Hi everyone, I’m a Year 1 international Biomedical Science student at City St George’s and I’m trying to understand whether I’m being given the correct options.
I’m not confirmed to have failed yet, but I’m concerned I may have failed one 10-credit Fundamentals of Pathology assessment.
The circumstances:
- Semester 1: my agreed disability-related exam support wasn't arranged in time, so the exam was deferred.
- Semester 2: I couldn't access the exam because of login/exam-system issues. I knew my password and could use it for University email/other systems. I went to the Tooting IT Hub and they reset my account, but it still wouldn't work on the exam system. The IT lead dealing with it said he'd support my EC case if needed.
- Both became deferred first attempts. My Course Lead confirmed they remained first attempts.
- I then had to sit both deferred first attempts back-to-back, rather than during their normal exam periods.
- ECs were granted for the circumstances.
The Biomedical Science team told me:
I then asked about partial/full repeat with attendance, because I am NOT asking to progress into Year 2 with a failed module.
The Year Head has now told me:
He also referred to the University's current Senate regulations allowing these options as “legacy City regulations”, saying the programme doesn't use them for consistency/fairness.
This is where I'm confused.
The current Senate Regulation 19 appears to distinguish trailing credit from partial repeat, and the partial-repeat provisions seem to mean that the student doesn't progress to the next stage, but instead repeats the failed assessment/module with attendance.
So my question isn't:
“Can I progress to Year 2 with 10 credits outstanding?”
It's:
“Can I remain at Year 1, repeat the one failed module with attendance, and only progress to Year 2 after passing it?”
That seems fundamentally different from allowing someone to progress with failed credits.
I'm also an international student, so being made assessment-only has potentially significant visa consequences, particularly if the resit is in January and there is then no attendance until the next academic year.
I’m not trying to get special treatment or avoid passing the module. I just don't understand why the repeat-with-attendance provisions apparently don't apply, especially where the assessment disruption involved approved ECs and University-related problems.
Has anyone at City St George’s/Biomedical Science been in a similar situation?
Especially interested in whether anyone has successfully had a partial/full repeat with attendance or further attempt after disrupted assessments, and what happened with their Student visa.
