Worried about results?
Published on 14 February 13
If your results have got you in a bit of a panic (even if you haven't got them yet) then take a look at our advice to help you recover from them this semester
Finding your results
First semester results are due to be released soon for many of you, check with your School if you’re unsure about when your results should be published.
In most cases, results are accessed through campus solutions. You can find out how to access your results through knowledgebase.
How did you do?
Have you got the results you were expecting? If not it’s really important to find out where you may have gone wrong. You should be able to access feedback from all of your assessments whether they were written essays or exams.
Did you know?
You can access your exam scripts to get feedback. Markers annotate exam scripts with lots of useful feedback so make sure you get your hands on yours. Speak to your course administrator to find out how to access yours.
Using your feedback
Using your feedback is the best way of improving on your work and progressing through your course. It may not be nice to see what mistakes you made but without knowing where you went wrong, you won’t know what to put right.
The Humanities intranet has a useful page about how to use your feedback which is relevant whichever Faculty you belong to.
If you are really surprised by any of your results or perhaps you don’t quite understand your feedback, you should go and speak to your academics.
Plan for success
Your first semester results may be that push you needed to really get your head down and concentrate on your studies. It’s not too late to turn your averages around as long as you identify what your weaknesses were and plan how to avoid them.
Perhaps you didn’t spend enough time studying? You may have been easily distracted? Maybe you just need to brush up on your study skills? There are many resources that can help you if you struggle with; time management, procrastination, study skills. The Library and Learning Commons also run workshops which you may find useful.
Don’t worry, it’s not too late to make a change.
Do you need someone to talk to?
Nightline is there if you are in need of someone to talk to. If you are feeling stressed about your results and you just need someone to talk to about it or perhaps you want to reward yourself and you want to know which takeaway is best. Nightline is at the other end of the line between 8pm-8am, you can find the phone number on the back of your student card. You can also e-mail nightmail which runs 24 hours a day.