Friday 07-05-2021 - 12:40

Exams can be a stressful period for students of all abilities and on all course types. To help prepare and support you for your exams, there are resources available on the University of Bolton website.  

Click the link below to watch a video that covers the ins and outs of exam stress, understanding it, managing it, adopting strategies for it and much more.  

Exam Stress Workshop - Mental Health and Wellbeing - Subject Guides at The University of Bolton

LEAP Online

LEAP Online is designed to support your academic and personal development.  Each section contains information, activities and videos.  You can earn digital badges by completing the assessments.  Click the link below to visit the examinations section.  At the end of the module, you will know what to expect for each type of exam, how to prepare and revise effectively and be confident that you will perform as well as you can during the exam itself.  There are tutorials on this page where you can find information on revising, exam techniques and sitting different types of exams.

Examinations (bolton.ac.uk)

Past Examination Papers

Past papers help you get used to the structure and typical wording of the exam paper. It’s really important you know what to expect so that there aren’t any surprises on the day. Get to know the structure for each of your subjects, find out where you need to improve and how to perfect your exam technique.

Click here to visit the Student Room for some great advice about using past exam papers.

 Click here to see the University of Bolton past exam papers in PDF format.

Exam support for students with Dyslexia

The Disability service can arrange exam support which can include 25% extra time, use of laptop and reader depending on the individual needs of the student.

Notification: An individual notification can be sent to your academic department to advise tutors of inclusive teaching adjustments.

Marking Guidelines: an electronic sticker can be attached to your work when submitting online to indicate to tutors to apply marking guidelines for dyslexia including some flexibility with assessment of spelling, grammar and structure of work. Click here to see the guidelines:

Equipment Loan: Disability service has limited numbers of Dictaphones and laptops which can be loaned out to students on a short term basis.

Contact the disability service: 01204 903478 / disabilityinfo@bolton.ac.uk

 Examinations for students with a declared disability

Applicants to the university are given the opportunity to declare a specific learning difficulty (SpLd) or disability on their application form

Once an applicant has declared a SpLd or disability, this information is passed to the Disability Service. In some circumstances the Disability Service will contact the applicant to discuss support requirements immediately.

Disabled students or those with a SpLD may have individual examination requirements. Documentary evidence of a SpLD or disability must be submitted to the Disability Service before individual exam arrangements will be considered.

Individual exam arrangements are not automatically ‘put in place’: they must be discussed and assessed with a Disability Adviser in advance. There is a deadline by which students must have applied for individual exam arrangements.

Students must fill in and submit an Individual Exam Arrangement Form to the Disability Service by the deadlines advertised prior to the examination period.

Individual exam arrangements must be discussed with the Disability Adviser before, or at the time of filling in the exam form.

Student responsibility

All students, who have applied and been approved for individual exam arrangements, are advised to check in a timely manner that their arrangements have been processed.

Examination Timetable

Click here to view the University of Bolton Examination timetable.