Assessment Access Arrangements

If you're disabled or become ill at the time of your exams, exam arrangements may be made for you. 

An exam arrangement is the name given to any alteration to the standard assessment and might include:

Applying for exam arrangements 

To request arrangements for your exams: 

1.    Complete the Disability Services sign-up form
2.    Provide supporting information about your disability

You do not need to apply for every exam period. Your exam arrangements willl remain in place for the duration of your studies unless you request a change.

Deadlines 

You must have provided both your sign-up form and supporting information by the following deadlines to have exam arrangements in place: 

For 2024-25

  • Friday 25 October 2024 at midnight (to be in place for January 2025 assessments)
  • Friday 21 February 2024 at midnight (to be in place for the summer 2025 assessments)

Please note, if your requested exam arrangements involve: 

  • The time of day of your exams 
  • The number of exams you have in one day 
  • The number of consecutive days that you have exams 

Please inform us by emailing disability@leeds.ac.uk.  We require this information to allow sufficient time to reschedule any examinations.  

Next steps 

Once you have successfully submitted your evidence and sign up form, the Disability Team will email you to confirm your arrangements. 

Checking your exam arrangements

Once your exam arrangements have been confirmed, you can view them via Minerva: 

  1. Log into Student Services 
  2. Click on "Examinations" 
  3. Select "Examination Arrangements". 

Download our checking your assessment access arrangements document (Word document) for an in-depth guide on assessment access arrangements. 

Late notice

If you have missed the published deadline arrangements will not be in place for the upcoming set of exams but will be for all future assessments. For example, if you miss the October deadline, you will not have arrangements in place for the January assessments, but will for the May/June assessments. 

Your assessment access recommendations will still be visible via Minerva, but you will see an entry entitled ‘not current exam session’ along with the rest of your assessment access recommendations. If you feel you will be disadvantaged by not having arrangements in place, you should talk to your School about applying for mitigating circumstances.  

Illness

If you're absent from an exam or believe that your performance has been affected, you must provide a written explanation to your School(s) within five working days of the assessment. In the case of illness, this must be accompanied by a full medical certificate from a doctor. 

Please check your School's individual mitigating circumstances policy, including deadlines for each semester and where to submit the claim. 

Temporary assessment arrangements due to short-term illness or temporary impairment

If you require temporary assessment arrangements due to a short-term illness or impairment (e.g. a broken arm), you should submit a request to your School with a medical note dated within four weeks before the start of the assessment period. 

You will receive an email from the Assessment & Progress Team once your assessment arrangements have been made. 

Queries about your assessment arrangements

Please contact the Assessment & Progress Team via the email address scexams@leeds.ac.uk with any queries about your confirmed assessment arrangements. 

Make sure to include your student ID number and the module code of your assessment in the email.

 

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