Withdrawn at the end of Second year, what are my options?

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Original post by carnationlilyrose

Did they mention anything like this when they told you about the withdrawal?

Nope, just that I was being withdrawn and I would be awarded the Certificate of Higher Education.

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Carnationlilyrose

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Original post by AngryGorilla

Nope, just that I was being withdrawn and I would be awarded the Certificate of Higher Education.

First thing to do is to get onto your personal tutor and have that conversation with them, then.

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Original post by carnationlilyrose

First thing to do is to get onto your personal tutor and have that conversation with them, then.

Oh, I didn't know I'd still be able to go and have meetings with them. Cheers. Though I've already gone through the internal appeal processes at my Uni so there's no way I'm getting back in this year.

(edited 10 years ago)

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hollyart

Try your uni's careers advice people (or student services if you have something along those lines), they'll be able to tell you what you can and can't do.

If you don't think you're emotionally/circumstantially able to do it this year maybe think about doing a working gap year.

You could always do an Open University degree part-time (or full-time if you're able to). You'll probably be able to transfer credit from your degree. See http://www.open.ac.uk/study/credit-transfer/ for more info.

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Normally when you fail a year like this, you're allowed to retake the year. I suggest asking your personal tutors about retaking, and just starting the year over. SFE will support you for four years.

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Original post by hollyart

Try your uni's careers advice people (or student services if you have something along those lines), they'll be able to tell you what you can and can't do.

If you don't think you're emotionally/circumstantially able to do it this year maybe think about doing a working gap year.

You could always do an Open University degree part-time (or full-time if you're able to). You'll probably be able to transfer credit from your degree. See http://www.open.ac.uk/study/credit-transfer/ for more info.

Thanks, definitely gonna consider OU if this doesn't work out.

Original post by FalsettoSlumber

Normally when you fail a year like this, you're allowed to retake the year. I suggest asking your personal tutors about retaking, and just starting the year over. SFE will support you for four years.

Does it depend on your individual circumstances if they let you retake the year?

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Original post by AngryGorilla

Does it depend on your individual circumstances if they let you retake the year?

Not usually... every student gets four years undergaduate funding. The spare year is normally for a retake year, provided you haven't had funding for a foundation, or are doing a four year course.

I definitely advise you to get in contact with someone, especially if this is the first time you've heard anything about this. It seems very unfair, to me.

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Original post by FalsettoSlumber

Not usually... every student gets four years undergaduate funding. The spare year is normally for a retake year, provided you haven't had funding for a foundation, or are doing a four year course.

I definitely advise you to get in contact with someone, especially if this is the first time you've heard anything about this. It seems very unfair, to me.

Well, I went through the internal appeal procedures at my University and have been doing this since I got my 2nd year results. (It was a 1st year module that I got withdrawn for)

My appeal got rejected due to me being an idiot and not keeping documents and contact information of things to support my appeal; so it was rejected on a lack of evidence.

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Hedgeman49

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Original post by FalsettoSlumber

Not usually... every student gets four years undergaduate funding. The spare year is normally for a retake year, provided you haven't had funding for a foundation, or are doing a four year course.

It does depend on the circumstances though. If you fail by a little they will probably let you. But if you fail spectacularly most will just turf you out.

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Original post by Hedgeman49

It does depend on the circumstances though. If you fail by a little they will probably let you. But if you fail spectacularly most will just turf you out.

I failed my first year beautifully (all three modules; 2 at less than 20%), and they let me retake first year, and transfer to a new course at the same time.

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Original post by Hedgeman49

It does depend on the circumstances though. If you fail by a little they will probably let you. But if you fail spectacularly most will just turf you out.

I failed two modules in Year 2, Semester 2 (Normally would've been able to do supplementaries for these, and I thought I'd be able to until I got my results), and one module from first year (The reason I was withdrawn in the first place).

Otherwise it's 2:2s and 2:1s for every other module.

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StefiMarie

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Original post by FalsettoSlumber

Not usually... every student gets four years undergaduate funding. The spare year is normally for a retake year, provided you haven't had funding for a foundation, or are doing a four year course.

Sorry to be pedantic, but this isn't quite right- Student Finance England fund your undergraduate course plus one year, so if your course is three years, you're able to access funding for four, if it's a four year course, you can get funding for five etc.
Again, sorry for being OCD, but it's a small yet significant difference.

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