Mitigating circumstances university advice?

[Jesrob]

I’ll try to keep it short. I’m studying a 1 year course for a very specific job. The university course requires 10 exams/assigments plus a full time placement.

My final results are back I’ve failed 3 exams and have to resit in a month. If I fail 1 I fail the course.

I’m 30 a single mum with a 9 year old son I currently work alongside this to afford my house / bills. I’m so stressed / worried. I’m juggling 13 hour shifts (including nights) for placement. Working 1-2 days at my current job whilst trying to study / look after my son. The thought of failing scares me as I’ve put so much on the line for this. I actually cry with stress and fear at least once a day.

I signed up for this so accept it. It’s a long shot but if I fail my resit would I likely get another resit based on circumstances? Majority of the people on my course are early 20’s live with parents / halls and have less responsibilities outside studying. I imagine the response will be I shouldn’t have taken it on if I can’t handle it and people have been in much worse positions and managed and I understand that completely so I feel silly for even asking but is it at all a possibility?

I don't believe you would simply qualify for another set of resits on this basis I'm afraid. However I would encourage you to seek out support from your university's support services. They will be best placed to advice on what your options are. It may be possible, for example, to suspend your studies temporarily and then resit at a later date? All depends on the regulations of the university. But do seek help - it sounds really stressful.

At our uni, if you fail one module (original + resit) then you have the opportunity to apply to redo that unit with the next year's cohort. One of the girls on my course is doing this, just means when that year do those classes, she will join them.

First of all, you need to really think about why you failed. Was it a lack of understanding the content of the topic, or lack of revision, or exam techniques? That will help you to know what you need to succeed.