How to check your university's regulations

1. Your university website. Search for "academic regulations", "assessment regulations", "classification of degrees", or "assessment handbook". These documents are usually published centrally by the registry or academic quality office.

2. Your programme specification and module handbook. Course-level documents sometimes define which years count and how placement or study-abroad years are treated.

3. People who can confirm. Your department office, personal tutor, or the registry/exams office can confirm which document and which academic year's version applies to you.

• Which levels count, and at what weighting — and whether any level is excluded entirely.

• Rounding policy — whether the overall mark is rounded, truncated, or left exact, and at what stage.

• Borderline rules — whether a zone exists near each boundary, and what tests apply inside it (these vary widely).

• Resits and condonement — whether resit marks are capped, and how many failed credits may be condoned.

• The academic year — regulations change; make sure you're reading the version that applies to your cohort.

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