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12 weeks pregnant and 4 months into a career accelerator - deferral rights

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KarenVagabond · 27/07/2017 10:59

Hello all,

I'm enrolled on a ten month online accelerator course and im 12 months pregnant and im finding it impossible to keep up with my course work, on top of a full time and part time job and im also worried about the stress implications on the unborn baby. I have requested to defer and start from the same module next year but the particular course supplier has terms and conditions that state that if in the event of a terminal illness or life changing event that prevents you attending classes ( or
watching online videos and completing the modules), the company will consider giving a credit note for future courses, however, their stipulation is within three months of the course commencing! So typical. Can anybody advise if i have a leg to stand on here as I feel their response is highly unsympathetic and possibly even disciminatory. It seems deeply uncaring that a student may develop a life threatening disease or become pregnant, outside of the agreed time line and be expected to either keep up or lose the ££££'s investment spent on the course. Feeling quite deflated so if anyone has any thoughts or advice to offer, I would be most grateful.

Best wishes,

Karen

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DPotter · 27/07/2017 11:28

I'm going to assume you're 12 weeks pregnant - yes?

I think you were taking on too much to expect to be able to carry a F/T job and P/T job and a 10 month accelerator course, which I assume would have some pretty stiff studying requirements. You're not leaving a lot of slack in the system there - although I admire you're determination!

I'm not sure how far along you are in the course, other than its more than 3 months. Assuming you are 12 weeks pregnant, you could still be feeling very tired, which usually starts to reverse after about 14-16 weeks. I know my energy levels bounced back big time 16 weeks +, so can you hang on in there for another 2-4 weeks?

If the company aren't going to budge, is there any flexibility / opportunity to change your paid work arrangements to give you more time to complete your studies? Are you planning to reduce your hours anyway as the pregnancy progresses and maybe you could bring that forward?

To be honest I think its pretty standard in the training / educational world that once you have completed the introductory phrase of a training course, that re-funds are off the board, as you are seen to have 'consumed' the training. Many training companies / colleges don't offer deferment as they may not run the courses back to back, depending upon numbers enrolling so they can't commit for a year in advance. if there's a chance the syllabus will change, this will also effect how they treat students - I know this caught out someone I know - the college couldn't offer a deferral as the syllabus was changing after 'our intake'.

Maybe the question to ask would be, how much of a discount could they offer to you, to resume the course at a later date.

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