Resits Advice

James Lamming, OUSU Vice President (Access and Academic Affairs) has prepared a briefing for students failing Prelims and Mods resists:

"If you fail your resits there may be the possibility of them retaking the entire year, although this is generally only allowed in exceptional circumstances.  You may also be allowed to resit the first year but in a different subject.  If this is not possible, you may wish to re-apply to the same college to do a course for which you are better suited. However, if you have failed your examinations, another college is unlikely to take you on unless you can convince them of overriding reasons why you could not perform at your first college."

If you need more advice, you can get in touch with our Student Advice Service on advice@ousu.org.

Our full advice about what to do if you fail any of your undergraduate exams can be found here.