What should I do if I believe a religious event might affect my studies, or that I may not be able to attend an exam due to my religious beliefs?

If you believe you have a religious or other belief which could affect your studies, please let the Exams Office know as soon as possible.

Where you have a religious or other belief which could affect your studies, alternative arrangements will be considered in consultation with you. These arrangements will offer alternatives that are reasonable and practicable, so that you are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged.

In particular we may allow a student whose religion or beliefs require absence from an academic activity at a specific time to perform this activity at another time or make alternative reasonable adjustments.

Please note the following:

• If the activity in which your religion or belief prevents you taking part will form a major part of a module or programme, or may be a key theory, technique or principle of the discipline concerned, it may not be possible to make alternative arrangements without compromising the academic integrity of the programme or module.
  
  
• If your religion or belief totally prevents you from taking part in a particular academic activity including examinations and assessments at any time and the activity is a minor part of a module or programme we shall attempt to provide an alternative activity, or, failing that, attempt to adjust any examination, assessment or other arrangements so that you are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged.
  
  
• If the activity in which your religion or belief prevents you taking part will form a major part of a module or programme, or may be a key theory, technique or principle of the discipline concerned, it may not be possible to make alternative arrangements without compromising the academic integrity of the programme or module.
  
  
• What is reasonable and practicable will vary on a case by case basis. Not all requests will be able to be accommodated, but the University will undertake that every reasonable effort will be made to come to a workable arrangement.