Will I get kicked off my uni course for poor attendance? Student loans what happens?

Question

I've been forced to do a 1 year foundation course in art & design to gain entry to what I really want to do: an editorial design degree next year.
I hate the foundation course, I feel like I'm not learning anything and the people I'm with I really don't get on with at all. This is the reason I've not been in uni since November, however I submitted an extenuating circumstances form in December which was approved due to my mental health issues (I suffer from Clinical depression with anxiety, Seasonal Affective Disorder and Insommnia) of which I'm currently on medication for.

I'm about to submit another extenuating circumstances form next week, but I'm worried that they'll reject it because I've had so much time off.

Does anyone know what happens if I get kicked off in terms of Student Loans, I've heard they just take it all back out of your bank account, is that true? I still want to do my degree next year though, can I pass the course just giving work in?

Answer 1

you will still have to pay the loans back and the money from the loans will be stopped. You will have to discus with the tutor weather it is acceptable to just hand in the work, you may be able to go under home study for the course but it all depends on the course its self and the universitys own policies.... Some courses require spacific attendance, such as 90% in order to pass. you realy need to take it up with the tutor.

good luck!

Answer 2

Student loans are repayable provided your earnings are above a certain amount. The amount changes every year so check this out.
As it is unlikely that you have done the course assignments or learned enough to pass the exams, and if you are so often sick, you could get sent down and will either need to repeat the foundation course or go to work, get two years' work experience and use it to enrol as a mature student directly on the course you want.
Tutors spend a lot of time preapring lectures and activities to help you learn. They are therefore annoyed with poor attending students. They might also think you are using your poor health record to make excuses for non-attendance - or suggest you are unfit to study.
You know, if you really want this career, you need to step up to the challenges, overcome your animosity towards the course and fellow students. I admit, I don't know the causes of your ill health, but the only person who can cure you is you. Many depressed people I've known got through it by simply telling themselves they have had enough of letting other people get them down. Don't let people dictate how you feel. Become the master of your own ship. God bless and help you. You can succeed if you tell yourself you can.

Answer 3

You can be kicked off your course for not attending but if you have circumstances it is more likely that you will be deffered for a year, so giving you a second chance. You will probably have to pay some of your loan back and the rest will be stopped. Your best bet is to sit down with the programme manager of your course and discuss your future before they call you in with the decision already made!!
If you read your student hand book it will explain the attendance requirments and you cant just hand work in.....

Answer 4

kicked uni poor attendance student loans

Answer 5

The bad news is yes they can kick you off your course if you are not there - the good news is that I was under the impression that the Student loan still becomes payable - I don't think they take it all out of your account but you have to pay it back like any other loan, in instalments. I might be wrong but this was my understanding. (Was at uni a few years ago now).

Answer 6

There's no way to answer your question because it all depends on your funding source. For example, I have some students with a particular source of funding that requires them to regularly attend class, and YES, they can be kicked out for not doing this. And if you get kicked out for not doing your part, then you could very well be on the hook for that money immediately afterwards.

The financial aid office of your school should be able to help you because they know about all the different funding sources and how they work.

Answer 7

if you are doing a foundation course then the uni must have decided that your current qualificcations were in sufficient to allow you to enter the university on the full course.. ie you have to pre-qualify

as you are after the decmeber cutoff point then university has now got its capitation fee from the DFES so effectively its been paid.. had you left before september then they wouldn't have got the full payment, hence why they were keen to keep you on the books untill december.

you may nto be learnign anything.. but then if you are niot douing the courses, attending the lectures, noit doing the coursework thats hardly likely. paret of the foundation year is meant to be gettign you to study and think and do research.. it isnt just about teaching, its about gettign into a way of studying

if you get kicked off the course then you are not going to qualify.... the uni doesnt care anylonger.. its had the cash for you to do a foundation year.. .and that cash has been used up so its doubtfull you will get another chance to do a foundation year, or at least one where your university fees are funded by the your local authority. as regards student loadns I dont know.. my guess would be that you have incurred the debt.. it exists so you will have to pay it back over time...... talk to student loans providers and see wht they say.

if you want to do a university degree next year you need to ask the course tutors where they think you stand, do they think you can qualify or graduate on your foundation year. that would be a smart call in any event as you need supporters for your case when you go before the next review period.. if you have someone speaking up for you believing in you then you may scrape it. bear in mind the foundation year is a hybrid... its designed to ease the pathway from school to university. its sounds to me like you are floundering in that transition and it can only get harder.

the way you are going is that you will fail you foundation year (assuming htat you dont get kicked off the course), that failure will mean that you will not be able to get on to a full blown universtiy course, and to cap it all you have used up your foundation year funding, started gettign into student loans debt... nice one.

however if you want to doo your degree course you need to start attending courses, you need to do thge work, you need to do the studying and research, and you need to find a way of catching up on the work you have already missed. you need to change your attitude right here right now.. because attitude is waht it is all about. if you chose not knucke down and do the work then irrespective of whatever happens you will fail at unim you will fail in work. it isnt like school where making do is good enough you need to put some effort in, uni is about expanding your horizons.. avoiding the classes, not doing the research, not doing the course work is not going to do that.

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Answer 9

i think you will get kicked if your attendance is crap because they will think you are trying and wont want to learn