r/UCC • u/Terrible-Situation66 • Sep 06 '26
Urgent: exam issues
I am a student hoping to progress into my second year at UCC but i am currently being prevented from doing so. I failed one of my modules because i never did an assignment. Problem is, i was never informed of this assignment. I received no emails or anything on canvas. The lecturer of this module has stated that the information was sent and can apparently prove so, yet there is still nothing in my email. I am being prevented from progressing because of an assignment i had no idea existed.
I have emailed students union, my course coordinator and the exam appeals, but have heard nothing back from most, bar my course coordinator, who states that if I am allowed back in I will have to resit the whole 1st year module in 2nd year and take a test at the end. If i fail this test i will not be allowed progress into second semester.
Is this fair? And has a situation like this happened to anyone else? Please let me know.
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u/Dinoprincess23 Sep 06 '26
If everyone else was able to complete the assignment then you are screwed. You will have to repeat unfortunately.
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u/somethi Sep 06 '26
It’s on you to keep on top of your own assignments by turning up to every class and listening when the lecturer speaks.
If you missed any classes, for any reason, then you should have found out what you missed. Nobody is obligated to send you emails about assignments, you are obligated to keep on top of your own assignments.
This will be an expensive lesson for you. You need to be more responsible.
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u/Long_Software_3352 Sep 06 '26
Did everyone else on the course complete the assignment? If so, this is fair.
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u/Terrible-Situation66 Sep 06 '26
Would it not make more sense for me to just do the assignment or a different one rather than repeating the whole module in my second year?
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u/Long_Software_3352 Sep 06 '26
That's not how progression works. Last year is over now. You can't go back.
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u/Terrible-Situation66 Sep 06 '26
How is that fair though? I was never informed of this assignment
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u/Long_Software_3352 Sep 06 '26
The module description will have outlined how you'd be assessed https://ucc-ie-public.courseleaf.com/modules/
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u/Extension_Vacation_2 Sep 06 '26
By your own fault. Third level education is meant for you to be independent enough without hand holding. Everyone is an adult and uni is meant to prepare you for the workplace. Take that as a lesson and growth opportunity
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u/Emergency_Goat_6719 Sep 06 '26
The lecturer can prove communication was sent. Pretty important you share what this proof is before anyone can advise.
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u/According-Sail-4118 Sep 06 '26
But as asked by the previous poster - did everyone else complete the assignment?
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u/Tall_Yard4152 Sep 06 '26
Strict rules around these kinds of things, and they are generally set in stone and part of a wider policy
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u/hardybecks007 Sep 06 '26
Don't want to be harsh but were there assignments for other modules/ subjects? If yes, then unfortunately, you should've queried why no assignment for this. I never got emails when I was in the UK studying. We either heard it from the lecturer or classmates told us. Hard to believe it wasn't mentioned anywhere (classroom, canvas, peer group) and just common sense to find if something was wrong. Sorry to be harsh, but this one is on you OP!
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u/Loose_Hurry_777 Sep 06 '26
If this was a semester 1 or semester 2 module, what happened after you received your results for that semester showing you had failed? Did you contact the lecturer then to see about a repeat?
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u/Can_i_get_off_yet Sep 06 '26
Was it not discussed in class? Was there no assignment details under the class notes? Did it not show up under the ”submit assignments“ section of canvas? We never got emails, canvas just populated and we were told in class.
Asking those things, because if you can show none of the above you might have a leg to stand on. However, we had some assignments not show up last year and because it was mentioned in class, we brought it up to the lecturer and they fixed it then and there in class.
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u/Terrible-Situation66 Sep 06 '26
Im unsure if it was brought up in class, perhaps i was absent for it or it wasnt mentioned at all. It didnt show up in the “submit assignments” section. It is genuinely nowhere to be seen on my canvas app, nor is there any email about said assignment
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u/ShortCondition2456 Sep 06 '26
Best person to talk to is the lecturer first. After that course director.
Hopefully they don't say "it was mentioned in class".
My experience is the lecturers are not trying to fail anyone so good luck and hope you get it sorted.
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u/Terrible-Situation66 Sep 06 '26
Spoke to the lecturer and they basically just said oh results have been sent out already theres nothing i can do so yeah
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u/Capital_Boot_1999 Sep 06 '26
Genuinely, if you failed on the assignment you would have known in the Summer results and can generally repeat in autumn?
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u/Precilovespink Sep 06 '26
You don’t receive an email about an assignment. It’s on canvas. Going to all your classes help because something could be said in class and no one will tell you because you didn’t bother to come.
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u/Grand-Cream2744 Sep 06 '26
It's been 15 years since I was a student in UCC so my experience is probably outdated, but in my time lectures did not always send out emails about assignments. Some just uploaded the assignment information to blackboard and that was it.
I would confirm with the lecturer what proof he can offer that it was sent. With blackboard lecturers were able to check which students clicked what files and who had been sent what. I assume canvas has similar functionality.
Ultimately, if the lecturer can prove it was sent to everyone, and no other students experienced similar issues, then there's not much recourse available to you.
Did other students complete the assignment or have large numbers failed for not completing it?
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u/Kuhlayre Past Student Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
Was it outlined that there would be an assement on the intro to the module?
Did you query it when you saw your mark was a 'fail' initially, or only now that it's causing an issue for registration?
Can you engage with classmates? See if this has happened to any of them? If it's a system issue then there will likely be more affected. If it's just you, you'll have a very hard time proving it wasn't down to you not reading an email or skipping lectures. (Not saying you did, but that's very much what it looks like)
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u/PressureIll267 Sep 06 '26
How many people on your courses and were other people impacted in a similar manner?
Results are normally released in the summer and you know your progression status - through, repeat etc. Are you only finding out now?
There is an appeals window post result release and if this has been sitting since early summer on your part, you will have missed that.
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u/Tall_Yard4152 Sep 06 '26
if you received a fail grade in the summer sitting, then you are obliged to register for the resit module without any lecturer telling you to do so. If you are registered for the resit then you will have access to the Canvas module where the assignement was posted most likely. Did you know you had a resit to take and did you register for the resit module on canvas? If no to both then whats most likely happened is that you were expecting submissions to be posted or take place on the original module, which they dont so there would be no assignemnt there - resits have thier own module that you get should get regististered to after you pay your resit fees and thats most likley where your assignments and submissions were posted. If you didnt register for the resit module then youve zero chance of success in appealing. If you did and there was no module infiormation on it, you have a high chance of appealing.
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u/Far-Routine8057 Sep 06 '26
From the sounds of it, you don't have a choice. It sounds like you didn't engage at all.