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About your studies

Find information and resources relating to your course at The University of Northampton.

What you are studying

  • Award maps - shows the modules you need to pass to get your award
  • Making module choices - on some awards you have options
  • Module catalogue - information about each module. Use this to help make your choices
  • Changing your course/module - if you change your mind it may be possible to make a change - the earlier the better!

While you are studying

  • NILE - information about each one of your modules
  • Personal Development Planning (PDP) - make your university degree work for you!
  • Placements and school experience - find out more about compulsory placements and how you can add work experience to your degree
  • How to avoid plagiarism - make sure you understand how to reference correctly
  • Undergraduate student handbook - full of useful information
  • Postgraduate student handbook - lots of your queries answered
  • Term dates
  • Reading lists - find your reading list on the Library catalogue
  • Student feedback - we want to know what you think, here is how to let us know
  • Policies, procedures and guidelines - that affect students

How you are assessed

  • Assessment - useful links (and a video)
  • Assignments - submitting your coursework
  • Exams - a guide for students, as well as dates and times
  • Results - your provisional results can be checked here

People

  • Course and subject leaders - every course and every Joint Honours subject has an academic leader, you can find yours here
  • Personal Academic Tutor - make sure you know who this is
  • Student Admin Teams - how to find your admin support person. Let them know any changes in your contact details

Getting your award

  • Achieving your award
  • How the University works out your classification
  • Award ceremonies - that all-important graduation day

General information

  • Glossary - confused by an academic phrase?
  • Important dates - dates of exam periods, boards, resits and meetings with your Personal Academic Tutor
  • Student Charter - this document defines the relationship between you and the University

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