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daughter going uni....
my daughter has next year to go in 6th form for her Alevels and then will be thinking of going to university in 2009 - does anyone know what this entails income wise? her parents are disabled and on income support so would this help with her fees? would she get any benefits? she still lives at home... thanks
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Debit Card???
Hey, this is my first post :D Wondering if anyone here would be able to recommend an account or bank to talk to about getting a debit card organised. I had one with the Bank of Scotland, but due to the charges I cancelled it and am now stuck because I have to pay for things on the net and can't. I am a full time student.…
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Account With Cash Card For 12 Year Old
My son is washing cars at the weekends to save for things he wants. He has about £160 in his room - i would like to pay it into a bank account and access it when he needs it. Does anyone know of a bank or building society that offers this - the BS's i have asked say have to be 14 to have debit or cash card (obviously i…
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Help with house problems
I am currently living in a student house which is not very good. When we moved in everything seemed fine, but once we lived there for a bit things changed. There are so many problems like having cracks in the wall and it having water damage. I know that we will loose all of our deposit if not more when we move out. I…
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Help!
Hopefully someone hear can help me out... Basically last year I decided to do a Law degree, my funding for it wasn't secured however by the time enrolment came around. I went along anyway and told the people there about this and they told me not to worry about it and enrol anyway, which I did. However about a week later I…
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Financial Aid for Graduates
Hiya, i'm new here so i hope this is all cool to post here. I'm Graduating from Uni this month, and going into Freelance Animation. I am also starting a part time job (15 hours a week at 400 a month) at ING. HOwever i have absolutely no money coming up for rent e.t.c and am looking for any financal aid. I've already got a…
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bookkeeping course
I'd like to enrol on a bookkeeping course in the hope of working from home eventually. I have a couple of self emp friends who are forever moaning about doing their books. Which gave me the idea of doing a course and eventually starting up my own little business from home. it has been many yrs since my school days. I have…
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students job seekers allowance
are students able to claim this in summer if unemployed durin uni break
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Funding a Masters
Hi I am a 3rd year medical sciences student graduating in July. In October I am starting a course in Assisted Reproductive technology (IVF). Through out my medical sciences degree I work part time during term time and full time during holidays, as a result I do not have any student debt. I bought a house with my fiancé…
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Seen exams and disabled students
This is becoming more of a fashion now for seen exams that are made available say a week before the exams. But how does it work for disabled students, do they get (I assume a different paper) to everyone else made available to them eariler in line with if it is 10/25/50% extra time they get in exams? Otherwise this exam…
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Interview with McDonalds - any tips for DS aged 16?
DS completed and submitted an application form for a part time (whilst studying) job at McDonalds. He has had a phone call tonight asking him in on Saturday morning for an interview, so just wanted a little inside information if anyone works there : 1. Whilst I accept it will probably seem like hard work to him - is it a…
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Graduate schemes ?
Hi Folks Ive just competed a Foundation degree in Hospitality Management. Ive decided i want to work in Retail management and have recently had interviews with Aldi and B&Q, However does anybody know if any of these larger companies will except somebody without a degree onto their graduate schemes .... i am 32 and have had…
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BNP at University of Bath
The following matter is being brought to the attention of university unions nationwide........ As I'm sure you're all aware the NUS (National Union of Students) has a policy of not allowing fascist organisations a platform to speak. Unfortunately the University at Bath has allowed the leader of the fascist BNP to give a…
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postgraduate league tables?
Ok. Seriously looking at postgrad courses now. Is there any sort of league table system to judge postgrad courses against each other or does it not really matter where you do a masters as long as the content of the course is perfect for you. any help appreciated BBB
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Mature student: Complete career change
Hiya all, I’ve taken it as long as I can and am looking to change my career completely. I would like to start with an HNC/HND in Civil Engineering while I am learning the job (while employed maybe optimistically) by a CE company. I want to be proactive and send out some letters to prospective employers basically selling…
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2 week placement in the City-cheap sleeps?
Am asking on behalf of a friend who has a 2 week placement in the City over the summer and he wondered if I knew anywhere cheap to stay-preferably self catering facilities too. i told him I could probably find some people who did!
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Dental Nursing
Hi I am starting a position as trainee dental nurse next week and starting the training course at college in September. I want to get prepared over the summer as I will have a good amount of time on my hands so i was wondering could anyone who is doing or done this course recommend any text books that I could read? COuld…
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'International student':top bank accounts and cards
Hi: I can see many tips for students for opening bank accounts and savings as well as funding the studies, etc. on the site and in chat forums. However, despite these I think a more specific bit of information is missing: for INTERNATIONAL students. Almost all banks treat INTERNATIONAL students differently, right from…
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Turn your documents into PDFs....for free..
Just thought this might be a useful link for students...or indeed anyone who needs this facility...its a free service and copes with many different types of documents.... http://www.pdfonline.com/ sometime work looks better in pdf format....
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Binding a Dissertation...How Much !!!!
Anyone checked out the price of this yet!!!!!! For comparison: HP 1018 Laser printer £47 Ream of brill quality laser paper £10 Comb Binding machine (Lidl) £24 your own time to print and bind ....well it is your own work.... Total (and you could do 4 copies) £81 University print shop.....priceless....need my credit card for…
