What this means

You have either deferred or failed at least one course after RDAP1, and thus are not eligible to be awarded at this point. However, you still have attempts remaining in these course(s). The General Academic Regulations for postgraduate students set out the maximum number of attempts you have at each assessment. 

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 and will have a plan in place. You will take your deferred assessments during the Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2026 (RDAP2). See re-entry for details of what happens next.

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. You will resit the failed assessments during the Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2026 (RDAP2). See re-entry for details of what happens next.

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 because RDAP2 takes place before both the July and December ceremonies. You will be able to attend graduation 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 2 April 2026. 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. They will be unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the appeals process 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 the failed courses. The General Academic Regulations for postgraduate students set out the maximum number of attempts you have at each assessment. 

Alternatively, you may have been given this outcome because you have reached the maximum period of registration for your programme. So, even if you have attempts remaining you cannot use those attempts because you've run out of time to complete your degree.

Supporting your wellbeing

Check out the LSE Student Support Map for details of the different types of support available at LSE. We understand that coming to the end of your programme without an award may be an upsetting 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. 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 on when you have your visa. 

If you need immigration advice and guidance, please contact the Student Advice and Engagement Team.

Graduation

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

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 2 April 2026. 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. They will be unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the appeals process 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 of study. This means that you will continue with your second year of study even if you had outstanding assessments from your first year.

You will have been expected to take any outstanding assessments from last year during RDAP1, alongside your teaching and assessment for this year.

If you've deferred an 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 2026 (RDAP2). 

If you've 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 2 April 2026. 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. They will be unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the appeals process and procedures. You can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case. 

If your programme is two years long when completed full-time (or is specifically designed to be part-time and run for more than one year), there are specific progression rules explaining what you need to do in out to be admitted into Year 2. These are laid out in your programme regulations. 

In the summer we established that you could progress into Year 2 but at that point also had outstanding assessments from Year 1 to complete. You were expected to complete these outstanding assessments during RDAP1, alongside your second year of study. 

If you deferred an outstanding first year 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 2026 (RDAP2). 

If you failed a course or were absent from an outstanding first year 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 now.

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 2 April 2026. 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. They will be unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the appeals process and procedures. You can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case.

If your programme is two years long when completed full-time (or is specifically designed to be part-time and run for more than one year), there will be specific progression rules explaining what you need to do in out to be admitted into Year 2. These are laid out in your programme regulations. 

In the summer we established that you were could not be admitted into Year 2 because, at that point, you did not meet these progression rules. 

If you deferred an outstanding first year assessment out of RDAP1

If you have deferred an assessment out of RDAP1 you will take the deferred assessment during second Postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June 2026 (RDAP2). If you pass the assessment you will then be able to progress into the second year in September 2026. 

If you failed a course or were absent from an outstanding first year 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 may 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 2 April 2026. 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. They will be unable to discuss the specifics of your case but can offer general guidance on the appeals process and procedures. You can speak to the Students' Union Advice Service if you wish to discuss your specific case.

Pre-upgrade MRes students are governed by the regulations for taught postgraduate programmes. Please refer to the relevant section above for more advice.