While exams and assessments are an essential part of university learning, we know they can be challenging. Keep reading for useful tips and videos to help you prepare for the upcoming exams and assessments period in January.
In-person exams and assessments
In-person exams will take place between?Monday 12 January and Friday 23 January 2026?for most students. If you have in-person exams coming up, you will be able to find out their dates and times using the generic and personal timetables, which will be published in December via SUSSED.
In-person exams take place at a variety of locations around our campuses, including sports halls, lecture theatres, and computer rooms. Watch the video tour below to get a sense of the types of rooms you may be in for your exams.
Once you are in the exam room, you might see different papers alongside your question paper – including exam answer books and the yellow attendance slip. The videos below give you an overview of how to fill these in, so make sure you watch them to know what to expect.
For more step-by-step information on what you need to do ahead of and during your exam,?check the student exams site.
Online assessments
If you have any computer-based exams or are completing your exam using a PC rather than writing it by hand, it might be useful to preview how ExamStart works. This is an entry portal to a computer-aided assessment, which you will need to use to access your exam. You can preview what?Word exams?and?Perception exams?look like using the respective hyperlinks.
Navigate your exams and assessments with confidence
Make sure you take some time to read through the?student exams site?for more guidance ahead of any upcoming exams you might have – including top tips, resources from the Academic Skills Service, step-by-step information ahead of your exams, and much more.