T320 Results...

Around this time last year I was writing a blog post about how it felt to have only just scraped a pass on B203, but that considering the circumstances at the time I needed to remember just how amazing it was to have actually passed that module.

What a contrast a year makes. This year is a totally different story and I'm writing this still numb with shock and amazement. Not only did I pass T320 this year, I got a distinction!! Quite honestly I'm finding it hard to believe, so much so I had to get my Mum to read the results page to make sure I wasn't seeing things!

As I've mentioned in previous posts, the circumstances surrounding my End of Module Assessment were difficult to say the least. My health had taken quite a significant decline following the sudden loss of my Nan, so I was working on my EMA while coping with that and attending her funeral. It was a bit like deja vu; I went through similar during my revision period last year with the loss of my Grandad on the other side of my family, the only difference being I managed to cope better this time round.

I still can't quite believe I got a distinction in this course, although that result makes me feel a little more confident on embarking on a project in the subject for my next module. I'm pretty confident I have done all my family proud too.

If you're reading this and you haven't got the result you hoped for, I quote from my blog post last year:

"To anyone struggling to come to terms with an exam result that was worse than expected, don't worry about it. What's done is done. If you failed and you're offered a resit spend the time revising and know you can do it. Someone somewhere will always be rooting for you. And if you've passed but not received the grade you expected, wanted or dreamed of it's not the end of the world. It may well feel like it but it's not. Focus on the fact you passed. You can put those course books away and move on to your next module or the next stage of your life. You did it. You passed. That's all that really matters."

B203 TMA results AND T215 overall results...

Well it's been a while, this studying malarky is proving difficult with my health playing up and my blogs have been left a little neglected.

So first off B203:

I'm finding the amount of reading really difficult to manage, but I'm just about coping. I've requested audio versions of the material alongside my comb bound books in the hope it will make things a little easier for me. My eyes are tiring very easily, getting painful and losing focus. However the course is proving very interesting; Block 3 Marketing more so than Block 2 Operations Management!

I got my first TMA back, with a score of 65%. Pretty pleased with that especially as things have been challenging with my health and managing the workload.

Operations Management was quite interesting, but after a while it soon got a bit boring. Apparently it's supposed to be though! I submitted my second TMA and received it back quite quickly, with a score of 62%. I had hoped for better but again considering everything that's rather good. I got some good useful feedback with it as well, so hopefully I'll be able to improve when it comes to TMA 03!

Right now I'm over halfway through Block 3, and enjoying marketing. I've got a two week break over Christmas (which I'll probably take half of and try catch-up/get ahead) and the third TMA due in, in January.

And now to T215:
I can't remember the exact date but in November I got my final overall results for T215, my previous module. Having got an Overall Continuous Assessment Score (OCAS) of 93% I wasn't too worried about the End of Module Assessment (EMA), I was simply aiming to pass. I scored 78% on my EMA, so overall I got a GRADE 2 PASS for T215!! Which I'm chuffed with!

A bit worryingly some components of my EMA were borderline fail, according to the limited feedback I receive. But a pass is a pass! And a grade 2 pass is a high level pass at that!

That's all for now, Merry Christmas Everyone, I hope you all get a break from studying over the festive period! And 2014 is a happy, healthy year for you!

New Academic Year, New Module

Well it's now almost a month in to B203 Business Functions in Context and I have to say I'm enjoying it. Although the workload is proving difficult to manage.

I managed to go to the first tutorial on October 5th which was fantastic. I had to use my wheelchair as I wasn't sure of the distance between car and the room, it was the first time I'd had to use the wheelchair for a tutorial which made me even more apprehensive. But all went well and it wasn't too much of a problem. The first time I've had a tutorial in a ballroom too!

I've now submitted the first TMA as well and moved onto Block 2 today. Operations Management. Hoping it proves as interesting as it looks! I'm finding it hard to get do the hours I need to as it drains me so much. Somehow I'll find a way though, I'm determined to get this degree.

In other exciting news the results for T215 will be out by Friday 29th November. Can't wait!! Although having an assignment due for B203 around that time, I'd rather that time didn't fly, but I do want to know the result! Haha.

Anyway I hope to update this again soon, if I can find the time in amongst all this studying malarky! Feeling the pressure already. Not helped by a dip in my health and other events going on at the moment!