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Son missed Y3 re-sits

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pete100 · 12/08/2024 12:48

My son is doing an undergraduate degree in business management at Lincoln Uni, he was/is due completing his final year.

He did great in Y1 and Y2 - both years all modules passed, and showing as passed credits=120 out of enrolled credits=120

Year 3 on the other hand not so good - out of the total 120 enrolled credits, only 45 are passed, 2 are failed and 2 are showing "not yet assessed"

The mini bombshell was dropped that he's missed his chance to re-sit some of the Year 3 modules as was on holiday.

Can anyone explain (in relatively simple terms) how the final grade is calculated ? I've looked on Lincoln Uni website material and it's not so clear.

The averages section in his results shows the following📧
Mean of all module marks - Undergrad Level 1 = 62
Mean of all module marks - Undergrad Level 2 = 57.25
Mean of all module marks - Undergrad Level 3 = 42.8
Median of all module marks (per level) = 42

He's "officially" been told to wait until Sept 2nd for the results of the re-sits, but since he missed those it seems to be irrelevant - will he get a degree and/or final grade for the above or is it likely he'll need to redo the 3rd year ?

He's also going in to speak to the uni support team(s) but seems they're quite uncontactable at the moment as it's summer break.

Thanks for any info :-) at the moment we have no idea how bad or good this is as not sure if it's averaged over all 3 years, or just the last year that counts. and then the grades seem to be 40-49% third, 50-59% is two/two, and 60-69% is two/one ???

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Spirallingdownwards · 02/07/2025 14:55

TizerorFizz · 12/08/2024 13:38

@pete100 Lincoln say this on their web site. Looks like a Third. However he needs to check with them, but if resits are capped at a Third, what’s the point? I’m assuming 42.8 is what he has as a percentage in that they quote percentages. If it’s out of 120 that’s entirely different so you need to explore further.

But it also looks like he doesn't have enough credits in the final year. The 42 is just the mean of the assessed modules but he hadms failed 2 and not got marks for 2. So he won't graduated unless he has passed enough credits whatever his current mean grade is.

examadmin · 03/07/2025 09:21

Great that he has sorted it out.

In terms of people commenting on the differences between the stance of the universities - as has been said, lots of unis have different rules even within departments let alone trying to find a concensus across the university as a whole which makes it very very confusing for students (and staff, who often move between departments and or universities!) which is why it is important to check with the programme team/what it says in the degree handbook before making any moves.

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