Individual module results, award and progression decisions will be published on your SOLE page
Please check your SOLE page for reassessment/retake notifications. This can be found by selecting the 'Assessments' tab on your SOLE home page. If you have reassessment/retake to complete the text will be in red. Please click the red text for further information.
Reassessment is usually marked on a pass/fail basis only.
Students who fail to submit their first attempt will be offered reassessment at second attempt with capped grades, i.e. the individual items(s) of reassessment will be limited to a maximum grade of D-
If you fail a module on the initial attempt you will automatically be offered a reassessment opportunity. This work must be submitted by 3pm and by the deadline date shown on your reassessment notification. If you fail the reassessment, you will be required to retake the module again with attendance. This will give you two further attempts to pass the module. You cannot retake a module again if you fail the fourth attempt.
Details of your reassessment will be made available on your SOLE page. Please go to SOLE > Assessment > You have Reassessment/Retake requirements. If no details are available, please contact the appropriate module tutor as soon as possible.
Reassessments will usually be submitted using the same method as the original assessment. Please refer to your Reassessment Letter on SOLE for further information.
All coursework reassessment must be submitted by 3pm on the deadline date shown on your reassessment notification on SOLE.
You will be notified by email when the re-sit exam information is available.
Please note all students are expected to ensure their availability during the exam and re-sit exam times, and to arrange holidays and employment accordingly.
Further information can be found on the Examinations FAQ
You are responsible for ensuring that the retake module is added to your programme of study in the following academic year. To register to retake a module, you must contact a Programme Adviser. Contact details and opening times for the Programme Advisers are regularly updated here: Telephone Advice Line
Yes - all work must be completed and submitted in order to pass a module.
You will receive a grade of NS (non-submission). This is a fail grade. You will normally be entitled to complete reassessment and the maximum grade you will be able to attain for the retake is a D- . Please refer to What grade will I get if I have to take reassessment?.
NO. You must pass all modules taken. You may, however, proceed to the next level of the course (i.e. Level 2 or Level 3) while still completing any outstanding assessment, provided you have passed at least 90 credits at the previous level. If you have not passed a minimum of 90 credits you will not be able to proceed to the next level of the course, and, if you are a full-time student, you may be required to change your status to part-time in order to complete the necessary reassessment.
Where a module has been failed after reassessment, you will be required to retake the module with attendance. Please refer to I need to retake a module - what do I do?
If you retake the module and do not pass you will be granted one further reassessment opportunity. All retakes of modules will be capped at a maximum mark of D-.
You log in to Blackboard as normal. You should have the current and previous semesters Blackboard sites available when you log in. If for any reason you don’t have the site needed for a re-assessment, then they just email the team at tel@worc.ac.uk stating the module code/semester you require..
The majority of feedback is now given electronically. If feedback is still given in handwriting that you cannot read you should discuss the matter in the first instance with the module tutor concerned. This will usually resolve the problem straight away. If you aren't happy with the outcome you are free to use the formal complaints process.
The Board of Examiners is responsible for:
• reviewing the students’ entire profile of module results
• making decisions regarding progression
• confirming eligibility for awards on the basis of accumulated credit
• ensuring any award-specific requirements have been met
• conferring awards and if appropriate agreeing the classification of each student
All grades are provisional until they have been considered and confirmed by the Scheme Board of Examiners.
Undergraduate students are normally required to take and pass 120 credits at each level. If the Board of Examiners indicated that you may progress to the next level of the course (without conditions) then you have met the requirements at that level.
You have achieved at least 90 credits at your current level and therefore the Board of Examiners has permitted you to move to the next level of your course.
However, there will be a reassessment or retake requirement that you must successfully complete in order that you have 120 credits at that level.
Please go to our SOLE page to view your Reassessment/retake requirements.
Undergraduate students are normally required to take and pass 120 credits at each level of the course. If the Board of Examiners has indicated that you may not progress then this is usually because you have achieved fewer than 90 credits at that level.
Where the decision indicates "repeat semester" this is an indication that you will need to extend your studies by approximately a semester.
The Board of Examiners require you to either complete reassessment in the assessment item(s) or retake a module. You should refer to your SOLE page which will identify these modules.
You are strongly recommended to contact a Programme Adviser to discuss and plan your course. Their contact details and opening times are available here: Telephone Advice Line
Students are normally required to take and pass 120 credits at each level of the course. If you have failed 90 credits or more, the Board of Examiners will require you to withdraw from studies.
If students have successfully claimed mitigation and not passed 90 credits or more, the Board may agree to students retaking modules in the next academic year. Where the decision indicates "repeat year" this is an indication that you will need to extend your studies by approximately a year.
You are strongly advised to contact a Programme Adviser to discuss and plan your course. Programme Adviser contact details and opening times are available here: Telephone Advice Line
If you fail 90 credits or more in one academic year or at one level of study you will be required to withdraw from your course and the University. If you are concerned about your results and progression, you are advised to discuss this with a Programme Adviser. Contact details and opening times are available here: Telephone Advice Line
The Board of Examiners normally require a student to retake a module if the reassessment opportunity has not been passed. A grade FT indicates the need to retake a module. Please refer to I need to retake a module - what do I do?
