Support for your exams

Students Requiring Provision

In order to receive provision for your exams, you must first make contact and be assessed by Wellbeing & Disability Services. Please do not assume that because you had provision in school or your previous education provider that you will receive them at Swansea University

Your provisions are automatically applied to any in-person exams you sit during your time at Swansea, unless you inform us otherwise. Following your assessment with the Disability/Wellbeing service, you will be sent a confirmation email with details of your exam provision recommendations, and information on how each provision is applied to your on-site exams.

You will also be offered the opportunity to book an in-person meeting should you wish to discuss your provisions. Please note that any in-person meeting to discuss your provisions must take place before midday on the dates below.

Session	Date
January 2025	Tuesday 3rd December 2024
May/June 2025	Tuesday 15th April 2025
August Supplementary 2025	Tuesday 22nd July 2025

You must attend your provisions venue as detailed on your Intranet Timetable, as there will no longer be a seat available for you in the main venue. If there are any provisions that you don’t want to be applied to your on-site exams, or you wish to decline your provisions all together and sit in the main venues, please let us know.

When the personalised exam timetable is published on your intranet account, it will show your appropriate provisions exam venue, along with brief details of your provision arrangements. Any extra time/rest breaks will not be reflected in the exam duration shown on your timetable, but the invigilators will be aware of your entitlements.

Temporary Provision

If you have a temporary illness/injury e.g broken limb, which is supported by current medical evidence you may be entitled to receive short-term temporary provision to support you taking your examination, which may include extra time, rest breaks or a smaller room.

Temporary provision requests must be made as soon as possible. It is important that you first discuss your circumstances with your Faculty so they can consider the impact on your academic work and advise you accordingly.

For in-person exams, in order to receive temporary provision, you will be asked to make contact with the MyUniHub. A Student Information Officer will ask for relevant, current medical evidence to support your request. The Student Information Officer will then pass their recommendations onto the Exams Office, who will contact you directly to confirm your temporary provision and exam venue.

Please note that you are only able to receive temporary provision for the same condition once – if a condition becomes permanent, you will need to consult the Disability Office or Wellbeing Service to discuss ongoing exam provisions.