Resubmissions

So due to my depression , my attendance has caused me to fail some modules. I’ve resubmitted but still failed. I really don’t want to retake the whole and really want to graduate next year because I honestly can’t do uni for any longer. Is there a way I can retake while doing my dissertation ?

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DataVenia

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Original post by Joella.1

So due to my depression , my attendance has caused me to fail some modules. I’ve resubmitted but still failed. I really don’t want to retake the whole and really want to graduate next year because I honestly can’t do uni for any longer. Is there a way I can retake while doing my dissertation ?

BCU has a few different ways to recover credit for failed modules:
• Discretionary trailed credit
• Non-discretionary compensated credit
• Discretionary condoned credit
• Discretionary break in study with a second resit

They've recently updated their academic regulations (and therefore exactly how each of the above would apply). From what you've said above, it sounds like you're currently at the end of the second year of a three-year undergraduate degree. Is that correct? So this description would be accurate for you as of last September: "Students returning in September 2023 to begin the second year of a 3 year or 4 year degree course (Level 5)". Is that correct?

You say, your lack of attendance "caused me to fail some modules". How many credits were these modules worth? The rules normally vary if a failure was "marginal" (i.e. 35 to 39%, where the pass mark was 40%). Do any of your failed credits fall into that category? Do you know you average across all modules this year? (Again, they can be more tolerant of a module failure if you're doing well generally.)

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Joella.1

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Original post by DataVenia

BCU has a few different ways to recover credit for failed modules:
• Discretionary trailed credit
• Non-discretionary compensated credit
• Discretionary condoned credit
• Discretionary break in study with a second resit
They've recently updated their academic regulations (and therefore exactly how each of the above would apply). From what you've said above, it sounds like you're currently at the end of the second year of a three-year undergraduate degree. Is that correct? So this description would be accurate for you as of last September: "Students returning in September 2023 to begin the second year of a 3 year or 4 year degree course (Level 5)". Is that correct?

You say, your lack of attendance "caused me to fail some modules". How many credits were these modules worth? The rules normally vary if a failure was "marginal" (i.e. 35 to 39%, where the pass mark was 40%). Do any of your failed credits fall into that category? Do you know you average across all modules this year? (Again, they can be more tolerant of a module failure if you're doing well generally.)

Yes you are correct , I am a second year undergrad going into my third year and that description is correct. The credits were 20 credits each and yes my failed modules fall into that category. I do not know my average across all modules as of yet. I’d like to say I am doing well.

To recover my credits how do I go about it ? I have a call booked for Monday with my student support and I’d like to be clear on what I’m asking for.

My only thing is I do not want to do another year , I want to complete everything.

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DataVenia

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Original post by Joella.1

Yes you are correct , I am a second year undergrad going into my third year and that description is correct. The credits were 20 credits each and yes my failed modules fall into that category. I do not know my average across all modules as of yet. I’d like to say I am doing well.

To recover my credits how do I go about it ? I have a call booked for Monday with my student support and I’d like to be clear on what I’m asking for.

My only thing is I do not want to do another year , I want to complete everything.

Thanks. So each of your failed modules is worth 20 credits, and you achieved between 35% and 39% (i.e. a marginal fail) in each. How many modules did you fail? (Please say two. The regulations work well for you if there are just two such failed modules.)

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Joella.1

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Original post by DataVenia

Thanks. So each of your failed modules is worth 20 credits, and you achieved between 35% and 39% (i.e. a marginal fail) in each. How many modules did you fail? (Please say two. The regulations work well for you if there are just two such failed modules.)

Wish I could say two but it’s four 😭😭😭😭.

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DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

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Original post by Joella.1

Wish I could say two but it’s four 😭😭😭😭.

Ah, that's unfortunate. :smile:

The academic regulations which apply to you are here. You will find the different ways of retrieving credit in Section 3.

BCU have a thing called "Non-discretionary compensated credit", which I was hoping you could take advantage of. This applies to up to 40 credits per year, as long as those modules were "marginal" fails - i.e. 35% to 39%. A compensated credit is automatic and treats these modules as a pass, even though they weren't quite. Unfortunately the rule says that, "up to 40 credits will automatically be granted by compensation provided that the remaining credits in the stage meet the pass threshold".

There is also "Discretionary condoned credit", which the Progression and Award Board (PAB) can optionally apply - but only for up to 20 credits. There is also "Discretionary trailed credit", where the PAB can allow you to carry forward 20 credits into next year - i.e. don't retake the module next year (as it's "without attendance") - but you get a resit opportunity in it next year. So between the two of these - which the PAB would need to agree to - you could recover 40 credits. But then you're still 40 credits short.

Finally, there's "Discretionary break in study with a second resit" - but that only applies "provided 60 credits have been achieved in the stage".

Having looked through their regulations, I can't see any way to progress into your final year having only passed 40 out of 120 credits, even if the other 80 were only "marginal" fails. :frown: