Student Failure in First Year Modules in the Biosciences: An Interview Based Investigation

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Table 1 Profile of the participating students. Students interviewed in January following module failure were all invited back for interview in June but only four of the nine agreed to attend the second interview. Students who failed modules in June, having passed everything in January, only attended the June interview. Student 12 was invited to attend interview both in January and June but only attended the second interview.

Student/Interview No. Jan 05	Student/Interview No. Jun 05	Native Speaker	Family experience of HE?	Previous educational experience	Jan 05 exams: No. of modules failed	June 05 exams: No. of modules failed	Sept. 05 resits: No. of modules failed
1	1	YES	NO	6th Form College	4	0	0
2	2	YES	YES	School	1	0	0
3	3	YES	YES	Access	3	0	0
4		NO	YES	Foundation	3	3	2
5	5	YES	YES	School	1	0	0
6		YES	YES	6th Form College	1	0	0
7		YES	YES	School	3	0	0
8		NO	YES	Access	2	1	0
9		YES	NO	6th Form College	1	0	0
	10	YES	YES	School	0	2	0
	11	YES	YES	School	0	1	0
	12	NO	NO	EU University 1st year	4	4	5
	13	YES	YES	6th Form College	0	1	0