Taking time off from uni during term-time??

Hi, my whole extended family are planning to go on holiday during 10 days in October to celebrate my grandma's significant birthday. However unlike normal schools and colleges, I am aware that University students do not have this time off. How would the university feel about me taking this time off and would they authorise/accept it? I am hoping to study Chemistry and this course has a lot of contact hours and a full day in the lab each week.

Hi, my whole extended family are planning to go on holiday during 10 days in October to celebrate my grandma's significant birthday. However unlike normal schools and colleges, I am aware that University students do not have this time off. How would the university feel about me taking this time off and would they authorise/accept it? I am hoping to study Chemistry and this course has a lot of contact hours and a full day in the lab each week.

They definitely wouldn't accept you having 10 days off when uni terms are so short. unless there are extenuating circumstances like you were ill or a relative ill/dying. You have half the year to go on holiday. With something like Chemistry you can't study remotely either or catch up entirely yourself, you need to be on campus and in labs. How will you write a lab report which counts towards your final mark for the year if you weren't there? A couple of non lab days you might get away with and no-one would notice but not 10. Also consider how much you are paying to go to uni.

Not sure what unis you guys are all going to... mine doesn't really take attendance apart from stats purposes (Glasgow uni) so it doesn't matter if you never show up.

I've taken time off during term time no bother since 1st year (now 4th) due to sporting and other commitments, for up to 10 days at a time. Just clear it with your lecturers first, make sure to rearrange any labs/practicals, and have fun trying to catch up afterwards

your uni rearranged practicals just for you? when you had no extenuating circumstances? i know at my old uni most lecturers didn't monitor lecture attendance, so you could get away with missing a few of them, but pretty sure the guys doing labs had to sign in each time and if not there provide a very good reason for absence.

your uni rearranged practicals just for you? when you had no extenuating circumstances? i know at my old uni most lecturers didn't monitor lecture attendance, so you could get away with missing a few of them, but pretty sure the guys doing labs had to sign in each time and if not there provide a very good reason for absence.

Hi, my whole extended family are planning to go on holiday during 10 days in October to celebrate my grandma's significant birthday. However unlike normal schools and colleges, I am aware that University students do not have this time off. How would the university feel about me taking this time off and would they authorise/accept it? I am hoping to study Chemistry and this course has a lot of contact hours and a full day in the lab each week.

The main problem isn't even about authorisation (and they definitely would not authorise it), it's about the fact that you would fall massively behind. At secondary school you might have been able to afford to be able to do it but the pace is faster at university and particularly if you've got labs, you're probably not going to be able to redo them. I'm sorry if it means that you won't be able to go to see your grandma (if it helps, I'm in the exact same situation) but you need to put your studies first.

It's definitely tough to catch up but I'd say its doable unless you're doing a course with loads of labs that you can't switch out of. 10 days including the weekend means you only miss about 7 uni days, which isn't so bad to catch up with (unless you have a LOT of different classes, but I'd say up to 4-5 classes with lecture material would be fine to catch up with, though very hard work and if you are away in october and have December exams you're not going to have a good time)

obviously if the school literally tells you no, don't do it :P

Disclaimer: I'm a terrible student who doesn't really go to her lectures and goes abroad to compete at least once a year during the semester.
Anti disclaimer? Still heading for at least a 2:1 in engineering since I learned to work very efficiently hehehe

Well, I guess it depends on you and how intense your uni is. But I'm not going on a family holiday because I'd be missing a single day of uni... I wouldn't for a second even consider missing an entire week.

Hi, my whole extended family are planning to go on holiday during 10 days in October to celebrate my grandma's significant birthday. However unlike normal schools and colleges, I am aware that University students do not have this time off. How would the university feel about me taking this time off and would they authorise/accept it? I am hoping to study Chemistry and this course has a lot of contact hours and a full day in the lab each week.