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I have already raised the September resit issue with the DfEE. Roger Clark Academic Registrar University of Reading On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote: > I agree with the comments from Mel Nichol, as some of our courses have > common first years. The issue of students who have to do resit exams in > September is also a consideration that appears to have been overlooked . > The problems that the 12 month transfer reg. could cause do not really > bear thinking about. > Anne English > > Admin.Assistant-Records & Loans > Academic Registry > University of Brighton > [log in to unmask] > > > > > ---------- > > From: Mel Nichol[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:23 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: False start regulations > > > > > If anyone who has any examples as to why a 12 month transfer > > > system may disadvantage students, (with particular reference to > > > the administration processes),other than the obvious four months > > > extra to make a decision about transfering, could you please let me > > > know. I will then feed your comments back in to the Dfee. > > > > > > Some courses have quite a general first year - often in common with > > other similarmcourses - and the details of a subject do not emerge > > until year 2. Students can't be expected to decide if they like a > > subject before they start studying it! > > > > > > Mel Nichol > > Academic and Welfare Manager > > University of Bath Students' Union > > Tel. 01225 826906 > > > > E-mail [log in to unmask] > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%