Your Academic Tutor may be able to provide advice on your reassessments, or alternatively you can contact these additional academic members of staff in your School/Department who can assist students with resit queries during the period results are released. 

The University expects you to engage with all resits that you are eligible for. You will be given a single additional attempt to be reassessed in failed modules. If you do not engage with particular resits on this occasion, you will not be offered the opportunity again later.  

For students who need to resit exams after results have been released in June/July, these exams will take place in the late summer assessment period running from the end of August into September.  

For students who need to resit exams after results have been released in September or November, these exams will take place in the following academic year in the Semester 2 assessment period.  

You will be notified via email when the relevant exams timetable is ready to view on RISIS. 

For any pieces of assessment which are not an exam but are required to be submitted as part of a second attempt at a module (or first attempt at a module where an alternative assessment/extension has been granted), deadlines for these pieces of work will be communicated to you by your School or Support Centre.  

Please note that the deadline for coursework reassessment will usually be before the resit exam period. It is your responsibility to check the reassessment information on Blackboard to ensure you are aware of the reassessment details and the associated deadlines, especially where the reassessment requires you to be on campus. 

The reassessment for some modules has multiple parts. For example, a second attempt at a module could involve both a resit exam and a coursework assessment. Please see the relevant Module Description for more details – or if you are still unclear on the format of your resit(s) contact your Support Centre (or Henley Helpdesk or RGA Admin Office) or School/Department. 

No, the University does not charge a fee for re-assessment. 

You should discuss this with your Academic Tutor as soon as possible. Further guidance can be obtained from your Support Centre (or Henley Helpdesk or RGA Admin Office) and Withdrawing from study page on Essentials.  

If you have failed overall (including not qualified for progressing students) you have the right to be reassessed on one occasion only. The exception to this is the dissertation module for Postgraduate students where the right to be reassessed may be restricted (further details are available in Section 28 of the Assessment Handbook)  

If my reassessment mark is lower than my first attempt mark, which mark will be used?  

If your reassessment mark is lower than your first attempt mark then it is the first attempt mark that will be used for calculating your progression and/or your overall degree result. 

Your reassessment mark will be capped at the pass mark only when calculating your overall classification. The mark you achieved for your reassessment will be shown on your transcript uncapped. 

No, if you have Passed overall you are not entitled to be reassessed, except for undergraduate students who receive a classification of Pass. These students will be offered the opportunity to be reassessed in failed modules or graduate with their Pass degree.  

No, you cannot be reassessed in modules you have passed overall.  

What happens if I am a non-finalist student and get an outcome of failed or not qualified in September but I still have an additional attempt? 

If you are an undergraduate or foundation or Master of Architecture student, and have not progressed after the August/September 2027 exam period but you are allowed a further attempt at any reassessment in 2026/7 (due to a result of Deemed Not to have Sat (DNS), or having outstanding second attempts due to a previous DNS decision) you must suspend your registration for the whole of the 2027/8 academic year and so effectively temporarily leave the University for 2027/8, taking your next attempt at any exams during the 2027/8 Semester 2 assessment period. For non-exam assessments, your School will inform you of relevant deadlines. Suspension for an academic year may have funding implications; if you are in this position, you should seek advice from your Support Centre (or Henley Helpdesk or RGA Admin Office). If you are studying in the UK on a Student Route visa you should also speak with the International Student Advisory Team by visiting them in the Carrington Building or via email to immigration@reading.ac.uk, regarding the implications of suspension on your Student Route visa status.

Undergraduate part-time students who are not in the final Part of their degree are offered the opportunity to be reassessed in failed modules immediately after their modular results have been released. They do not need to wait until they have completed all modules in a Part before being reassessed. 

For undergraduate part-time students who are in the final Part of their degree, they will not be offered reassessments until all modules in the final Part have been completed. These students will only be eligible for reassessments if they Fail their degree overall, or receive a classification of Pass.