Definitions
Awaiting your marks can be both an exciting and anxious time.
During your time as a student you will receive the following:
- Marks; and
- Examination Board decisions - also referred to as your progress or award decisions or academic decisions.
Your marks are published after each assessment period (normally at the end of each semester). Marks are provisional until confirmed by a Board of Examiners.
Your Examination Board decision is either a progress decision or an award decision.
Your progress decision is normally published in June or at the end of a particular stage of your programme, although this can vary for certain programmes. A wide range of codes are used by the Boards of Examiners to describe your progress decision. For the majority of students, the Boards of Examiners will deem that:
- you may progress to the next stage/year of your programme or to your placement
- you may progress to the next stage/year of your programme or to your placement while trailing modules to be re-assessed
- you are required to repeat coursework/exams in the next academic year (progression to the next stage/year of your programme is not permitted and marks will be capped)
- you are required to restart coursework/exams in the next academic year due to extenuating circumstances (progression to the next stage/year of your programme is not permitted and marks will be uncapped)
- you are required to resit coursework/exams in the current year (marks will be capped)
- you are required to retake coursework/exams as for the first time due to extenuating circumstances in the current year (marks will be uncapped)
- you are considered At Risk of Withdrawal
Your award decision is published after the Board of Examiners has met to confirm your award. This normally happens at the end of your programme but may happen sooner if you leave or are exited from your programme before the programme end date.
Your award code and your award classification will both be published.
Here is some additional information on the examination board decision
Accessing your Marks and Examination Board Decisions
After each examination period, we publish coursework and examination marks on the Marks tile in your Student Portal.
We publish Examination Board decisions on the Progress/award decisions tile in your Student Portal.
Please note:
- It is your responsibility to check your Student Portal for your exam/coursework marks and your Examination Board decision.
- We cannot give marks over the telephone.
- We will withhold marks and progress/award decisions where we are awaiting a decision of a Board of Examiners or confirmation of marks from the External Examiner. We will publish marks and examination board decisions as soon as these are confirmed.
- The consequences of failure are set out in the regulations . You should also refer to your programme handbook as some programmes have approved departures from the regulations due to Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body requirements.
Publication of Marks
Key Dates for 2025/26
| Assessment Period | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Semester 1 - Marks are provisional until approved by the Boards of Examiners later in the year (normally May - June). Please note that marks from the formal Board of Examiners held in January/February are confirmed marks. | 13 February 2026 |
| Semester 2 - Marks are confirmed | 19 June 2026 |
| Supplementary Examinations (August Resits) - Confirmed marks available | 4 September 2026 |
| Summer Teaching (Semester 3) - Marks are confirmed | 25 September 2026 |
| October Boards of Examiners - Marks are confirmed | 27 October 2026 |
Queries about your marks
You should address any queries about your marks to your Studies Advisor or your Programme/Subject Director.
London, Birmingham or Manchester (QA Higher Education)
If you are enrolled in London, Birmingham or Manchester your marks:
- Are published subject to confirmation by Boards of Examiners
- May be raised or lowered as a result of consideration by Boards.
Publication of Examination Boards Decisions
Important Notes
- Examination Board decisions on academic progress/awards will be released in your Student Portal.
- You should contact your Programme/Subject Director if you are unsure when the Board of Examiners/Progress Committee for your course is to be held.
- Decisions for students studying at QAHE are released at various points in the year. If your decision is not available please contact your campus of study.
Semester One
Student academic performance in Semester One is normally considered by Progress Committees. The majority of students proceed automatically from Semester One to Semester Two with no academic progress decision recorded. However, Progress Committees will make decisions on students who:
- were unable to undertake their Semester One assessment due to extenuating circumstances and are permitted a first sit/first sit of a resit in examinations or coursework later in the academic year; or
- have repeated work from the previous year and failed at the final attempt and are consequently required to withdraw from the programme.
For a few programmes a Board of Examiners will be held at the end of Semester One to consider recommendations for awards for students who have completed their programme, to progress students to the next year of the programme or to consider progress on pre-registration Nursing programmes.
Part time students who complete their programme at the end of Semester One should note that the Board of Examiners may not be held until the Semester Two assessment period (May/June).
Decisions on academic progress for Semester One assessment will be published in the Portal within three working days of the decision being applied by Student Operations. You are advised to check the Portal on a regular basis from the first week in February to check if a decision has been made on your academic progress.
Semester Two
Boards of Examiners decisions will be released on the evening of Wednesday 17 June 2026, subject to External Examiner approval, and will be available on the Student Portal from 7pm.
August/Supplementary Period
Boards of Examiners decisions will be released on Wednesday 2 September 2026, subject to External Examiner approval, and will be available on the Student Portal from 7pm.
Semester Three/October Boards
Publication of Decisions
Boards of Examiners decisions will be released within three working days of the meeting of the Board, subject to External Examiner approval, and will be available on the Student Portal from 7pm.
