Registered SA Students

Following registration with Learning Success there are a few simple instructions that you need to follow in order to receive Special Arrangements (SA) for your examinations.

How Special Arrangements works

• Exams Office email SE2 form to all SA students.
• SA students return SE2 form by deadline.
• Exams Office check SE2 forms and organise arrangements for all students.
• Exams Office email all SA students with venue details.
• SA students arrive to SA venue on the day of their exam.
• Exams Office submit student answerbooks to their department for marking.

Main SE2 deadlines

August/September 2011 Resits: Monday 25 July 2011
January 2012 Exams: Monday 28 November 2011
April/May 2012 Exams: Monday 5 March 2012
August September 2012 Resits: Monday 23 July 2012

What is an SE2 form?

• The Exams Office will email you the SE2 form before each exam period.
• In this form you will be asked to provide details of any exams you will be sitting.
• You will need to complete a new SE2 for each exam period.
• The form must be completed by the deadline, otherwise we cannot guarantee your SA.
• If any of your exams fall outside of the main exam periods we will contact you separately.
• Emails will arrive from exams@city.ac.uk, please add this address to your email contacts.

When are my exams?

• We do not send out individual timetables to students.
• Please check the main timetable for your exam dates and times.
• Your SA exams will start at the same time as for every student taking that module, but will take place in a different room.

Evening Exams

SA students with evening exams will sit their exams beginning at 14:30 to accommodate extra time allowances.

Where are my exams?

• SA students sit their exams in a different room to the main group.
• SA rooms are usually located in the Tait building, and are smaller in size.
• The SA rooms seat students with a variety of exam arrangements.
• All SA rooms are wheelchair accessible and close to toilets.

How do Yellow Stickers work?

• These stickers ask the marker to make sympathetic allowances for spelling and expression.
• Students who have been diagnosed as having a Specific Learning Difficulty are permitted to place Yellow Stickers on their answerbooks.
• These stickers can be obtained from Learning Success.
• The Exams Office does not hold Yellow Stickers, and will not provide any in the exam venue.
• Invigilators will explain at the start of each exam how to attach the stickers.

How does Rest Break Time (RBT) work?

• RBT can only be used to take rest breaks from writing your exam.
• During RBT you must not write or communicate with anyone.
• RBT should be taken in the SA venue.
• Invigilators should be informed when you start RBT.
• Invigilators should be informed when you wish to resume your exam.
• The amount of RBT you have will be displayed at the front of the room next to your desk number.

How can I change my arrangements?

If you would to amend your arrangements please contact Learning Success at the Student Centre to make an appointment. Please allow at least a month before your exams to request any amendments to your arrangements.