Assessment Access Arrangements

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

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

Exam arrangements are made on an individual basis. Please note, any arrangements you may have had at school will not automatically be transferred to your studies at Leeds and you should reapply for them once at university. Your exam arrangements at University may be different to those you had at school or college.

Online assessments: the University has agreed a set of Principles for the assessment of disabled students in online assessments (PDF).  You should read these Principles and contact your School or Module Leader if you feel the appropriate adjustments have not been made.

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

Please note: You do not need to apply for every exam period. Once your exam arrangements are in place, they will remain so 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 2023-24:

  • Friday 27th October 2023 (to be in place for January 2024 assessments)
  • Friday 23rd February 2024 (to be in place for May/June 2024 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. 

Please note that there may be a delay in processing your information at peak times, but if you signed up and submitted your supporting information before the deadline, we will ensure that your exam arrangements are in place for the main University assessment periods in January and May/June.

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. 

Unless you are advised otherwise, your exam arrangements will remain in place throughout your course.

Late notice

If you have not signed up with Disability Services and sent your supporting information by the published deadline, you will not have arrangements in place for the upcoming set of exams. However, they will be in place for all future assessments. For example, if you miss the October deadline, you will not have arrangements in place for the January assessments, but you 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 the possibility of applying for mitigating circumstances.  Please see the Mitigating Circumstances Guidance webpage for more information.  

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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