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Re-sits

You can normally retake any module you have failed the following year (unless you have graduated). Normally only one retake is permitted. You must re-take at the first opportunity (normally one year later) and you cannot retake any module you have passed.

You can see from your PORTICO record which component(s) you should re-do: normally examination and/or course-work. Any failed modules should appear automatically, but it is very important that you check this and check which components are required.

If you are not re-attending the module, then you can only re-sit components which you have failed – this is normally either just the exam or the exam and course-work, but occasionally it may be only course-work (if you have obtained more than 40% on the exam but failed overall). In this case you may wish to discuss the situation with Dr Roberts.

If you are re-attending the module (i.e. you have not progressed and are attending as a PTR student) then you are expected to re-sit all components of the module.

For Mathematics modules the final result (pass/fail) is determined solely by the final weighted mark for the module combining all the components.

Retake penalty

For re-sit exams taken before 2008, a resit penalty was normally applied: if you passed a retake module, you were only awarded the average between a bare pass (40%) and the mark obtained (so e.g. 60% would become 50%).

However, this has now been dropped (for re-sits taken in 2008 and later): so if you pass a re-sit exam, you will get the full mark.

For 2008 or previous re-sits, if you fail twice, the higher of the two fail marks is taken.

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