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Understanding your Results

Waiting on your results after the reassessment period can be stressful, and when you finally get the email confirming they’re available it can be overwhelming to open them. If you’ve passed your reassessment, then congratulations! However, not every student will pass, and your results may offer a variety of choices or outcomes that you have to decide on. This page will help you in understanding why those options have been given, and what you need to consider before choosing one of the outcomes.

You can find the date that your results will be released here.

Rules of assessment

The Exam Boards team apply the Rules of Assessment for your course to your results, and offer the options that they can, in line with these rules.

For example, in most UG standard degree schemes there are 3 opportunities to pass a core module, with 2 opportunities being for a capped mark. If a module is not completed within these 3 attempts, then in line with the Rules, the student will be withdrawn from the course.

Essex has a wide variety of degrees, and some of those have more specific rules of assessment, called Variations. It’s really important to check if your course is specified on a variation list, as there may be extra rules to meet. Your degree scheme may be accredited by the governing body of your field of study, and you have additional requirements to meet.

Module Results

When you first open your results, you will see a results grid. This is where your modules and marks will be.

If you have completed reassessment, you will see a set of marks in brackets as well, which will be the mark from the previous attempt.

If you have passed all your outstanding modules, then below the table of results it should confirm your degree classification or that you have completed the stage of study meaning you can progress to the next year.

If you have been given further options or outcomes, you will have a blue button that asks you to click here which will take you to a further page. On this next page, you will see a code and a short explanation of the option/decision. You can expand the option to read more about this and what it may mean for you by clicking on the + symbol. The most common options offered by the Exam Board are repeating the Year, repeating the year part time, and reassessment without attendance in the next academic year. The University has a dedicated reassessment options page that explains each of these options in more detail and the potential implications for student finance applications for home students and issues that may affect international students with a student visa.

It is important that you choose one of the options by the deadline stated. If you don’t you will be automatically allocated an option from the list (and it may not be the one you would choose). If you want some help in understanding what those options are please come along to one of our online sessions.

RESULTS DROP INS

If you want some help in understanding what those options are please attend our online Results Drop-in.

FAQS

You may find the answer to your question below in our FAQs.

It can be disappointing when you see the results were not as you had hoped. They are correct most of the time, but it may be very difficult to accept. Your provisional marks and exam results are provided by your department for the Board to ratify and check. If you are concerned that the mark is not correct (e.g. some of your assessments do not appear to have been included) please speak to your department for them to investigate for you.

No, make sure that you still choose one of the options you have been given, even if it is not what you want. This is because the appeals process runs alongside the results process. If you do not choose an option by the deadline then the University will choose one for you (and it may not be the one you would choose). If your appeal is dismissed, and your option has been automatically selected for you it is very unlikely you can change it to something else. Choosing one of the options if you appeal does not mean that you agree with the decision, and your appeal will not be impacted by making a choice. If your appeal is not successful, these are your only options so consider which you would choose before the decision is made for you.

In short, no. It is not possible to ask for your exam to be remarked because of a marginal failure. You cannot dispute the academic judgement of the marker, unless you have reason to believe there has been a procedural error

Unfortunately, it is not possible to trail a core module into your next year of study. A core module must be passed for you to progress to the next year of your studies. If the module is compulsory or optional you may be offered an option to trail the module into your next year if you still have attempts remaining under the Rules of Assessment credit limit that you are allowed to trail. If you have used all your allowed attempts, you may be able to condone a failed non-core module and progress into the next year as you are able to carry fails in up to 30 non-core credits in most Undergraduate programs. Please check the Rules of assessment and variations for your course.

There are many outcomes that you might see in your results. You have been given your options in line with the Rules of Assessment. If you want to talk through what each of those options mean, please join one of our online Drop-in sessions and we can help you understand what each one means.

You could be withdrawn as you have completed your attempts as per the Rules of Assessment. We can look at this with you, and if you have grounds to appeal the Exam Board decision, we can support you with this.

The front page of your results, under the results table will usually state something like ‘ECs accepted’ and may mention action taken. It’s important to remember that having accepted ECs doesn’t guarantee you will then pass something. The Exam Boards will need to consider what action is appropriate in line with your ECs and if reasonable can use their discretion to often additional options that aren’t available as standard in the Rules of Assessment. For example, reassessment attempts are usually for a capped pass mark, but the Exam Board may offer a reassessment attempt to be uncapped because of your circumstances.