Reassessments and Repeat Master's Study

If you have made a successful mitigating circumstances claim, you are not normally charged tuition fees for any modules which are Permitted Repeat Attempts.

Without a successful Mitigating Circumstances claim, you will pay for all modules that are reassessed as Resits. Check the cost of reassessment with or without attendance.

For students funded by Student Finance England, additional Master’s Loan funding is not generally available if you need extra time to repeat a year or part year of a course.

Payment of the loan is normally suspended during any period when you are not attending and during any repeat study period.  SFE have discretion to continue payments while repeating a period of study if the student makes a convincing case for financial hardship, but the total amount of loan available will not be increased.

If you are in financial hardship whilst on retaking without attendance  during a period of repeat study, reassessment or Leave of Absence you may be able to apply for help from the University Hardship Fund. 

If you are on a Leave of Absence (LOA) while waiting to undertake your re-assessments or not in attendance, you need to understand what will happen with your accommodation contract. 

University Halls 

• Complete the accommodation cancellation request form for the Student Accommodation Centre. 

Students sometimes wish to stay in halls whilst on LOA – this is not normally permitted but check with the Student Accommodation Centre for their up-to-date information. 

If you have already paid your hall fees you can ask for a refund of any overpayment if your account is in credit. 

If you are due a refund of a hall fees overpayment, it is normally refunded within 30 days. 

Private Halls and Private Rented Accommodation

If you have signed a contract for a private hall or private house/flat you will probably be liable to pay rent to the end of the contract whether you live there or not. But if you do not wish to live in the accommodation, you can: 

• Check to see if there is an early release (break) clause in your contract. 
• Try to find a replacement tenant – The landlord or managing agent needs to agree to the transfer to release you from your contract. It is strongly recommended that you sign a deed of surrender or assignment. We can advise you further on this. 

New legislation under the Renters Right Bill is expected to abolish ‘fixed-term’ tenancies – many tenancies will be ‘periodic’ allowing tenants to give notice to end the tenancy if they choose.

If you want to stay in privately managed halls or accommodation whilst waiting to re-join your course and are on a Leave of Absence you retain your student status for Council Tax and will not normally be liable to pay it.  Council tax letters can be requested from the online student self-service system.