Absence from examinations due to ill health

You should make every effort to attend all examinations If necessary (e.g. contagious diseases), special arrangements can be made to take the exam in isolation from other candidates; if you cannot write (e.g. due to a broken arm), it may be possible for someone to write for you. If you feel you might experience any examination difficulties, you must inform the staff in the Student Support Office at the earliest opportunity.

If you are so ill you are unable to take an exam you must contact the Student Support Office as soon as possible, and certainly no later than the day and start time of your examination. You should complete a Mitigating Circumstances Form which must be accompanied by appropriate independent third-party supporting or collaborative documentation such as a Doctor’s note or letter signed by your GP or a letter from your health care professional. If the information is of a highly confidential nature, you may submit your evidence in a sealed envelope, marked for the attention of the Chair of the Mitigating Circumstances Committe. Students who attend a hospital Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department must obtain written confirmation of attendance either from the hospital or subsequently from their GP confirming their attendance and stating the nature of the emergency. A hospital attendance card alone will not be accepted as appropriate evidence of illness. Submission must be made to the Student Support Office by 17:00 of the Monday immediately after the end of the January examination period or by noon of the day immediately after the end of any other exam and the resit examination period Requests for mitigation submitted after this date for the end of an examination period cannot be considered without a credible and compelling explanation as to why the circumstances were not known or could not have been shown beforehand (and in no circumstances after results have been released).

If you miss a unit examination through illness, you will be required to take the examination again in the resit examination period provided that you have followed the procedures described above, this re-examination will normally be counted as your first attempt and the resit fee will be waived.

Mitigating Circumstances Forms are available from the Student Support Office or can be downloaded from the School intranet at https://app.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/education/studentsupport/supportforms/default.aspx