Transferring university mid-year?

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I’m looking for any advice and experience please. There doesn’t seem to be much info about, and DD is finding it had to get responses back.

She is in 2nd year of a uni away from home, has been diagnosed with a medical condition and advised to try to transfer to a uni that will enable her to live at home for support.

She’s kept up with studies - all great marks from Y1 and she is studying remotely at the moment in Y2 and managing fine with all work, but not sure how long that would be sustainable.

She was hoping she might be able to transfer midyear in Y2, but time seems to be slipping away with admissions departments just giving out stock answers.

Is a mid-year transfer just a pipe dream? Is she going to have to give up this year and start Y2 after the summer?

(humanities course)

You are so right about the self interest, OP.

I hope OU or something else works out.

Just wanted to add that some students at OU set up WhatsApp groups and meet ups amongst their course mates and there are online tutorials too. Open SU also arrange some online and in person meet ups. Plus group study sessions where you work online with others present as a kind of motivator session.
Good luck and best wishes to your daughter, she sounds very dedicated and I hope she does well.

My fiends daughter is transferring from LJMU to Northumbria for her final year. She’s just doing her end of year 2 exams. Also a humanities subject so it is possible .

Sorry to hear this.

My DD is likely to be diagnosed with a chronic condition and is looking to drop from Joint to Single Honours so as not to do a compulsory year abroad. Her tutor is supportive.

I'm in two minds really. I quite understand why she's nervous about dealing with health issues in a foreign country. But it seems so sad that she's having to make these sort of choices.