year 1 university

[123bernadett]

my daughter has passed yr 1 exams but not the coursework.Her result details say suspended.Does this mean she has to redo yr 1 even though yr i results dont count toward final degree?

[pingping]

can you tell me which degree and which uni? I work for a uni, so can help with some info on this, but rules differ depending on what course she is on.

[123bernadett]

surrey uni law degree.looks like exams passed but only submitted i coursework instead of 4

[pingping]

undergraduate Law degrees are the same in all UK universities � students must pass all courses in the first year in order to be allowed onto the degree proper (called Parts I and II). If a student fails more than 1 course (which it sounds like your daughter will do if she hasn�t handed in all of her course work) then they have to resit all courses. If the student has only failed one course, then they will only need to resit the one that they failed.
I would advise your daughter to talk to her tutor about this.

[123bernadett]

Thank you for your advice. As she didnt hand in 3 lots of coursework out of 4 does this mean redoing yr i and what are financial implications. thanks

[pingping]

sorry for the delay in replying - sporadic access to the internet over the weekend!

Re: the non-submission of course work, it depends on whether it is considered to be part of the assessment for the course. Some courses are made up of both assessed course work and exams, and failure to complete both would mean a fail in the course. While other courses are assessed only by exam, and the course work is just considered formative (or good practice). Failure to submit course work in this second instance may not count as a fail.

The best advice I can give you is to get your daughter to meet with her personal tutor to establish whether the course work was assessed or not.

Law students can usually resit any failed courses in September rather than having to wait a full year, so there is less fee implications. If there are no September resits available, then your daughter would have to wait until next year to sit her exams again, and probably wouldn�t be eligible to any further teaching for that year. Again � this varies depending on the university.

Hope that helps!

Kate

[123bernadett]

Thank you for all your help.Results now in black and white.Achieved 90 credits out of 120 but failed to do legal studies so course suspended.Surrey say she has to do this next spring as its part of yr 1 .What a fool!