daughter been withdrawn from uni in fourth year

[imperialqueen]

I would be so grateful for some advice on behalf of my daughter. She has started the fourth year of a social work degree last month and is on her final placement.

She contacted a lecturer today as she couldn't get into her honours folder on line. The lecturer told her she has been withdrawn from the course because she failed a 2nd year resit. She sat the exam in May 2022, resat it in December 2022 failed again, then resat in May 2023 and she said she thought she passed the May 2023 resit as she got 41%.

The lecturer who got back to her today just said a resit is 45% so she has failed for a 3rd time.

She is obviously quite upset and is saying she has emailed the lecturer back and the lecturer is not getting back to her. She is in her final palcement at the moment and isn't sure what to do.

She is quite distraught as this was a 2nd year exam and she has passed all of 3rd year (although not sure if she has all her 3rd year results back). and now in 4th year.

I am so upset too, a 3rd and 4th year saas fees have been wasted on the course. She is dyslexic and going through an adhd assessment (due to get final one next week).

She is adamant there is no phone number she can phone to speak to anyone to help her and let her know what to do. Whether just to leave the placement now or what. She says she doesn't have a personal tutor.

She has emailed the head of social work at the uni.

She has never missed a lecture or been late with an assignment or missed a day of 3rd year placement or 4th year. I know she has to be able to do the academic side too but I wondered if there is anything she can do now.

i didn't go to university and she is my first child to go. So I don't have anyone to ask for help.

Oh the head lecturer has just emailed back saying she failed the 3rd attempt and she had 10 days after they emailed her telling her she was withdrawn to appeal and that 10 days has elapsed.

She is saying she didn't receive the emails. I am thinking she didn't check.

Is there no hope now? So sorry for it being so long. I am so upset for her.

Life lesson I suppose for her.

All the best and congrats

Great news, OP. Thank you for sharing, and very best wishes to your DD

What a great update , hope it all goes well in September .

Thank you for the update imperial. I'm so pleased for your add and you of course

Good luck to her! What resilience you have both demonstrated 🥰

Great news!

That's really, really good news. It pays to fight! for your dreams! Good luck to your daughter for this September. 💐

Lovely to see the update and to hear that MNers helped so much!

Congratulations, and the best of luck to her. This really will be the last chance saloon for her, so be ready to support her.

That is such good news. Good luck for her new start

Oh what a huge relief, well done to her and to you.

Oh how traumatic for your daughter.
I have no huge advice as I'm no expert but I would be shocked if there's no grounds for appeal here. Kicking someone off a course, without communicating to them, still taking the fees and not informing her placement all seems a bit bizarre!
I hope she gets it sorted soon. Either outcome, she will be ok. It's alot to deal with though.

Fantastic

Amazing news :-)

OP well done to you amd your DD and the fantastic posters whole really went the extra mile here.

I have a dyslexic ADHD daughter doing a vocational health related course. Having resits is hard as she doesn't get a break ever. She is in y2 and I'm expecting a resit this August but I'm sad she will not get some much needed downtime as she'll start her final year more tired.

She gets marks like 83% in her clinical skills and OSCES. Her other marks are usually good but some assessments like multiple choice and some maths tasks are really hard. The professor who teaches the mathsy module is baffled by her. She is clearly committedand enthusiastic and hard working but I've heard him say on zoom, "How did your brain get there?"

Has your DD applied for DSA? As well as equipment and software they provide one to one study skills support and mentoring. They would actually support in checking the portal and communicating with the department. It's so important to be known by the student disability office and her DSA mentor as any difficulties next year can be dealt with at the time. Good luck.

Really good news. Thanks for the update!

Wonderful news!!!
You and she must be still upset by it all but I hope that passes soon and she can look forward to getting on with things.
Thank you for updating and I wish you and your DD all the best.

Fantastic news @imperialqueen, really happy to hear this. Wishing her every success!

Really really pleased for her, this is great to hear.