What to do before your exams

Please make sure you check the timetable carefully and regularly before your examination(s).

Find out more about the exam timetable.

You can find helpful information and advice on how to revise online. Here are some sites which you might find helpful:

• The Guardian newspaper article about how to improve your grades
• WikiHow page on revising successfully

Covid-19 and Remote Exams

With the current situation regarding Coronavirus, the vast majority of exams will now be taking place online. Therefore, it is very important to ensure that your internet connection is working, and that you have appropriate access to Moodle. It’s vital to check these things prior to the exam so that your examination experience can be as smooth as possible. Where there are any issues, please contact your Course Officer and/or IT so that they can resolve problems as soon as possible.

Past papers

Your programme may make past examination papers available to help you prepare. Policy on this differs across the University so make sure to contact your Course Office if you have any questions or difficulties accessing them.

Academic Skills

The Academic Skills team has a number of services which can help you improve your study skills. They offer a range of support including one-to-one sessions, downloadable study guides, study skills tutorials and academic skills workshops. Have a look at their webpage to find out more.

The Student Counselling and Mental Health Service is comprised of two teams offering confidential psychological and practical support to enable you to manage your wellbeing and academic studies, and get the most out of your time at university.

The Students’ Union work with the University to organise a wide range of activities and support over the exams period for their ‘Study Well’ campaign.

You may have a condition, illness or disability where it’s appropriate to put exam adjustments in place to ensure you have an equal opportunity in your exams. Find out more on our Exam Adjustments page.

City defines extenuating circumstances (ECs) as circumstances which are unforeseen and outside your control and which can be shown to have had a direct and substantial impact on your academic results. This may include an impact: on capacity to study prior to an assessment, on ability to complete an assessment, and/or on performance during an assessment.

Examples of the types of extenuating circumstances that might be accepted include ill-health, bereavement, or other personal issues which were unexpected, out of your control and may have affected preparation for an assessment or performance during the assessment itself. When applying for Extenuating Circumstances, evidence must be submitted to your School within seven days of the affected examination.

If you fall ill during your examination, please raise your hand and an invigilator will attend to you. For exams taken remotely, please contact your Course Officer immediately where they will be able to offer you assistance.

Whether you fall ill before or during your exam(s) you will need to apply for Extenuating Circumstances. As part of this you are required to submit evidence to your School as soon as possible, and not more than seven days after the date of your first affected examination. For more information about this, please contact your Course Officer.