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The various assessment tasks you carry out while at Imperial are designed to provide you with feedback.

Feedback is an essential part of your learning at university and should help you to understand the areas in which you are doing well and what you can do to improve and progress.

Improving through feedback

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Types of feedback

You will receive feedback in several ways while at university. Feedback may not just come from your tutor – it could come from unexpected sources.

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Applying feedback is essential to academic development. One of the keys to success at university is making full use of any feedback you receive.

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The scores you receive at university will differ from those at school. Be prepared to see lower numbers than you’re used to.

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