Admissions Assessment

This page has been updated with details of the 2025 entry admissions assessment.

Guide to Completing the Foundation Year Admissions Assessment 

You can access the 2025 entry Guide to Completing the Foundation Year Admissions Assessment here. This document outlines important information about how to complete the assessment, information you need to have to hand, technical requirements, and what to expect in each section. 

Preparing for the Foundation Year Admissions Assessment 

You can prepare for the assessment using the sample paper we have prepared (see below). We also encourage you to familiarise yourself with the Guide to Completing the Foundation Year Admissions Assessment (see above).

The assessment is not subject-specific but covers material across the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. There is no content you will need to learn or revise in advance. Instead, the assessment will encourage you to showcase your skills in response to various question prompts and activities. 

Sample Paper 

A full sample paper is available. To access it, visit the sample paper here. This paper is in a 'sandbox' of the text environment. It allows you to familiarise yourself with exactly what the text environment looks like, and ensure your device can access it.  Any completed sample papers are not reviewed by anyone. There are multiple routes through the sample paper (3 options for Section 1, 2 options for Section 2), so you can try all the different options. We cannot provide any further practice material, but shortlisted applicants will be invited to a webinar to help them prepare.

Reasonable Adjustments and Disability Support 

If you are shortlisted, we wish to ensure that, wherever possible, we can make any appropriate adjustments/allowances. We will use the information you provide in the FY Adjustments & Allowances Form you received from us on submission of your UCAS application to offer candidates who usually receive extra time in examinations extra time for the timed portions of the assessment. You will have until 7 February 2025 to return this form to us so adjustments can be made for the admissions assessment.

The assessment web environment is accessible, and applicants are welcome to use assistive technologies such as screen readers if they require them. Video/audio content is closed captioned. 

Comments from former students

"I did the sample paper so I knew what to expect. When I did it for real, it was actually good to engage with. It wasn't super obscure or anything. It was very accessible as I remember it." 

"No other university asked me to do any kind of assessment, so I did find it kind of nerve-wracking. The webinar though was very, very helpful and supportive, so that made me feel like I was nervous but it was controlled."