thanks - just venting frustration in hopes of some advice rather than slagging off my uni online!!

Seems helpful to go higher up; also talking to the SU for their advice too

Sometimes, it's so totally frustrating trying to work with the uni I'm at.

* Was told not to write for three months until I finally insisted
* 'annual' review was at 7 months, and I failed on things they'd never mentioned before.
* So far supervisors/department have refused to follow their policies to review the decision and insisted on making changes without this review meeting.

I'm trying to move universities - having discussed with other people who were horrified to find out what was going on and told me to go to their university, I would advise people NEVER to attend the one I'm at. But I am really concerned that I won't be able to obtain a decent academic reference and am really worried about it all :( Which obviously isn't helping my writing much!

Thanks Lara! Enjoying reading your writing up diary too :0

YOu did make me feel a bit better about it all - think I've reached the stage on the work I need to submit where any rewrite would involve a more thorough rebuild than I have time to do, so guess I'll have to hand in and see what happens!

Sorry, adding to myriad complaints posts on this board!

I have areview in June, and am terrified I'm going to fail my first year (Manchester). I don't feel like I've got much support from supervisors and feel quite negative about it. I think I'm improved since my 6-month, when I was warned, but just don't know - anyone else find it impossible to judge? I was knocked back by thatreview; thought we were agreeing work and I was doing it but they thought differently. I'vestarted recording supervisions thoroughly since then. It's also taken metime to get back into academic writing, which was more of a challenge than I thought it would be.

I'm working part-time while studying to pay for it, and broke up with my boyfriend inafit of self-destruction (that was about the worst but there was other stuff) so everything is costing me more and more importantly taking kind ofa back seat to feeling terrible. I feel at the moment like I'm spending all my time working one way or another and don't have time to do things like exercise even; I walk to work butconvincing myself I have time to go to the gym is really hard.