1. The Examination Period........and what happens next Dr Mike Spann 1 st Year Tutor School of Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering The University of Birmingham 23 rd April 2012

2. 2 Today’s Talk  Exam Dates  Procedures and Regulations  Marking Procedures  Results and Feedback  Revision  Progression to Next Year  Resits/Resubmissions This talk will be made available on the student information section of WebCT.

3. 3 Exam Dates  The Examinations will take place from Monday 29 th April until Friday 31 st May  Exams start at 09.30 hrs or 14.00 hrs  Resit Examinations will take place from Tuesday 27 th August until Friday 6 th September  Timetables for ALL exams on www.my.bham.ac.uk

4. 4 Procedures and Regulations  Full details on Academic Services website http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/exams/Academic Services http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/exams/

5. 5 Attending the exam  Find the room and be there at least 15 minutes early  You can’t leave the room in the first half hour or last ten minutes  Follow instructions  Don’t bring any notes, papers etc to your desk and don’t remove unused answer books  Bring all the pens, pencils you need to your desk

6. 6 Electronic Devices  Calculators are permitted unless the question paper states otherwise. Check your calculator is permitted. You can’t use the calculator on your phone or other device  Switch your phone off and place it on the floor under your desk  No audio devices are permitted

7. 7 Student Support Agreements If you have a student support agreement  Collect a personalised timetable from the Enquiry Office, Block C, Aston Webb Building  For the resit exams, your personalised timetable will be sent to the home address on the student portal  Check the arrangements with the Undergraduate Office before the exams start

8. 8 Fit to Sit  Refer to the fit to sit and extenuating circumstances forms you signed with your tutor  Detailed regulations are on website http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/sca/extcirc/index.shtml http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/sca/extcirc/index.shtml  If you attend the exam you have declared yourself “Fit to Sit”  Otherwise follow the procedure for application of Extenutating Circumstances as soon as possible Deadline for submission of documentation 6 th June (main) and 9 th September (resits).

9. 9 Dictionaries  If your first language is not English you can take, a clean, unmarked, standard dictionary into most exams  Your dictionary may be inspected during the exam  You must complete a Dictionary Approval Form and get it stamped by Academic and Student Administration and bring the form to the examDictionary Approval Form  More information on Academic Services websiteAcademic Services

10. 10 Exam Tactics  Follow the instructions on the paper and the answer book  Read the questions carefully, answer all parts  Plan your time  Write clearly  Write your answers on the lined pages in the answer book The plain pages are for rough work and are not marked

11. 11 Marking Procedures (1)  Exams are marked by the member of staff who set the questions according to a marking scheme.  The questions and marking scheme have been checked internally AND by external examiners.  The marking process is checked by a second marker.  A third marker (“moderator”) checks that the marking scheme was applied correctly to a sample of papers, including ALL papers close to class borders and “fail” papers.

12. 12 Marking Procedures (2)  Year tutors check the collated marks and arrange further checks if required  The impact of extenuating circumstances is assessed on 6 th June  External Examiners are here to scrutinise the process 10 th -12 th June  Exam board (all staff) on 11 th – 12 th June reviews the marks and decisions and submits them to the University  Marks returned to students by personal tutors Friday 14 th June

13. 13 Results and Feedback

14. 14 Exam Results 1 st and 2 nd year  The results for 1 st and 2 nd years will be available from your tutor after 10am on Friday 14 th June from www.my.bham.ac.uk on Monday 17 th June BE HERE to see your tutor to discuss your results  Results will not be given or discussed over the phone

15. 15 Exam Results 3 rd year  Results will not be given or discussed over the phone  Make sure you have returned all project equipment  Degree classifications posted on notice board outside UG Office 3.30pm, Wed 12 th June unless you instruct us to hide yours (see year handbook page 5 for more details)  Full results available from UG office on 14 th June  Results also available from my.bham.ac.uk on 17 th June

16. 16 Feedback  1 st and 2 nd year students: See your tutor on Friday 14 th June to collect your results and get advice on options as needed  Feedback on answers will be given in the “Student Information” section of WebCT – 28 th June We provide generic written feedback on each exam question as well as copies of the papers and specimen solutions, and a breakdown of their marks on each question

17. 17 Revision  Engineering is about DOING not just remembering  It is highly recommended that your revision includes working on previous years’ papers  Previous years’ papers and solutions are available from WebCT (School database) www.my.bham.ac.uk via “my.exams” Search under assessment code e.g. A12345 or title www.my.bham.ac.uk  Make sure you can do the tutorial questions too

18. 18 Progression  1 st to 2 nd year  2 nd to 3 rd or 3 rd /4 th year  Weightings of marks  1 st year performance IS important Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4 BEng0 %25 %75 % MEng0 %20 % 40 %

19. 19 1 st to 2 nd year  Pass at least 100/120 credits Note you need a total of 320 to get a degree  Mean year mark equal to above 40 %  Pass pre-requisites for your 2 nd year degree stream  You can resit individual courses with mean marks below 40 % in August to gain the credits but the marks are capped at 40 %  You only get one resit opportunity

20. 20 2 nd to 3 rd or 3 rd /4 th year To go onto 3 rd Year BEng 100 2 nd year credits incl. resits To go onto MEng 220 credits 1 st /2 nd year Average at least 60 % (2:1) If average is 57-59.4% we may (i) calculate without the MOMD (ii) look at mode as well as mean Pass pre-requisite modules No transfer MEng BEng after year 3 First Year Second Year 3rd Year BEng 3rd Year MEng 4th Year MEng

21. 21 Resits/Resubmissions

22. 22 Resits/Resubmissions (1)  The deadline for appeals 1 st July (By 4pm). See Student Conduct and Appeals website for allowed appealsStudent Conduct and Appeals  No resits for 3 rd year students  Make time over the summer to revise and sit the exams/do the coursework  You can resit overseas (apply before 8 th July). The admin fee for this is £100. http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/exams/overseas.shtml Or…make travel arrangements to be here http://www.as.bham.ac.uk/exams/overseas.shtml

23. 23 Resits/Resubmissions (2)  Coursework resubmission will be released on WebCT on Monday 24 th June  Deadline for resubmission is 12:00hrs, 19 th August  Exam timetable released on www.my.bham.ac.uk on 7 th August You are responsible for getting your timetablewww.my.bham.ac.uk  Results from Undergraduate Office on Friday 13 th September (not tutors) Online on Monday 16 th September on www.my.bham.ac.ukwww.my.bham.ac.uk

24. 24 And Finally……  Revision classes this week Your lecturers may not be available at other times Timetable is on WebCT Check the latest version  2012-13 Academic Year starts on Monday 30 th September All students must attend induction events Make travel arrangements in good time

25. Good Luck!!! 25