Many students are unable to speak Chinese when they first arrive in the UK, are not adapted to the British school system, and are not familiar with the examination method.
In addition to the fees of several hundred to thousands of pounds for make-up examinations and retakes, it will also take a lot of time and energy, and in serious cases, you may face academic warnings, dismissal, expulsion or inability to graduate!You must pay attention to it
So how can we remedy the failure of the course?
Studying in the UK, there are two main types of courses, one is to fail the exam, and the other is to fail the subject. Generally speaking, after failing the course, you can take the remedial examination, make-up submission**, retake, appeal, transfer and re-study.
About the make-up exam Make-up Submission**
Students can go to the school's official website to view the detailed make-up examination rules, and submit an application to the school according to the prompts.
Students should also pay attention to the deadline and pay attention to their visa time, if the visa time is not enough, you need to apply for a visa extension in the UK in advance
About reconstruction
If you fail a course that you can't make-up, but there is also a course in the next semester, you can choose to retake it.
Then ask the instructor or the staff at the student center about the process of applying for retake, the cost of retake, and the time to retake.
Generally speaking, the cost of retaking a university abroad is relatively high, ranging from a few hundred pounds to several thousand pounds!And the retake is generally arranged in the next semester or even the next academic year, if it is in the last semester when you fail the course, you will have to postpone your graduation
I would like to add here that many schools studying in the UK have a soft hanging policy, and not all failed subjects need to be retaken or retaken.
There are some majors with 1 or 2 courses, as long as the total credits of the students can still meet the graduation requirements or the conditions for further study, they can choose to give up the suspended courses, which will not affect the final degree.
However, there are also some majors, and individual specific courses are not allowed to fail. If you fail the course, you will be directly dissuaded or unable to graduate, and you can only get a certificate or diploma, which is what we often call a certificate of completion. However, the certificate of completion is not recognized in China and cannot be used for academic certification.
If you are unable to retake the retake of the course or the total number of credits is not enough after failing the course, and you cannot make up the examination, you can remedy it through two ways: appeal or transfer and retake.
About grievances
Depending on the target of the appeal, it can be divided into a variety of situations.
In the first case, the appeal requires the teacher to re-mark the paper.
This is relatively rare. This is because UK universities generally do not accept appeals for re-marking now. The reason is that their scores have been reviewed by multiple people, so there will be no problem of mismatches.
The idea of appealing in this case is to find evidence that there may be a problem with the score, such as the teacher discriminating against the student and deliberately lowering the student's score, or the group assignment where a person's score is much lower and that person has not made any obvious mistakes. These can be used as grounds for our appeal.
In the second case, the appeal requires the school to give the school another chance to retake the exam or retake the exam. or if the score is not much different from the passing line, the appeal will directly let the pass.
These two conditions are more common. The idea of appealing in these two cases is to find relevant rules, sort out relevant materials, and prove that they have been interfered with by force majeure or objective factors. And show why you deserve special care or forgiveness.
We prepare a well-founded appeal letter setting out the facts, relevant rules and regulations, and submit an appeal application to the school. Then you can wait for the outcome of the appeal.
About transfer re-reading
If the appeal is unsuccessful, students can also choose to transfer or reapply for a master's degree from another school.
However, if the master's program has ended, the student visa is about to expire, but you have not yet received an offer from the new school and cannot renew the visa, you need to return to China first and then apply for visa-related matters.
All in all, when you find that you have failed the exam or failed to pass, you must plan early, don't miss the best opportunity to remedy the course, if you can't solve it yourself, you are also welcome to talk to our consultants.