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Special Arrangements

A number of students across the University qualify for special examination and assessment arrangements, either due to disability, medical or personal problems. 

Examples of such arrangements include: 

  • Being allowed extra time in which to complete examinations and timed assessments; 
  • Being allowed to take rest breaks or toilet breaks during examinations and timed assessments; 
  • Not being penalised for poor spelling, grammar or awkward sentence structure in examinations and in coursework; 
  • Being allowed to use a computer in examinations and timed assessments; 
  • Being allowed to use a scribe or reader in examinations and timed assessments; 
  • Being provided with examination question papers in large print or on coloured paper; 
  • Being allowed to sit examinations in an alternative venue; 

If you need special examination and/or assessment arrangements to be made for you, please read the information below. You should note that to ensure fairness to all candidates, you will be asked to provide supporting documentation to confirm why special arrangements are required. 

Exam timetable and location of exams 

If you have special arrangements that were approved or updated during the creation of the exam timetable, the location of your in-person examination as shown on the timetable may not have updated to reflect these and so may no longer be correct. If the location has changed you will have received an email from our Special Arrangements examination team, confirming your new details.  

  • If you have special arrangements for your examinations, you will sit your in-person examinations in a dedicated special arrangements examination venue;
  • If your special arrangements include the use of a computer, you will sit your in-person examinations in a dedicated computer room.  This is set up with standard university PCs that are isolated from the university network to ensure that students cannot access saved work, email or internet during their examinations.  Printing facilities are provided free of charge;
  • If it is recommended that you should have a scribe or reader in your examinations, you will sit your in-person examinations in a separate room with individual invigilation.

If you are unsure whether your exam location has changed, please contact the Exams Team to check this.