Exams

Exams take place at several times during the year, March, April, June and September depending on the module.

If you have a student who is due to take an exam you will receive an email several weeks in advance of the exam date providing you with the details of the student's name, the module they are studying and the date and time of the exam. You will also be requested to confirm that you can facilitate the exam and that the person supervising the exam is not also studying at the OU (potentially taking the same exam).

The examination papers will be sent out to prisons at least a week before the examination.

Changing the times of exams

The times of the exam can be changed to fit in with the regime of the prison if required but please notify sise-accessibility@open.ac.uk if this is the case.

Changing the dates of exams

If you need to change the date of the exam this may also be possible but requires further approval from the exams team, please let your sise-accessibility@open.ac.uk know as soon as possible so they can make this request.

Disabled Students

If you have a student who is disabled, and we have been made aware of this, you will also receive forms so they can apply for extra exam arrangements. Medical evidence will be required in support of any request made. There will be a deadline to apply for these to allow sufficient time to put any extra arrangements in place which is normally about 8 weeks prior to the exam, however we will notify you of the specific date. A copy of the exam arrangement forms can be also be downloaded from here.