Can i resit 3rd year

If you failed more than 80 credits or if after the summer resits you still failed more than 20 credits you must resit the modules you failed during the next academic year. These are some of the options please ask : Starting with a clean slate , as people do in year 1, and resitting as a full-time ' internal ' student, possibly changing scheme and choices.

Just resitting any available modules as a part-time ' internal ' student, possibly changing scheme and choices. Useful information about graduate job vacancies in the UK is available from TargetJobs www. Prospects also runs a paid-for email and phone consultation service, but this isn't usually available to overseas graduates.

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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Already subscribed? Log in. Forgotten your password? Generally, credits are required to pass each academic year, so failure to achieve a total of credits by the end of your 3 rd year means you will not pass the year. When you receive your HEAR this is when you would be able to see what modules you failed and what specific assessments you may need to do again.

Depending on how the year went it might not come as a surprise that you need to retake the year if you had already failed some modules during that academic year. For example, if you failed a piece of coursework at the start of semester 2, you would already be aware that you would need to retake this coursework in the summer. Your university would also formally contact you by email to inform you that you failed your 3 rd year and some possible next steps to take.

They would also inform you that you would have to pay a fee for a retake, and if you need to retake the whole year you would need to contact Student Finance England. Read this article from student writer that has further insight into considering potential options if you find yourself in a position whereby you have failed your 3 rd year at university. In this case you may be compensated and you may be allowed to do your retakes at a later date.