All students
If a student absents themselves from any resit paper without having obtained formal permission to do so (see below), then this will count as a failed attempt at that course.
The result of a subsequent attempt at a course will always take precedence over the previous result and will, therefore, be used to determine eligibility for a degree.
Graduate Students ONLY
The Regulations for Taught Masters Degrees sections 38-43 contain information on Re-examination. Graduate students should bear in the mind the following:
(i) You are only allowed two attempts at each course. Any failed course must be re-sat in the subsequent academic session (please see regulation 39)
(ii) There are two provisions that might make it unnecessary for you to re-sit all failed courses:
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You will be eligible for a degree if, having completed all your courses, you have a fail (but not a bad fail) in a half-unit course; or
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You will be eligible for a degree if, having completed all your courses, you have a fail (but not a bad fail) in a full-unit course (or in each of two half-unit courses) and you have a mark of 60% or above in another full-unit course or in each of two half-unit courses.
See the relevant classification scheme for details
It is important to note that the provisions referred to in (ii) above do not apply if you have failed a course designated as critical to assessment. These courses, and any course in which you have incurred a bad fail mark, must be re-sat.
Graduate Part-time students ONLY
In light of (i) and (ii) above, you can choose to wait until you have made a first attempt at all courses before deciding whether a failed course needs to be re-sat. If you choose to wait, you must defer the paper(s) in question. If you subsequently pass enough units in your second year to be awarded your degree, you will no longer be eligible to re-sit the first year failed courses, and your re-entry to these assessments will be withdrawn.
Graduate Full-time students ONLY
In light of (i) and (ii) above, if you choose not to resit all of your failed courses, then you must follow one of the following three options:
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If you choose not to resit up to one full unit (or each of two half units) under provision (ii) above, then prior to the exam period notify Registry of which paper(s) you wish to retract from automatic re-entry. Please note that by retracting your entry for a resit course you lose the opportunity to resit it in any subsequent year.
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If you would like to defer the re-entry of your failed courses, then please complete and return the Request to defer assessments form: Please note that should permission be granted, a student's re-entry will be deferred for all courses: students are not permitted to split their re-entry over more than one academic session.
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If you choose not to return to complete your degree, then please complete and return the Request to Withdraw form. Please note that by withdrawing from the School, you lose the opportunity to resit any courses for this degree programme in any subsequent year.
Undergraduate
The Regulations for First Degrees sections 24-27 contain information on re-examination. Undergraduate students should bear in the mind the following:
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No LLB paper or first year BA/BSc paper shall be sat more than three times
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No second or third year BA/BSc paper shall be sat more than twice
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A candidate absent from an examination which she/he has entered shall be regarded as having sat it unless the board of examiners, having considered the facts of the case, shall decide otherwise
If you would like to defer the re-entry of your failed courses, then please see the web pages on deferring examinations.
If you choose not to return to complete your degree, then please complete and return the Request to Withdraw form. Please note that by withdrawing from the School, you lose the opportunity to resit any courses for this degree programme in any subsequent year.
Syllabus
If you need advice on preparing for re-assessment, including establishing which components of assessment you are required to resit, please contact your department. Your resit paper will be based on the syllabus from the academic year in which you last received teaching for the course, unless you have received repeat teaching, even if there have subsequently been changes to the course syllabus. It is your responsibility to check that you have the correct version of the paper at the beginning of any assessment.
Individual examination adjustments
If you believe that you are entitled to individual examinations adjustment due to an existing physical, medical or psychological condition and/or a learning disability (e.g. dyslexia), you must contact the School's Disability Office at: disability-dyslexia@lse.ac.uk no later than the end of February. Only if you experience sudden injury or illness will the School consider a later application for exam adjustments.
Repeat Teaching Panel
If you have failed one or more papers, have not been classified and wish to receive repeat tuition, you will need to apply to the Repeat Teaching Panel. Repeat tuition will not be granted for any course in which a pass mark has already been obtained. For further information on repeat tuition, please email ssc.repeatteaching@lse.ac.uk or call +44 (0)20 7955 6167.