Advice from lecturers
Thanks to Geraldine Bell, Josephine Bisacre, Jim Cameron, Valerie Dickie and Gill Menzies for contributing to this section.
- If you are faced with one or more resits, do not despair, get organised. Remember, you are much better to attempt them than not to do so, as you need to show the Progression Board that you are serious about your programme of study.
- Recognise the way you revised and reviewed material may not have worked, so don't just do what you did before. It is worth taking the time to figure what went wrong and if unsure ask for feedback!
- You are probably aware yourself of what went wrong in your exams, and you should concentrate on areas in which you think you were weak.
- As soon as you hear you have a resit make a plan of how you will do your revision and exam preparation, starting as soon as you can and stick to your plan.
- Do not leave it to the last week before the resits to start working. Be firm with yourself, planning to study small amounts at a time but doing it consistently: little and often, not one Big Bang.
- If you have a lot of resits, you might need to be strategic, and it might be better to concentrate on the most important courses (any that are pre-requisites for taking later courses or are named in the progression regulations for your programme as courses you must pass in order to progress). Look at your progression regulations for your programme – you may be able to progress without having gained all the credits, depending on your programme and level of study.
- The resit exam is likely to be very similar to the exam at the first diet. Remember, the examiners want to pass you if they possibly can.
- Above all, KEEP CALM, read the questions, stick to strict time management, and all should go well with the resits.
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