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However, unless your Extenuating Circumstances are approved for all the modules you need to retake, you will be required to pay the fee for each module you are retaking. This is in paragraph 5.5.9 as before and also referred to in paragraph 2.6 of Part H of the Academic Fees Regulations (in the University General Regulations).

We told you that we do not know anything about whether you can be funded for further study and you would need to discuss that with your funding provider.

You told us that your health has affected your ability to study this year. If you are not sure if you are well enough to return, but you would like to continue the course in future, you can interrupt your studies. This would usually be for the whole of the academic year. See the University’s Undergraduate Regulations, section 4.5. If you do not intend to enrol in September 2016 but would like to return in September 2017, you can contact your School or the Student Support team ([email protected])

Alternatively you could withdraw from the course completely. This might enable you to look for more suitable courses at other universities, or to pursue other options. You stated that your fees have been paid for your first year, so you do not owe the University any money. 

You should be able to interrupt using the link below. I checked your last attendance date and it was 8th April 2016.

Give it a go and see if it works.  If it does not just reply to this email and confirm that you wish to interrupt and agree with your last attendance date (only if you do agree)

https://ps.lincoln.ac.uk/services/registry/Assessments/interrupts/SitePages/Home.aspx

5.5 Retaking failed modules

5.5.9 Students who are not entitled to take resits or who, following resit assessment, fail to meet the general pass standard and are not therefore eligible to start on the next year of the programme, may be offered the opportunity to retake failed module(s) during the next academic year. Only in exceptional circumstances will a Board of Examiners offer such a re-take opportunity on a non-attending ‘assessment-only’ basis. Students retaking a module are required to enrol and pay the appropriate module fee.

International students who have a Tier 4 visa sponsored by the University of Lincoln and have been given a retake opportunity on a non-attending ‘assessment-only’ basis, and continued participation is not required for 60 or more days, must return home during this period and their visa will be reported to the Home Office for curtailment.

Students will be able to request a new CAS to apply for a new Tier 4 visa to return to the UK when they resume study which includes timetabled taught sessions.

5.5.10 One opportunity only to retake any failed module shall be allowed, whether on the original programme of study or following transfer to another programme.

Where students are retaking modules any marks previously awarded shall be void and the student shall be required to submit every assessment for that module. Assessment of the retake modules shall occur at the next available opportunity, normally in the following academic year.

5.5.11 A retake module is treated as a ‘fresh start’. The marks recorded for assessments in a retake module shall be the merit marks awarded for the assessed work and the module shall not be subject to a ‘capped’ maximum of 40%. The student shall have the same resit opportunities for the level in question as set out in 5.5.8 above; but there shall be no second opportunity to retake the module if failed.

5.5.12 Students offered a retake opportunity in a failed elective module may, at the discretion of the Programme Leader, elect to take an alternative elective on the validated programme on a retake basis. 

4.5 Interruption of Studies 

4.5.1 A student may apply to the University to interrupt their studies for a specific period of time. The Interruption of Studies form is available from the Student Support Centre, whose staff will deal with any queries about the process. The student must ensure that the form specifies the period of the interruption and is signed by the appropriate member of academic staff, and must then return it to the Student Support Centre. 

4.5.2 Except in the case of short courses, Bachelor of Architecture, and Master of Architecture, undergraduate students interrupting studies will be liable for tuition fees calculated on a term basis for the academic year in which they have interrupted their studies. If the fees have been paid in full the credit will be carried over to the academic year in which the student resumes their studies and completes the year of study. If a payment plan has been agreed this will normally be suspended during a period of interruption, and resume once studies recommence. Upon resumption, tuition fee liability for the academic year in which studies are resumed will be calculated on a term basis. The overriding principle is that the student will pay for one complete period of study (for full-time students this would normally be one academic year) although this may be spread over two academic cycles, provided that the student resumes studies in the same term as the initial interruption. Where a student resumes studies in an earlier term than the initial interruption, an additional charge will be payable for the subsequent term(s) of study repeated. Detailed guidance relating to interruption of studies is set out in Annex C.

4.5.3 A student shall normally be expected to return to their programme of studies in the following academic year at the point in the teaching or assessment calendar equivalent to when study was previously interrupted. Where students interrupt at the semester break this may be relatively straightforward but where an interruption has been at another point this will require careful monitoring by the Programme Team. Academic judgement may be used when deciding upon the relevant point of return to study. 

4.5.4 A student returning after an interruption of studies shall enrol only upon those modules not previously assessed, or where reassessment has been agreed by the Board of Examiners. Any assessments already completed will be carried forward. 

4.5.5 The University cannot guarantee that changes to a programme of studies will not be made during a student’s period of interruption. Where changes have occurred the Board of Examiners, in consultation with Registry, will make appropriate arrangements to enable the student to complete the programme of studies. 

4.5.6 During a period of interruption of studies the student and the University remain bound by these Regulations. 

4.5.7 Where a student has formally interrupted their studies, the period of interruption of study will not normally be included for the purposes of calculating their maximum period of registration. The normal maximum for a period of interruption of studies is two years, but this may be subject to more restrictive requirements of professional bodies and as agreed at validation.