Exam schedule
How to access your personal exam schedule, and what to do if you can't attend an exam.
Exams and assessments
Information about exams and assessments, the exam schedule, where to find support and further guidance, and what to do if circumstances affect your assessment.
Semester 1 exams
Key information relating to the upcoming assessment period.
Student exam handbook
A student handbook detailing how exams and assessments take place at UoB, and outlining support and advice relating to exams.
Exams help and advice
Advice, guidance, and support for issues that may arise during both in-person, and Inspera exams.
Video: In-person exams - what to expect
A video guide to help you prepare for any exams you'll be taking in person.
Preparing for your exams
Guidance to help you prepare for your assessments.
Preparing for exams
General guidance, approaches and techniques to help you prepare effectively for exams.
Support to prepare you for exams
Find out about the support available to help you prepare effectively for exams.
Making alternative exam arrangements if you have a disability
How to arrange extra time, a scribe or use of a computer in your exams if you are a student with a disability.
Access Library resources
Access resources provided by the Library
Access the Time Management module on MySkills
This short course will help you to create a schedule to manage your workload, identify potential problems you may face and offer tips to manage your time.
Exam-related posts on the Academic & Employability Skills blog
Read the latest posts on the Academic & Employability Skills blog for useful advice and guidance to help you prepare for your exams.
Inspera exams
Guidance and information to prepare you for Inspera exams.
Log in to Inspera
Access Inspera to do a demo test, check the requirements before your exams, and do your exam
Prepare your documents for submission in Inspera
Guides on how to create and prepare documents for your assignment submission in Inspera, including combining and compressing images.
Late exam submission
What to do if you miss the deadline for your remote Inspera exam, and the penalties for late submission.
Watch videos about how to use Inspera for your exam
Use our videos to find out how to access demo tests, check requirements, start an exam, upload a document and submit your exam.
Circumstances affecting your exams
Guidance on help available, coursework extensions and reporting Individual Mitigating Circumstances (IMCs).
Coursework extensions
Information on coursework extensions.
Individual Mitigating Circumstances (IMCs)
A student guide to IMC procedures including help to understand if this is the correct route for you and how a claim may affect your academic outcome
Submitting an Individual Mitigating Circumstances (IMC) claim
A guide on how to complete and submit your IMC claim
Reasons and evidence for requesting a coursework extension or IMC
A guide to help you understand what would normally be considered acceptable reasons and evidence for an IMC or coursework extension
Late exam submission
What to do if you miss the deadline for your remote Inspera exam, and the penalties for late submission.
Exams help and advice
Advice, guidance, and support for issues that may arise during both in-person, and Inspera exams.
Academic integrity and assessment offences
The University’s principles regarding Academic Integrity, guidance on academic misconduct, how to engage critically with Artificial Intelligence tools, and the action the University takes in response to assessment offences.
Academic Integrity Statement
The statement a student agrees to when submitting any assessment attempt.
Academic misconduct (cheating) in exams
Guidance and examples to help you avoid committing academic misconduct during your online and in-person exams.
University rules on uploading documents to study sites and using them for assessments
You must not upload documents to study sites such as Chegg, Quillbot, and StuDocU, unless they are your own documents and contain only your own original work.
QA53 Examination and Assessment Offences
This Quality Assurance (QA) Code of Practice statement details the University's process for handling assessment offences (also known as academic misconduct).
Access wellbeing support and advice
Get support from Student Support, the Students’ Union or your Director of Studies during the assessment period.
Be Well – Talk Now
You can talk to an adviser by phone 24 hours a day through our Be Well - Talk Now service
Student Support Advice Service
The Student Support Advice Team gives students help and advice on all welfare and wellbeing issues
The SU Advice & Support Centre
The Advice & Support Centre in the Students’ Union is available to guide and support you during your time at Bath.
Making alternative exam arrangements if you have a disability
How to arrange extra time, a scribe or use of a computer in your exams if you are a student with a disability.
Exams help and advice
Advice, guidance, and support for issues that may arise during both in-person, and Inspera exams.
The University exam rule, quality assurance documentation and the assessment regulations
Read Rule 2, which sets out the University's rules governing summative exams, QA16, which details principles and procedures for the design & development of assessment for taught programmes, and the assessment regulations which apply to your course.
Rule 2 - Conduct of Examinations
The University rule governing examination (exam) procedures.
QA16 Assessment, Marking and Feedback
This QA Code of Practice statement details the principles and procedures for the design & development of assessment & feedback strategies for taught courses.
Your results
Information about your results.
Feedback on your assignments: what it is and how to use it
This guide explains how to use your tutor's feedback so that you understand your grade and how to improve your academic performance.
New resource to help you engage with feedback
The Skills Centre has created a self-access resource to help you critically engage with your lecturers’ feedback.
Get your results
The latest news about the release of results, following the exam and assessment periods.
Understanding your results
What you will see when results are released, how results are agreed for taught courses and where to get additional support and advice.
Academic Decision Codes
A list of the progression and award decision codes students receive at the end of each stage (year) of study, and the full meaning of each of those codes.
Academic & Employability Skills blog: Moving on from disappointing results
Read the Academic & Employability Skills blog for practical ways to deal with disappointing results.
Appealing against an academic decision
The steps you'll need to take if you wish to appeal against an academic decision about you.
Appealing against an academic decision
How to make an appeal against an academic decision taken by a Board of Studies.
Information for staff
Exams and assessment-related information, guidance, and training for staff.
Contact us
For any questions that aren't answered in the guidance above, please get in touch.