Help.

whitfreak

Rules and regs vary by university. At mine the rules were basically if you have Mitigating Circumstances you had to have the paper work in before the examiners meeting (about 2 weeks after the end of the exams), so they could take this into account before the results were finalised, and the process of appealing results after they had been issued was near enough non-existant.

The key point for why your appeal failed was "My appeal was rejected at it's first stage with the only reason being given that it did not contain relevant new information that could not be previously presented". (Assuming your Uni's rules and regs mirror my experience)

Assuming an offer to resit the year is not forthcoming, then appealing to the OIA is your only option. I have no experience of them, so cannot comment. Or you could take it on the chin and think about a credit transfer to the Open University or alike.

And if the offer is there take it and use this year as a learning experience and make sure you get the help you need medically, and all the apporiate forms are in place for next year.

Indie_Kid

MrsManda wrote: »

They will help you if they are made aware that you are struggling but in many cases no lecturer is going to notice if someone isn't attending lectures.

This is what they did with me. For one of the modules, they did contact me because apparently, I'd been off a lot - I was off twice (as in two days) due to illness.

puresiesta

I am not asking them to pull any strings I would seek help surrounding who at the university could offer me more information etc. I have asked for a meeting and they rejected the idea. I would like to change course as an option but it would have to be a simialr course to start from year2 and not all over again.

dmg24

puresiesta wrote: »

I am not asking them to pull any strings I would seek help surrounding who at the university could offer me more information etc. I have asked for a meeting and they rejected the idea. I would like to change course as an option but it would have to be a simialr course to start from year2 and not all over again.

Why not contact the Admissions Tutor/ Course Leader for the course you are interested in doing?

Mankysteve

Its odd that there not letting you resit. I know plenty of people who have resat year because there just been lazy sods no questions asked. There must be more too it. Unless your on very popular course.

bestpud

As I understand it, you need to have a very good reason for submitting mit circs after the grades have been awarded.

It seems you don't have a valid reason and the only proof they have of your illness is your GP saying you've probably been ill since January but you've only just turned up for treatment.

Few people like to talk of their MH problems but at the same time, few people are willing to fail rather than seek help!

Contact registry services at your uni asap and ask outright if you are able to repeat the year. Once you have the answer, you can start making plans.

You say your module grades are borderline but not your exams...

What were your grades like before January?

MrsManda

bestpud wrote: »

As I understand it, you need to have a very good reason for submitting mit circs after the grades have been awarded.

You know, I really ought to have thought about this when I wrote my original reply to the OP.
To the OP - why did you wait until after you received your grades before going to your GP and applying for extenuating circumstances? If you felt that your illness was causing you problems during your exams surely you should've mentioned this to someone at the time. Not wait for over a month.

stephyt23

I agree with many other posters, from a uni point of view it does look dodgy to only see your GP after your results when you've had 9 months to see someone, so it easily looks like your lying to try and get the decision changed (NOT that i'nm saying you are, just seeing it from their point of view) Yes it can be hard to get help for or admit you need help but you still should have gone sooner.

As they have withdrawn you i'm not even sure how you'd stand wanting to switch courses and start from 2nd year, I'd imagine you';d have to start all over again, and they could still be reluctant as the problems are still there so they have no guarantee it won't get in the way of studying again.

dmg24

MrsManda wrote: »

You know, I really ought to have thought about this when I wrote my original reply to the OP.
To the OP - why did you wait until after you received your grades before going to your GP and applying for extenuating circumstances? If you felt that your illness was causing you problems during your exams surely you should've mentioned this to someone at the time. Not wait for over a month.

Already answered (though I don't think it does answer it):

puresiesta wrote: »

The hardest part about depression is admitting it. No the University had never stated that I would not be allowed to repeat the year. I was appealing agaisnt thier decision to fail and withdraw me initially.

melancholly

stephyt23 wrote: »

As they have withdrawn you i'm not even sure how you'd stand wanting to switch courses and start from 2nd year, I'd imagine you';d have to start all over again, and they could still be reluctant as the problems are still there so they have no guarantee it won't get in the way of studying again.

actually that's a very good point - if there will still be extenuating circumstances that will mean failing (rather than those which can interfere and result in a lower grade), it's not really in their interest to offer another year lightly. OP - perhaps explaining how you are overcoming your issues may help more?