Everz
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Something of a rant, but still..
Roll back to May last year I was searching for a placement for work, ideally this was to be done through the uni but there choices didn't fit what I wanted so opted to search for myself (I wanted a September start as I was off to America). The uni didn't really bother when I went in for a meeting in May and seemed to write off my chances of getting a placement. I persisted when I was in America and got offered me a 3 month trial at my current place of work when I was over there.
I started at the end of September/start of October and contacted the uni to inform them I got something. Needless to say, I was already 4 months behind the rest of my year who were on placements and as such had missed out on most the assignment work and meetings, needless to say things were set up and 2 meetings proceeded, with the last one in January, where there was no mention that I needed to provide anything else, or so I thought and since my uni email doesn't work and they have the cheek not to call me or send letters to the correct address, I ignored them.
Anyways I finally managed to get onto my uni email a few days ago and find out that they have demanded my employment contract and want me to do a presentation on monday. Firstly, I didn't get a contract till after my trial finished so that went past my mind to even bother sending it, which is admitedly my bad, this however has resulted in my placement being labeled as un-validated until I get the contract in, meaning it is null and void. However secondly.. having the cheek to ask me to go into my holidays just to do a four minute fucking presentation?! Then claim it's compulsary even though most of it is fluff about seeing everyone again?! What arse.
Thirdly.. where the fuck is the point me going to this, this for people who are coming to the end of there placement, I'm not even on a placement techincally, this is a full time job where I'm switching to part-time next year in order to keep on working there and finish my studies. Which leads me to my questions..
Should I defer the year and switch back to a 3 year course, seeing as I've got a job and the experience, surely it would make sense to not 'need' a placement and all the bother that comes with it?
Roll back to May last year I was searching for a placement for work, ideally this was to be done through the uni but there choices didn't fit what I wanted so opted to search for myself (I wanted a September start as I was off to America). The uni didn't really bother when I went in for a meeting in May and seemed to write off my chances of getting a placement. I persisted when I was in America and got offered me a 3 month trial at my current place of work when I was over there.
I started at the end of September/start of October and contacted the uni to inform them I got something. Needless to say, I was already 4 months behind the rest of my year who were on placements and as such had missed out on most the assignment work and meetings, needless to say things were set up and 2 meetings proceeded, with the last one in January, where there was no mention that I needed to provide anything else, or so I thought and since my uni email doesn't work and they have the cheek not to call me or send letters to the correct address, I ignored them.
Anyways I finally managed to get onto my uni email a few days ago and find out that they have demanded my employment contract and want me to do a presentation on monday. Firstly, I didn't get a contract till after my trial finished so that went past my mind to even bother sending it, which is admitedly my bad, this however has resulted in my placement being labeled as un-validated until I get the contract in, meaning it is null and void. However secondly.. having the cheek to ask me to go into my holidays just to do a four minute fucking presentation?! Then claim it's compulsary even though most of it is fluff about seeing everyone again?! What arse.
Thirdly.. where the fuck is the point me going to this, this for people who are coming to the end of there placement, I'm not even on a placement techincally, this is a full time job where I'm switching to part-time next year in order to keep on working there and finish my studies. Which leads me to my questions..
Should I defer the year and switch back to a 3 year course, seeing as I've got a job and the experience, surely it would make sense to not 'need' a placement and all the bother that comes with it?