Changing course and trailing failed credits
If you have been offered the opportunity to change course and proceed to the next year carrying your failed credits, this is because:
- you failed credits in core module(s) which you cannot carry on your current course, but which are not core on the alternative course you have been offered; or
- you are either on an Integrated Masters course or in Year One of a 4-year course which includes a Year Abroad and you have not achieved a Year Mark of at least 50; or
- you are in Year Two of a 4-year course and cannot proceed to your Year Abroad or Placement Year next year.
Choosing this outcome means you can proceed to the next year on the alternative course and undertake reassessment in your failed current year modules, this is known as trailing reassessment. This trailed reassessment will be undertaken by January 2024.
It’s important that you understand the implications of progressing to your next year of study trailing reassessment in failed modules. Trailing reassessment means you will need to attend and undertake the assessments for all of your next year of your study, as well as taking reassessment in your trailed modules.
All trailed reassessment will be considered at the Summer meeting of the Board of Examiners, and any further reassessment offered will take place in the Summer reassessment period. If you are proceeding to your Final Year in October 2023, this means that, if you don’t pass your trailed reassessments and have to undertake further reassessment to achieve your full award, you may not be able to graduate in July 2024.
If you select this option, you will automatically be transferred onto the new course listed on your results pages prior to the start of the 2023/24 Academic Year, you do not need to submit a change of course form for this to change to take place. It may be possible for you to be considered to change to other courses within your department where you meet the course specific requirements to do so. If this is something you would like to consider, please contact your department directly.
Any decisions involving trailing failed modules should not be taken lightly and you are strongly advised to discuss this with your department or SU Advice before making your decision.
For further information on trailing failed reassessment and its impact on your further studies, please see the relevant outcome pages linked below:
- Proceeding to the next year trailing 15 failed credits
- Proceeding to the next year trailing 30 failed credits
Before selecting this outcome, we urge all students to read the important information below:
Check any changes with your department
You are responsible for checking with your department as to whether the syllabus or assessment for the modules you’ll be reassessed in are due to change next year.
If there are any changes, your department will be able to confirm whether you’ll be reassessed on the old or new syllabus.
Exam reassessment
If you need to undertake reassessment in any exams this will be noted on your results page alongside when this examination will take place.
If you are undertaking reassessment in an exam in 2023/24 this will take place alongside the main assessment exam for this module unless you are trailing your reassessment alongside progressing to your next year of study. Students trailing exam reassessment into their next academic year will always undertake this exam reassessment in the January exam period.
Information on when exam timetables will be released and the dates of the exam periods will be updated on the exam dates and timetables page shortly.
Coursework reassessment
- If you need to submit new coursework, your department will be in touch via email to confirm what you will need to do and your deadline.
- If you are resubmitting coursework in the 2023/24 academic year, your coursework will be undertaken across the year alongside the module's standard assessment.
- Students trailing or reassessing in previously trailed coursework reassessment in the 2023/24 academic year will undertake all coursework reassessment across the Autumn Term with submission deadlines in January 2024.
- Your department will confirm the deadline date and time for your resubmissions.
- If you’re unable to submit coursework on time, University rules about the late submission of coursework will apply.
- Please note, the details of your new coursework reassessment will be sent to you by your department. It’s important that you do not create your own coursework titles or reuse previous coursework titles, as these won’t be accepted by your department.
Final Year Projects
If you’re a Final Year student who needs to resubmit Final Year dissertations or projects, please contact your department as soon as possible to find out exactly what areas of the project you need to work on for your resubmission.
Maximum attempts
The Rules of Assessment state that you will not be granted more than three attempts at assessment in a module unless you have accepted Extenuating Circumstances. If you fail a module for the third time, and cannot be offered a further attempt, you may have to carry the fail or could be withdrawn from the University.
