Now that the examinations are over you must all be feeling very relieved, but as I wrote in my last blog, you may also be feeling a little deflated but don’t worry this is quite normal. Now it is our turn and marking is proceeding in earnest. Each script is marked twice, checked and checked again before the mark is sent to the Board of Examiners. That means a lot of work for us all, but it is vital because we must ensure that each script is given the mark which it deserves. Remember that we mark your examination scripts to the same standard as we do for internal students, so we have to be very careful. The mark which you will achieve will be based on your performance in the examination.
This year your marks will be available online and in my next blog post I will be able to inform you of the process to access these. (We hope to have all the marks out by the end of August).
If you are not graduating this year, you should soon be planning which units you wish to take for the next session. You can enrol on any unit you want to find out about on the VLE, so you are able to access the subject guides of every unit to get some understanding of the content and approach of each unit and allow you to make well informed unit choices. (This isn’t the same as registering with the University for your units so look out for your continuing registration form and materials questionnaire which you need to return in order to receive printed guides).
You should start now by doing some background reading in preparation for the next session. Make sure that you choose units required and/or available on your chosen degree and check any pre-requisite units carefully (see the Regulations). Most importantly, check to see which units you need to take if you want to receive exemptions from professional bodies or for access to a Masters’ programme.
If you will be completing next year and want to apply for a Masters’ programme start thinking about this now. You make need to take a GMAT or GRE test and so you should start preparing for these.
If this is your last year, we wish you well for your future and hope that you will keep in touch with the University of London Alumni. They should be contacting you soon. If you are going to start another degree or qualification I hope that you will use the knowledge and skills gained from studying our programmes and particularly what you have learnt about how our academics tackle the key questions in their disciplines.
