Patrick,
Quite right! Stick to your guns UNLESS the dept. concerned genuinely
changes its mind and says he would benefit from, and they think he could
succeed on, the new course he has chosen.
Jessica Kidd
Deputy Registrar
University of Newcastle
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> From: Patrick Kennedy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Student Transfers - 'Academic Grounds'
> Date: 17 August 1998 16:02
>
> I'd be grateful for comments from colleagues who've dealt
> with requests from students who have left or are about to
> leave their institution for another, and are after a letter
> stating that the institution approves their transfer on
> 'academic grounds', which implies a transfer of eligibility
> for fees/grant awards.
>
> One such student, who left Exeter some 12 months ago for
> personal/medical reasons, has now decided to study
> elsewhere (certainly not advised by his home dept here that
> this was his best option) and wants a letter from us per
> the above. While I can understand that the student wants
> to maintain LEA funding as far as he can, (a) I can't say
> this transfer has anything to do with academic counselling
> and (b) see this as an abuse of the funding rules as they
> are currently devised for the genuine cases.
>
> Thanks
>
> Patrick
>
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> Patrick Kennedy
> University of Exeter
> (01392) 263021
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