Stephen
Brent's form appear to be contradicting the equally
confusing forms devised by the DfEE on student's repeating
a period of study. I would suggest contacting the DfEE
enquiries unit on 020 7925 6358/5888/5226.
George
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:57:20 -0400 (EDT) Stephen V Duggan
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>
> Grateful for views.
>
> A form sent to us by Brent Council concerns a student who
> has applied for repeat funding for a third year (of four).
> It's a new request, as far as we're aware, and slightly odd.
>
> A two-page "Pro-forma: College Report on Repeat Year of
> Study Funding" ask questions such as ....
>
> "2. Is part-time study or private revision a
> possible alternative for this student? Yes/No
> If NO please explain why overleaf"
>
> "6. Do you consider he/she is capable of completing
> the remainder of the course satisfactorily without further
> interruption or examination failure? Yes/No"
>
> "8. Do you consider that he/she should be advised
> to withdraw from the course or transfer to a course of a
> lower level? Yes/No"
>
> We customarily send a letter of support to funding bodies,
> where our Progress Committee has agreed to allow a repeat
> year, indicating the grounds on which the decision was
> made.
>
> However, we're slightly concerned at the nature of some of
> the questions and the suspicion that, were we to answer in
> the negative (or, indeed to indicate that we can't answer a
> question), the student's application would be rejected.
>
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> Stephen V Duggan
> Assistant Registrar
> University of Aberdeen
> King's College
> Aberdeen
> AB24 3FX
>
> tel (+44) 1224 272051
> fax (+44) 1224 273613
>
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Deputy Head of Student Records and Awards Office
Room MA3, Tower Building, Holloway Road
Tel 020 7753 7050, internal ext 2068
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