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University Students - GOOD LUCK!!!
Well exam period officially starts in 1 hour and 25 minutes, and with 10 exams I'm "bricking it" as they say. So thought I'd procrastonate from revising further and create a thread to wish luck to all uni students entering the exam period! Here we go again!
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Attention Studentphil! how to do well in a philosophy exam.
Phil, You just !!!!ed me off so much. Don't feel too special though, I wrote it for a friend of mine in college. It worked, he got his 2.i, much to everyone's surprise. ******************************************** The following is some points about revising for philosophy exams. It may be overly ambitious in the short time…
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PhD student: do I get taxed on savings?
I'm a PhD student with an EPSRC scholarship of ~£12,300 p.a., which I don't pay tax on. I also earn about £500 p.a. as a teaching assistant at university and I'm not taxed on this either, presumably because my scholarship is counted as a grant and not income. I have been paying tax on the interest in my savings account…
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Want to pack in work and go back to Uni - finance help please!
Okay I've been studying at Uni part time whilst holding down a full time job. I have a diploma in Business and now need to complete the last year to get my degree. The job is a dead end job in a call centre. Not that all call centre work is bad - but it is something I don't want to do. I have a wife who works and gets…
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special offers from banks
when do banks start offering free gifts to students for opening an account
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2 questions concerning a Masters Degree..
Hi! I hope to be studying a Masters Degree in Sustainable Development this Sept but have 2 concerns. 1 - What are my options for funding (ie living costs)? I don't think I would be eligible for a Career Development Loan as this degree isn't vocational. 2 - Would an 8 grand loan for a Masters Degree hinder my future options…
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Student Credit Card for use Abroad
Does anyone know a student/little-credit-history credit card that doesn't load worldwide and has no fee on spending? I finally managed to scrape together a few options for credit cards and then realised that they'd all charge me for spending in a foreign currency, the main point of me getting a credit card! Any help would…
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can anyone help wid phone
im looking for a £15 a month 12 month contract. i really want the k800i mobile. is this possible. does anyone no the best deals.
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Cefa or FPC?
Hi everyone, I am looking at studying either the FPC(Certificate in financial planning as it's now called) or the Cefa qualification. Apart from the difference in number of modules you must study, could any tell me the main differences between the two? If you could relate the differences to the following points, that would…
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any pschology/sociology students out there?
hello, My daughter is in yr 1 of a psychosocial degree & is desperately trying to find some voluntary work for the summer to get some much needed experience. Are there any establishments that take on voluntary staff?
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Deal or not a good deal
Hi people just wanted opinion on a laptop ive found! its an Lenovo 3000 TZ0BJUK Core Duo for £439.99 price seems to be cheapest online spec seems good please give me your opinion if it is a bargain or just cheap and nasty website seems good think4.com mainly sell ipods!! http://www.think4.com/acatalog/TZ0BJUK.html I await…
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PN1 form have i read it correctly?
Hello, Just need a little advice that i have read part of the student finance form correctly. I should say that i am the mum of the student applicant! Assuming not everyone is familiar with the PN1 form, i will explain what i mean. On page 24 section 11 ( for those who have a form or seen one) there is a heading 'Financial…
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careers.....
hey, need some advice! i've just quit uni after my first year as i found it wasn't right for me, and am now looking for a decent job where i can work my way up to where i would have been, had i have carried on with my degree. I have decent GCSE and A Level grades. Any ideas of where i can i look!!!?? or if anyone works…
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Local Authority Form...........
Apparently I have to fill one in before son goes to University in September. No-one I've spoken to knows where to get one from. Any ideas?
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Paying my loan back...I shouldnt be!!
Hello, Last year on the emergency tax code i was o, i did not pay my loan back, and rightly so as i did not earn over £15,000 a year(more like ten). This (tax)year however im on a new and correct code, and i am paying my loan back at £15.00 a week, however i am still earning about £10,000 a year...its just the way im…
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Is it worth it?
Is it worth me getting the student loan just to put it in an ISA, will i make more interest than i get charged?
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Paying off Student Loan by CC
Did anyone know that from April 1st 2007 Student Loans company impose a 1.5% charge for paying off by credit card. Bang goes my way of earning some airmiles on my NatWest cc before they finish in June. What I wanted to do was pay off a chunk of the loan and then pay CC on receipt of bill straight away. Now if I pay off…
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Assessment citing another student...?!
Where assessment results are returned with comments, to a student candidate, and those evaluation remarks for a given part of the assessment state a critical comments citing the performance of another particular student (ie, something like "this answer lacks [whatever], similar to what [whomever - another particular…
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Fed up with my course, want to branch into economics/business, how?!!
I'm currently studying biochemistry which is nice but very taxing. I have hardly any free time at all and as for a career I don't want to stay in this field. It's hard work for little reward. Don't get me wrong, I'm not solely thinking about money but money is obviously very important. For a while now I've been interested…
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Oxford tops Guardian university league tables
Oxford tops the Guardian rankings as the best university for students, according to new league tables published by EducationGuardian.co.uk today. Arch rivals Cambridge and Imperial College are in second and third place, while Prince William's alma mater St Andrews soars into fourth place on the strength of high student…
