Retaking final year of uni-Apparnelty you have to pay??!

You get funding for degree + 1 year, has she resat a year before?

No, but her financial situation regarding loans is complicated. My real question though is that I don't think one has to pay for a full taught semester when resiting final year exams because of extenuating circumstances? I've read online that when sitting an exam externally you only have to pay the price of the resit. Now the uni were going to put her in externally but I think they changed their mind and made it so that she'd be able to attend lectures... would this be the cause of her having to pay 7,000? (Which as a figure makes no sense anyway?!). And if that is the case that would be unfair because they've given her no choice and no information regarding the cost? Thanks for your help x

. Paying a tuition fee would imply to me that she's expected to attend lectures, rather than just taking exams.

That's what I feared. But does it not make little sense?! Her mum suddenly died of cancer 2 weeks before term ended. All lectures and tutorials prior to this attended, all essays handed in, revision started. There's no reason whatsoever for her to have to pay for another term. She has extenuating circumstances, and should be able to retake the exams. IF there was the possibility of simply retaking the exams rather than paying for a semester, she should have been given the choice. No one has explained to her what her situation is with doing her exams this year, I literally went down with her to the admin office in November to find out when she was taking the exams and they seemed to know nothing and work out her situation on the spot. It's so frustrating because I can just see her giving up and everything going to waste.

Hi

I am sorry that your friend is going through all this. Please help by advising her to call Student finance and ask for compelling personal reasons (CPR). She will be funded for an extra year.

Hope this helps