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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