Evidence for PEC for exams

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My partner is missing his exams due to an unfortunate very traumatic life event which is currently happening to both of us

I’ve contacted his uni who’ve told us to submit a PEC (personal extenuating circumstances) form with as much evidence as possible and that he can resit if we give them evidence

The only problem is I’m not sure what evidence we could possibly provide? Noone has passed away and noone is ill, but the situation is very severe and he couldn’t possibly be expected to sit an exam in this state. It’s severely affecting his mental health however he has no evidence of this as he isn’t seeing any medical professionals at the moment?

Any advice? Thank you

If his MH is being affected he needs to go to his GP who can confirm this is the case and write a letter (they'll charge).

Is he still registered with the university medical practice? DS1 had to defer his finals through ill-health and said that having stayed with his 1st year GP (still living very close to campus) made the process a lot easier (I don't think that he was charged for anything).

He definitely should to get 'real time' confirmation of the effect that the situation is having on his health, though. Always better than a letter long after the event saying, 'Mr X tells me that at the time of the exam he missed...' etc

Thank you both that’s great help! He says his GP is the one in our home town (hours away) so I’m going to contact them first thing tomorrow

He will need third party evidence from a professional. Could he get an emergency appointment with the university counselling service? Or register with the university health service and get an appointment? This is why it is very important for students to register with a local GP. Evidence from a GP who has not actually seen him will not carry much weight. The PP is correct that the evidence needs to be from the time of the exam, or just before. The evidence needs to be about how whatever has happened has affected him and his ability to take the exams, rather than evidence of the event itself. You could submit a letter in support of his case but without third party evidence it’s not going to have much weight. There should be guidelines available from the university about what is required as evidence.