References

username84

I am applying for courses in England - I have a 2.2 from NUI but thsi is years ago and was in Arts, I never built up a relationship with any of my leturers and have not references going forward.

How do you get around this? I know I can use one reference from a previous employer, but what an I do with no academic reference?

Dannyg90

I had this problem last year, was stuck thinking that i had no one to be my academic reference but I just decided to email a few of my past lecturers(who I had no relationship with at all) they all came back to me and said yeah no prob and that was it. Just send off a few emails and you should be sorted

gutenberg

This happens quite frequently. Lecturers can access your academic record and construct a reference from that, it's part of their job. Perhaps after you've identified someone as a potential referee & contacted them as Danny suggested, and they've responded agreeing to do it, you could write again just giving a little background as to why you want to do the course, perhaps something about your work experience, etc. This might be helpful in light of your 2.2.

djpbarry

username84 wrote: »

...I never built up a relationship with any of my leturers and have not references going forward.

Don't worry about it - send off a few emails anyway. You may be surprised that one or two of your lecturers remember you.