The Final Uni Update (maybe)
I’m sad to be writing this, however it seems like my time at Derby University isn’t going to continue. At least at this current time.
This is for fundamentally a series of unfortunate mistakes on my part that started in the lead up to me getting accepted for Uni in the first place.
These mistakes have mostly been centred around my health, as well as other critical areas that would have made my time as a Uni student easier & would have helped me be successful in what was fun times whilst they lasted.
However, there also was many unfortunate blockers put in place by likes of DWP, who literally couldn’t give me a simple document when requested, not just by me, but also my MP, that Student Finance told me that I needed in order to unlock additional funding that would have helped mitigate some of the things that blocked me from being able to be fully present as a student.
Also some other things that I won’t go into detail here, didn’t help either.
All that said, I have been Withdrawn from the course, due to non-attendance, which was due, mainly, because in the colder months, and even in these warmer months, I regularly find myself in pain & cannot always do simple things like walk to the shop. I could easily drive to the shops, if I had a car, but I could not stand out in the cold and wait for a bus when it’s cold or windy.
So this year I failed to attend even one of the Lectures and Seminars and I hadn’t really gotten myself setup with everything I needed to be comfortable with completing my studies in the first place, alongside all my other ongoing unpaid project work, like all that I am doing with the PowerShell Community and the PowerShell Team in the working groups that I am in.
I know this seems like I’m making excuses, and in some parts yeah, I could agree with you, but hear me out.
We aren’t properly setting people up for University in the first place.
We add layers of painful, stressful & often highly intrusive policies and procedures that invoke the Smash Head Against the Wall whilst yelling WTAF is with all this
Honestly though, as sad as I am that this has been what has happened, this was ultimately a good thing I think. At least for now.
I did have the ability to appeal the Withdrawal, under Derby Uni’s Appeals Process, however, I made the decision that I wasn’t going to, mainly because the process is not only cumbursome, it in my opinion needs updating and modernised, but also to spend some of the upcoming summer reflecting and looking forward instead of being dragged down by this hiccup in what my plans had been.
So maybe better luck next time, or maybe not, who knows eh…!
All I know is that there is more in store for me one way or another. Hopefully, something more positive. Back to the drawing board and I think for now back to some more coding, as well as writing posts here and on 🔗Mhasl.me - Mental Health Affects Someone Like Me🔗
Chow4Now!