Mon, 08 Dec 2025
Missed an exam or assessment because of a serious issue?
If you have been affected by a serious issue preventing you from attending an exam or submitting an assessment, you may be able to apply for exceptional extenuating circumstances or late mitigation.
Exceptional extenuating circumstances and late mitigation can only be applied for if you did not attempt the assessment and could not apply for a deferral in time. It cannot be used for retrospective extensions or for assessments that were taken, regardless of circumstances.
Please do not wait until you have your assessment results in February to tell us about something that has impacted you, as it will be too late by then.
Exceptional extenuating circumstances
If you are applying for exceptional extenuating circumstances, your completed forms must be submitted no later than 9 January 2026. The impact of any ill health or personal concerns will not be considered if you do not notify us by this date.
Late mitigation
The late mitigation process is in place for exceptional circumstances where you were unable to engage with the University's other Fit to Sit processes due to the severity of what has occurred.
Only the most serious of circumstances will be accepted, and approval of late mitigation will be extremely rare.
Applications may only be made up to the end of the trimester after the trimester in which the assessment was due.
