Exams are scheduled two weeks in advance and students must arrive 10 minutes early. Exams cannot be rescheduled for other commitments and missing an exam without a valid reason will result in a zero. Students with additional learning needs must register with support services in advance. Results are released within 10 days of boards approving them and students should check that their contact details are up to date. Students who fail assessments can resit exams in August or resubmit coursework, and referred results are considered in September.

1. Higher Education
Information Sheet
EXAMS AND END OF
YEAR RESULTS
HIGHER
EDUCATION
INFORMATION SHEETS
Notification and timing of exams
The College’s Exams Team co-ordinate all examinations. Notifications of examinations that are due to take place
are normally issued two weeks prior to the exam by letter and/or College email. Please retain this letter/email
as you will need it to enter the examination. You should also double check the date via the College’s Pro-Portal
system, time and location to ensure you know where to go on the day and receive notification of any changes to
your exam. Please try and arrive at least 10 minutes early for your examination to ensure it can start on time.
What happens if I cannot attend an exam?
Exams cannot be rescheduled to any other date. If you have other commitments on the day of a confirmed exam
your exam date cannot not be moved. If you fail to attend an exam you will be marked as not attending and will
receive a mark of zero. However, if miss an exam due to extenuating circumstances (something that happened
that was outside of your control) you must notify your Programme Manager or the HE Quality Team at the earliest
possible opportunity. You will be asked to complete a form providing information about the circumstances that
affected you and to provide original evidence of the circumstance. If your circumstances are deemed to be valid
then you may be offered the chance to sit the exam without any penalty being incurred during the summer.
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Additional support
It is important you notify the College well in advance of your exam if you think you have any additional learning
needs. Learning support can only be provided if you have received a valid needs assessment that has been
approved so you can access the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The DSA then provides the means to put
in place the support you need. Ideally learning support needs should be flagged at the start of the year to the
Additional Learning Support (ALS) Team, you can contact them by emailing learning.support@bridgwater.ac.uk
End of year results for exams and other assessed work
Results are not final (including those from your assessed coursework) until they have been through and approved
by an Examination or Assessment Board process. Results are released within a set timeframe following the date of
the Examination or Assessment Board. The HE Quality Team can advise on the timescales as they vary between
different university partners, however it is normally around 10 working days from the date of the Board. Results
are issued in varying formats depending on who is responsible for releasing them. It is therefore important that
your current address and email address are up to date with both the College and your university partner. It is
also important that you know how to access online portals such as Blackboard or a university equivalent should
your results be released through that method. If you are unsure you can contact the HE Quality Team on HE@
bridgwater.ac.uk or ask your Programme Manager. Once you receive your results please ensure you read and
check them carefully, any queries about them should be communicated immediately to the HE Quality Team by
email on HE@bridgwater.ac.uk as there is only normally a short window in which any concerns can be addressed.
Process in the event of failure or referral
If you fail to pass an exam or another element of your assessed work you may be offered the chance to resit or
resubmit it this is because you must (normally) pass all of your current year’s assessments before you can progress
onto the next academic year and/or level of study. All arrangements will be confirmed to you in writing when
your results are released. However if you have any queries about these arrangements please get in touch with
the HE Quality Team immediately via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk
Resitting an exam or resubmitting coursework
If you are offered the chance to resit an examination the window for this is normally during mid August (unless
your studies commenced in January in which case resits are normally during March/April). Please note that you
need to be available for this as failure to attend an examination, unless you can prove extenuating circumstances,
will result in a mark of zero being recorded.
If you are offered the chance to resubmit coursework this is normally towards mid to late August. If you miss the
deadline a mark of zero or a non-submission will be recorded. If you have any queries please get in touch with the
HE Quality Team via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk
Results from referred work or resit examinations are considered by a Referred Exam/Assessment Board during
September. Following decisions made at the Board your results will be released, again within set timeframes as
above.