the whole bloody thing is now getting me so down.
Ds has special educational needs and is under the disability team - he did a foundation degree with the option of going to uni to do the 3rd year to complete a full degree. He did the first 2 years at home but for the 3rd and final year he would need to go and actually live at a university which is about a 90 minute drive away.....so he will need accommodation.
he did well and has chosen to do this.
however
getting suitable accommodation is proving a nightmare - today we traipsed back to uni to sort this - only to find out that he cannot sign up for anything because he had to do a resit - the results of which will not be found out until 14th september.....
his 3rd year is due to start 17th september! this gives us 2 days to find suitable accommodation, move him in, and get him sorted for the course to begin again on the 17th!
how can they possibly expect this?
we are in limbo - we cannot sign a tenancy agreement until we are sure DS has a place - we wont find out until he has a place until 2 days prior to his 3rd year starting - way way too late to secure the right accommodation for his special needs.
this is making me frantic and we have spent the day going from department to department trying to get some help - we have been to accommodation services, the disability team, student support, and DS current tutors - no one can l help us and its now looking more and more unlikely that he will be going for his 3rd year....
they have said he can have whats left - this is no good. He has special needs and his accommodation requirements were quite specific.
apparently it is all down to the board of directors at the university because they are sitting late to discuss resits - but really....2 days prior to the course starting is surely unrealistic??
i have no idea what to do.