Find out what your exam format is
Identifying the format of your final assessment is the key to working out how best to focus your study energy and use your time during your exam.
Teaching and Learning provide handy hints, descriptions and study strategies for most formats used by UoN.
- Open-book and take-home exams
- Oral exams.
Don’t forget past exams can also point you in the direction of working out what to expect – check out the library to see if your course has some.
Use the Short Loans option in NEWCAT to search for exam papers. Choose Course from the short loans search menu and type in examination papers - subject name or subject name - examination papers eg. 'chemistry - examination papers'. If the exam is available online it will have the notation Electronic copy available.
