Important Information About Special Circumstances

Module Result Notes

Your results will be released onto your student record page on the web. Academic Office will tell you when they are due to be released.

Please note that:

• Individual scripts or assignments cannot be re-marked.
• Examination scripts will not be returned or copied for you. Part 2 assignments are retained for inspection by our external examiners.
• It is almost certainly too late to tell us about special circumstances that you have not previously reported but now think affected your module result. This is because you have already been asked to think about your circumstances and how they have affected your work, and provide us with that information using the special circumstances form mechanism. You were reminded of this at the start of the exam period.
  The only exception might be where the circumstances themselves prevented communication (e.g. hospitalisation over the exam period, or clinical depression).
• If you have completed a special circumstances form but have not yet provided evidence you MUST obtain that and submit it before the department exam boards for your circumstances to be considered. This is your responsibility.

If you have evidence that a module result may be incorrect, e.g. a returned grade mismatching an assignment mark, or an apparently missing mark, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in the first instance.

Do NOT email individual members of staff, academic office or cs-office. Your query will just be redirected to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as information must come from one source within the department.

If you are still unhappy after the response from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. you are always entitled to appeal your result. This must be done within fourteen days of release of results. Late appeals will not be considered. Please see the official Aberystwyth University information pages on this link:

http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/student/ug-issues/exam-assess/appeals-inportant-info/

The basic rules regarding resits for students in 1st through 3rd year

An explanation of resit terminology

Explanation of resit terms

There are 3 kinds of resits:

• Supplementary - these are done during the summer and use the 'supplementary assessment' guidelines from the module descriptions - see www.aber.ac.uk/modules
• Internal - these are done during the academic year while resitting as a Full Time or Part Time 'normal' student. You attend lectures etc. and do the same assessments as other students.
• External - these are done during the academic year (assignments and exams) only, either truly 'external' (i.e. you can be anywhere) or if you failed the modules in your second year, while you are completing year 3 in Aberystwyth or on your industrial year.

Note, you cannot move to Part 2 until you have passed Year 1 or to the next year in Part 2 until you are in a position to get a degree

Internal resit students retaking the whole or part of the year participate in the course in the normal way.

So the rest of this page is for supplementary (summer) and external resit students AND year 3 students resitting one or two year 2 modules.

Materials

Course Notes on the web

• You may need to look at the previous year's notes. See http://csinter.dcs.aber.ac.uk/undergraduates/module-information/2016-05-24-10-27-34 and pick the right year.

Accessing Blackboard - be sure to click on the right year tab!

• Most course materials for Computer Science are on Blackboard. If the module you failed was one of these courses then access Blackboard in the normal way.

Examinations

• Supplementary students resit the examinations they failed in August. The time period for summer examinations is given out earlier than the individual examination dates.
  You must keep the whole period free. You also must resit failed assignments.
• External resit students' exams are on the exam timetable for the semester the module is offered. They may have special examination papers if the content of the module has changed significantly, or if the module is no longer available. So students should check the examination seating arrangements carefully. These students must resit both examination and the new assignments.

Assignment Submission - click on the right year tab if submitting/viewing via Blackboard

• Supplementary students should find their assignments on Blackboard

  Please be sensible - if you know there should be an assignment and don't find it get in touch.
  Make sure you have the right year for Blackboard and submit as instructed

• External students will normally find their assignments on Blackboard or the module page on CourseNotes. We suggest that you contact the module coordinator if you have any questions.
• If you are asked to use email instead of Blackboard to submit then send your assignment to the lecturer and also This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (unless told otherwise in the instructions).
• A reply email will be sent acknowledging receipt. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within two days please contact the Department to ensure that your assignment has been received.