Registration status & funding implicationsRegistration with Attendance
If you receive an exam board decision of Academic Suspension (AS) and you're a UK student, you may be eligible for an alternative option called Registration with Attendance (RWA).
RWA allows you to attend a reduced number of classes (credits) for the year to allow you to attempt to pass your failed classes. You would only need to pay tuition fees on a “pro-rata” basis depending on the number of classes (credits) you would be studying.
To apply for RWA, please contact your Adviser of Studies to discuss if it is a suitable option for your circumstances. If it is, complete the Registration with Attendance form (PDF) and submit it to the Student Business Team (address on the form).
If you're allowed to register for RWA you may be eligible to receive funding from your funding body.
If you've already submitted your funding application, you can submit an update through your online funding account to notify your funding body you're repeating a year. If you've not notified your funding body that you're repeating a year, prior to the start of the academic year, you could end up with a funding overpayment.
Contact us
If you're still unsure of the impact to your funding, you can email financial-support
In your email, please tell us what your registration status is/will be and if applicable the duration, and if you have previously had funding for a repeat year or Voluntary Suspension for medical reasons.
Plus 1 year funding
You have an extra year of full support available known as the plus 1 year and this can be used if you need to repeat a year of your course. Please note that postgraduate students are eligible for the plus 1 year if you didn't use it during your undergraduate studies.
If you decide to apply for RWA and you've not previously used your plus 1 year of funding, you may be entitled to tuition fee support, maintenance loan, bursary, and grants.
Your funding body should automatically apply your plus 1 year if you're eligible. If you've already used your plus 1, there are circumstances (for example care experienced students) where your funding body may provide a second year of additional funding, and we recommend you contact them to discuss further.
If you're not eligible for tuition fee support from your funding body, you may be eligible for a grant towards your tuition fees for your repeated period of study from The Carnegie Trust.
If you only need to pay a small amount of tuition fees you may want to consider not using your plus 1 year, and instead pay the tuition fees yourself, as this will mean your plus 1 year will still be available to you in the future. You'd still be eligible for a maintenance loan, however, you'd not be eligible for a bursary or grants. This may impact your eligibility on sources of funding provided by the University – please see "Impact on University support" for further details.
Students who undertake RWA and take out the funding are deemed to have used their +1 year of funding by their funding body and therefore will not be eligible for any future repeat years.
Impact on University Support
If you have previously used your plus 1 year funding from SAAS and you're not eligible for tuition fee support for your repeat year, you'll not receive any funding from the university’s Childcare Fund.
However, you may be eligible for support towards your registered childcare costs and living costs from the Discretionary Fund. If you think this applies to you, please email the Funding & Financial Support Team at financial-support@strath.ac.uk.