Students from the Schools of Business, Mathematics and Healthcare are the most likely to have to resit the exams they take this year, according to figures released to LS.
The figures, obtained from the University’s Examinations Office, show that since January 2011, 34 per cent of all exam resits were taken in these three schools.
Business School students have done the most resits in recent years, with the total number of re-taken exams in the School since 2011 standing 62 per cent higher than the school with the second most number of resits, which was Maths.
Meanwhile, students studying French, Italian and Education were all among the least likely to have to re-take their exams.
On average, students studying arts subjects like English and History are far less likely to resit their exams than those studying subjects in the sciences, such as Chemistry or Biology.
All second-attempt examinations take place in August, with further attempts taking place in January or May of the following academic year. The statistics revealed that 28 per cent of students who re-sat exams in August went on to have to sit them for a third time. Students resitting exams can only gain a minimum pass mark, and are charged £2 per credit of the module they are resitting, as well as an administration fee of £50.
The complete ranking of subjects most likely to require resits can be found below:
1. L U Business School
2. Mathematics
3. Healthcare
4. Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering
5. Civil Engineering
6. Law
7. Physics & Astronomy
8. Earth & Environment
9. Computing
10. Sociology & Social Policy
11. Electronic and Electrical Engineering
12. Biological Sciences UG School (BISC)
13. Biological Sciences UG School (BLGY)
14. Mechanical Engineering
15. Chemistry
16. Biological Sciences UG School (BIOC)
17. Politics & International St
18. Food Science and Nutrition
19. Biological Sciences UG School (SPSC)
20. Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science
21. Modern Languages & Cultures
22. Dentistry
23. East Asian Studies
24. Psychology
25. History
26. English
27. Molecular Nanoscience
28. Geography
29. Biological Sciences UG School (MICR)
30. Classics
31. Joint Honours (Science)
32. Linguistics
33. Medical Physics
34. Design
35. Medicine
36. Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies
37. Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science
38. Communications Studies
39. Music
40. Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies
41. Lifelong Learning Centre
42. Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
43. Joint Honours (Arts)
44. Russian & Slavonic Studies
45. Transport Studies
46. Joint Honours (Modern Languages)
47. Biological Sciences UG School (BIOL)
48. Performance and Cultural Industries
49. French
50. German
51. Colour Science
52. Education
53. Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science
54. Italian
55. Leeds Institute of Health Sci
56. Epidemiology & Biostatistics
57. Leeds Inst Health Sc
58. Obesity, Nutrition and Health
The Union’s Education Officer Alice Smart said: “I’d encourage any students who have any questions or concerns about taking resits to go and see the Student Advice Centre. They’ll be able to advice you on whether you need to take a resit and how to go about taking one if you’ve decided it’s the right choice for you.”
Sean Hayes