Mopish morning, halation wiper
Grief, what a way to start the year.
For those of you who don't know, I'm a Master of Arts student at Coventry University. I WAS full-time, but I eventually changed my status to part-time as doing an MA in one year proved to be too much. I was informed that, if I made this change, I wouldn't be required to pay any more tuition fees as I'd already paid the full cost of an MA. Sounds simple, right? Oh wait, this is Cov Uni. Due to the left hand not knowing what the right hand's doing, so to speak, I've recently received a number of letters informing me that if I don't cough up the remainder of my tuition fees (which, as I mentioned before, I've already paid), then I'll be expelled. Having quite rightly ignored them, I've now been informed that I'm expected to attend a meeting in my department this morning to discuss what can be done about my so-called "debt". At something of a loss to know what to do, I phoned my Dad, who informed me that, get this, it's ILLEGAL for them to be sending me these letters; I have Asperger Syndrome, which technically means I'm disabled, and according to the Disability Act, the finance office should have informed the Disability Unit before sending them, which by all accounts they did not. So in precisely 6 hours' time, I'll be showing up at this meeting with Walker Senior in tow and informing them of the legal action I intend to take against the Uni if they do not cease to demand money from me that I was told BY MY TUTOR that I do not owe. Wish me luck, everyone.
In other news, it looks like Rock Out 54 (previously Gigantic) is about to bite the dust, leaving me without a DJing gig. Following the shockingly poor attendance at the last one (the fault of our interminably-feuding promotional team), the Students Union is almost certainly going to refuse to renew our contract. They're having a meeting about it next Monday, but I'm not holding out much hope. Oh well.
What a depressing entry. I'll lighten it somewhat by informing you all that I'm off to Nottingham tonight to see the alt-rock legend that is Bob Mould, so yay!
For those of you who don't know, I'm a Master of Arts student at Coventry University. I WAS full-time, but I eventually changed my status to part-time as doing an MA in one year proved to be too much. I was informed that, if I made this change, I wouldn't be required to pay any more tuition fees as I'd already paid the full cost of an MA. Sounds simple, right? Oh wait, this is Cov Uni. Due to the left hand not knowing what the right hand's doing, so to speak, I've recently received a number of letters informing me that if I don't cough up the remainder of my tuition fees (which, as I mentioned before, I've already paid), then I'll be expelled. Having quite rightly ignored them, I've now been informed that I'm expected to attend a meeting in my department this morning to discuss what can be done about my so-called "debt". At something of a loss to know what to do, I phoned my Dad, who informed me that, get this, it's ILLEGAL for them to be sending me these letters; I have Asperger Syndrome, which technically means I'm disabled, and according to the Disability Act, the finance office should have informed the Disability Unit before sending them, which by all accounts they did not. So in precisely 6 hours' time, I'll be showing up at this meeting with Walker Senior in tow and informing them of the legal action I intend to take against the Uni if they do not cease to demand money from me that I was told BY MY TUTOR that I do not owe. Wish me luck, everyone.
In other news, it looks like Rock Out 54 (previously Gigantic) is about to bite the dust, leaving me without a DJing gig. Following the shockingly poor attendance at the last one (the fault of our interminably-feuding promotional team), the Students Union is almost certainly going to refuse to renew our contract. They're having a meeting about it next Monday, but I'm not holding out much hope. Oh well.
What a depressing entry. I'll lighten it somewhat by informing you all that I'm off to Nottingham tonight to see the alt-rock legend that is Bob Mould, so yay!