Swansea University transfer

So basically I've recently just completed my first year studying genetics at Aberyswyth University and to put it in simple terms I hate it there. The uni is terrible, the nightlife horrible and the location is also pretty bad. The only good thing are the people and that's not enough for me to stay. So moving on, I contacted the head of the genetics department at Swansea and asked if I could transfer. He replied saying that I could once my final 1st year results were out and to tell him what they were in order to receive an offer. The results get sent to me on the 30th of June which is out of the UCAS deadline date so he said that if I had good enough results that he'd carry on the application without UCAS. This sounds a little odd to me as I thought it has to be through UCAS? Has anyone else heard of transferring or applying out of UCAS? Also, I buggered up one of my modules due to a friend passing away at the time I had an assignment (the friend also studied at Aber). I did put in a special circumstances form to the uni but they never replied back with an answer and still haven't! (This is why they're so bad). So if it does end up as a failed module what would happen with the transfer? Have I to lose all hope and accept 2 more years of hating uni?