What this means

You have either deferred or failed at least one course, and thus are not eligible to be awarded this year. However, you still have attempts remaining in these course(s). The Regulations for Diplomas and Regulations for Taught Masters Degrees set out the maximum number of attempts you have at each course. 

Supporting your wellbeing

Check out the LSE Student Support Map for details of the different types of support available at LSE. We understand that getting unexpected results may be a worrying experience, if you need emotional or wellbeing support you can access LSE's wellbeing resources or contact your doctor.  

Next steps

If you have deferred assessments, then you will be expecting this outcome and will  have a plan in place. You will probably take the assessment during the second Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2025 (RDAP2). 

If you have failed a course, we would like to reassure you that you will have another opportunity to sit your assessments in that course again, as long as you have attempts remaining. In the first instance, you will take the assessment during the second Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2025 (RDAP2). 

If you hold a student visa

You should contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team to discuss your circumstances and what you need to do. 

Graduation

This should not impact your graduation ceremony. As RDAP2 takes place before both the July and December ceremonies you will be able to attend as normal if you complete the outstanding assessments. 

Appealing your results

You can only appeal your results based on the following grounds:

• You feel that the Exam Board did not follow the correct procedure such that there is reasonable doubt that the decision would have been the same if the correct procedure had been followed (‘Procedural error’); and/or
• There is new information about Exceptional Circumstances that affected the assessment outcome. Such circumstances would normally be sudden, unforeseen, out of your control and proximate to the assessment(s) in question. Where you submit an appeal in relation to new information , you must also provide a valid reason, with evidence, explaining why you did not submit this information on time.

If you would like to appeal you should do so as soon as possible, and no later than  23:59 (London Time) on Thursday 3 April 2025. For further information please read the detailed guidance about the School's appeal procedure on Challenging Results.

If you have any questions regarding the appeals process, you should contact the Student Regulations Team. The Student Regulations Team is unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the results and appeal processes and procedures; you can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case.

What this means

You have either deferred or failed at least one course, and thus are not eligible to be awarded this year. However, you still have attempts remaining in these course(s). The Regulations for Diplomas and Regulations for Taught Masters Degrees set out the maximum number of attempts you have at each course. 

Supporting your wellbeing

Check out the LSE Student Support Map for details of the different types of support available at LSE. We understand that getting unexpected results may be a worrying experience, if you need emotional or wellbeing support you can access LSE's wellbeing resources or contact your doctor.  

Next steps

If you have deferred assessments, then you will be expecting this outcome and will  have a plan in place. You will probably take the assessment during the second Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2025 (RDAP2). 

If you have failed a course, we would like to reassure you that you will have another opportunity to sit your assessments in that course again, as long as you have attempts remaining. In the first instance, you will take the assessment during the second Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2025 (RDAP2). 

If you hold a student visa

You should contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team to discuss your circumstances and what you need to do. 

Graduation

This will not impact your graduation ceremony. As RDAP2 takes place before both the July and December ceremonies you will be able to attend as normal if you complete the outstanding assessments. 

Appealing your results

You can only appeal your results based on the following grounds:

• You feel that the Exam Board did not follow the correct procedure such that there is reasonable doubt that the decision would have been the same if the correct procedure had been followed (‘Procedural error’); and/or
• There is new information about Exceptional Circumstances that affected the assessment outcome. Such circumstances would normally be sudden, unforeseen, out of your control and proximate to the assessment(s) in question. Where you submit an appeal in relation to new information , you must also provide a valid reason, with evidence, explaining why you did not submit this information on time.

If you would like to appeal you should do so as soon as possible, and no later than  23:59 (London Time) on Thursday 3 April 2025. For further information please read the detailed guidance about the School's appeal procedure on Challenging Results.

If you have any questions regarding the appeals process, you should contact the Student Regulations Team. The Student Regulations Team is unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the results and appeal processes and procedures; you can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case.

What this means

An outcome of Final Fail means it is no longer possible for you to complete your degree. You have been given this outcome because you have not passed enough courses to be awarded and have exhausted the attempts in your failed courses. The Regulations for Diplomas and Regulations for Taught Masters Degrees set out the maximum number of attempts you have at each course. 

Graduation

As you have not been awarded, you will not be able to attend Graduation.

Supporting your wellbeing

Check out the LSE Student Support Map for details of the different types of support available at LSE. We understand that getting unexpected results may be a worrying experience, if you need emotional or wellbeing support you can access LSE's wellbeing resources or contact your doctor.  

If you hold a student visa

LSE will inform UKVI that you have not completed your programme as expected. We will send you an email after this action has been taken. UKVI may proceed to curtail (cancel) your visa and provide a new end date. UKVI will contact you if/when they curtail your visa. You can find out more in the Receiving your Results section of when you have your visa. If you need immigration advice and guidance, please contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team.

