Thanks Leasha,
I contacted student services for that department, and their response was, "well im sure that there are many students with similar circumstances to yours, and we have to make it fair for everyone so there's nothing we can do". hmm thanks
which its true, it should be fair, but thats not really fair for anyone who has responsibilities outside of uni.
Anyway, I feel like a big winger, but Im stressing a bit about it.
I wrote to student equity services too.