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Students with a disability, long-term health condition, mental health condition or specific learning difference (such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or slow cognitive processing) may be eligible to receive exam arrangements such as extra time, rest breaks and/or smaller exam rooms. At the University of Southampton, exam arrangements are known as Additional Exam Recommendations (AERs).
AERs are made according to individual need and students must provide supporting information of their disability, health condition or specific learning difference to the Student Disability and Inclusion Team.
AERs can be arranged throughout the year, not just in the lead up to exams, however the University has AER deadlines in place to ensure support can be implemented for each semester. All students will be advised of the AER deadline via email and SUSSED.
Please note: if you already have permanent AERs in place through our team, these will remain in place for the duration of your course. This means you do not need to apply for these again, unless you would like to make any changes to your exam arrangements.
Current AER Deadlines
Please view our exam arrangements page on SharePoint for the semester one and semester two deadlines each academic year.
How to access AERs
To request AERs, please complete our request for support form.
You also need to send us a copy of your supporting information.
If you have not already provided this to us, you can either upload a copy of your supporting information as part of completing the request for support form, or you can submit this to us by emailing studenthub@soton.ac.uk.
If you are an undergraduate student and change course (including moving from undergraduate to post-graduate study), please complete our request for support form to discuss this.
Supporting information
If you need adjustments for your studies or AERs for exams and assessments, please send us supporting information as soon as possible to help us support you effectively.
Please visit our I do not have supporting information page for some examples of supporting information.
Further information
For further information including detailed descriptions of exam arrangements, when they are applied and when they are not, please visit our exam arrangements SharePoint page.