Appealing your results

You can only appeal your results based on the following grounds:

• You feel that the Exam Board did not follow the correct procedure such that there is reasonable doubt that the decision would have been the same if the correct procedure had been followed (‘Procedural error’); and/or
• There is new information about Exceptional Circumstances that affected the assessment outcome. Such circumstances would normally be sudden, unforeseen, out of your control and proximate to the assessment(s) in question. Where you submit an appeal in relation to new information , you must also provide a valid reason, with evidence, explaining why you did not submit this information on time.

If you would like to appeal you should do so as soon as possible, and no later than  23:59 (London Time) on Thursday 3 April 2025. For further information please read the detailed guidance about the School's appeal procedure on Challenging Results.

If you have any questions regarding the appeals process, you should contact the Student Regulations Team. The Student Regulations Team is unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the results and appeal processes and procedures; you can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case.

If you are studying part-time on a programme that normally runs across one year when studied full-time then there are no progression hurdles between the two years. This means that you will continue with the second year of study even if you had outstanding assessments from your first year.

You will have taken any outstanding assessments during RDAP1, alongside your second year of study. 

If you deferred an outstanding assessment out of RDAP1

If you have deferred an assessment out of RDAP1 you will normally be allowed to continue with your second year because you will still have attempts left in that assessment/course. You will take the deferred assessment during second Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2025 (RDAP2). 

If you failed a course or were absent from an outstanding assessment in RDAP1

If you have failed a course from your first year (or were absent from an assessment) during RDAP1 you should contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team for specific advice. What happens next will depend on whether you have attempts left in the assessment/course and whether you were absent in RDAP1. 

Supporting your wellbeing

Check out the LSE Student Support Map for details of the different types of support available at LSE. We understand that getting unexpected results may be a worrying experience, if you need emotional or wellbeing support you can access LSE's wellbeing resources or contact your doctor.  

Appealing your results

You can only appeal your results based on the following grounds:

• You feel that the Exam Board did not follow the correct procedure such that there is reasonable doubt that the decision would have been the same if the correct procedure had been followed (‘Procedural error’); and/or
• There is new information about Exceptional Circumstances that affected the assessment outcome. Such circumstances would normally be sudden, unforeseen, out of your control and proximate to the assessment(s) in question. Where you submit an appeal in relation to new information , you must also provide a valid reason, with evidence, explaining why you did not submit this information on time.

If you would like to appeal you should do so as soon as possible, and no later than  23:59 (London Time) on Thursday 3 April 2025. For further information please read the detailed guidance about the School's appeal procedure on Challenging Results.

If you have any questions regarding the appeals process, you should contact the Student Regulations Team. The Student Regulations Team is unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the results and appeal processes and procedures; you can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case.

If your programme is longer than one year (when completed full-time), there will be specific progression rules explaining what you need to do in out to progress into Year 2. These are laid out in your programme regulations. 

You may have been allowed to progress into Year 2 but have still have some assessments from Year 1 to complete. You will have been expected to complete these outstanding assessments during RDAP1, alongside your second year of study. 

If you deferred an outstanding assessment out of RDAP1

If you have deferred an assessment out of RDAP1 you will normally be allowed to continue with your second year because you will still have attempts left in that assessment/course. You will take the deferred assessment during second Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2025 (RDAP2). 

If you failed a course or were absent from an outstanding assessment in RDAP1

If you have failed a course from your first year (or were absent from an assessment) during RDAP1 you should contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team for specific advice. What happens next will depend on whether you have attempts left in the assessment/course and whether you were absent in RDAP1. 

Supporting your wellbeing

Check out the LSE Student Support Map for details of the different types of support available at LSE. We understand that getting unexpected results may be a worrying experience, if you need emotional or wellbeing support you can access LSE's wellbeing resources or contact your doctor. 

If you hold a student visa

You should contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team to discuss your circumstances and what you need to do. 

Appealing your results

You can only appeal your results based on the following grounds:

• You feel that the Exam Board did not follow the correct procedure such that there is reasonable doubt that the decision would have been the same if the correct procedure had been followed (‘Procedural error’); and/or
• There is new information about Exceptional Circumstances that affected the assessment outcome. Such circumstances would normally be sudden, unforeseen, out of your control and proximate to the assessment(s) in question. Where you submit an appeal in relation to new information , you must also provide a valid reason, with evidence, explaining why you did not submit this information on time.

If you would like to appeal you should do so as soon as possible, and no later than  23:59 (London Time) on Thursday 3 April 2025. For further information please read the detailed guidance about the School's appeal procedure on Challenging Results.

If you have any questions regarding the appeals process, you should contact the Student Regulations Team. The Student Regulations Team is unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the results and appeal processes and procedures; you can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case.