ways so that you, and the University, can be sure you’re gaining the required skills, knowledge, and marks to progress and achieve your award.
By knowing what to expect you can be prepared and confident to perform your best.
The regulations for exams set out in detail the expectations.
Be Prepared
- Check your timetable so that you know where and when your exam will be, and how long it will take you to get there. You don’t get extra time if you’re late
- Exams are usually held at 9am (09.00) 1pm (13.00) and 4pm (16.00)
- Make sure you have your Student ID card. Contact the i-zone if you have lost it.
Remember
- Your Student ID card
- Drinks in plastic bottles or cartons only, make sure there are no notes or writing on them
- Your glasses, pens and pencils, but not the cases
- Written permission if you are allowed to use a translation dictionary.
On the day
- Arrive on time – at least 15 minutes before the exam
- It may sound obvious, but make sure you go to the loo just before the exam! Otherwise you lose time and disturb everyone else too
- Remove hats and hoods when entering the exam room
- If you do have to leave the exam room, be aware that you will be asked to empty your pockets
- Leave all your belongings including all electronic devices (that includes phones, smart watches and programmable calculators etc.) where you are told to, and make sure they are turned off. Better still, leave them at home.
Do
- Sit at the desk with your name on it
- Display your Student ID card on your desk throughout the exam
- Listen carefully to any instructions given to you
- Let staff inspect anything on your desk
- Remain silent
- Put your hand up to speak to the invigilator or ask to leave the room, the invigilator will come to you.
Don’t
- Take anything to your desk other than the allowed items
- Be late – you won’t be given any extra time
- Turn over the exam paper until told to
- Write anything until given permission
- Leave the exam in either the first or last hour (i.e. you can’t leave a two hour exam)
- Act in any way that disturbs anyone else in the room
- Cheat or do anything that might look like cheating
- Take any of the stationery off your desk at the end of the exam, including your notes.
Supporting you to succeed in your assessments
Year-round assessment support
Recommended Learning Skills Modules
Adjustment for assessments
If you have a Learning Support Plan (LSP), your adjustment requirements will have been identified and organised. If you do not have a LSP in place you need to apply for assessment adjustments by registering with the Disability Team as soon as you can. The more notice you give, the more confident you can be that the adjustments are in place in time.
Exceptional circumstances
We understand that sometimes things happen outside of your control – illness, for example – and that affects your ability to meet your assessment deadlines. We offer different support for problems affecting your study in the short, medium, or long term.
Your guide to assessment and awards processes
All courses and awards are governed by university regulations and processes. These are designed to ensure that courses are structured, delivered, and assessed in a fair, consistent, and transparent way.
These guides provide key information about how assessment is carried out, the formal steps involved in making a final award, and the University’s Regulation and Credit Framework that governs our courses.
Anonymous marking
Anonymous marking is a practice which ensures that the identity of students remains unknown to staff who mark their assessments. For more information about the purpose of anonymous marking and a checklist of which types of assessments are exempt, please see the Anonymous Marking Policy.
