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Natwest student account hold up after hold up
I applied for a natwest student account online on 27th September, I was informed shortly afterward by letter I would have to take proof of student ID into the branch (this is because I didn't apply though UCAS - my course was direct application to the university). I popped in the following Saturday for confirmation of what…
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Free Snapfax - discount book for students
Already posted this on freebies board but thought it was more suited here. This usually costs £3 but is available free from http://www.snapfax.co.uk, need to register first but you can find what discounts your town/city has before you register by selecting it from list. Once at checkout enter discount code 'FREE'.
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Going to try blue bolt
It is a cheaper version of red bull. I really find it hard to cocentrate to work and i feel tired. Any sugesstions. I heard red bull is good. Thanks
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Full time worker: Help Available for Education?
Hi there. I'm 24 and a full time worker for a large company in England. I earn a decent salary but i cannot free enough income to further my education. My income is circa £18k and i work a 37.5 hour week. My company seem unable to help me further my training, and since i subsidise my parents mortgage and bills due to my…
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Parental Income
Can anyone confirm for me please that it is the previous years income taken into account when assessing grants loans etc? Because if so I can't get my head around the fact that if a parent has been made redundant and has only jsa and /or income support to live on they are supposed to be able to help a student out…
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Forensic Road Collision Investigator Course
Hi, Just wondering if one of you kind people out there could give me some advice. I'm looking into possible careers and after some research i discovered about being a forensic road collision investigator and very much like the sound of it. Then i found out about a relevant course which is awarded by DeMontfort Uni and the…
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cheap Samsung toner
Can anyone assist me in finding an ML 2010 toner for my samsung printer, the cheapest one I have find is £26.95. I'd be interested to know if anyone knows of a cheaper one. Thanks
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I'm almost there!.. but how much longer?
Hello, just a quick question, really. My loan was just approved today, and I've been getting some really mixed messages over when I'll finally get it.. my admissions tutor told me about 2 days, but my best mate said 5! I'm really hoping for a Halloween pay out here, so just quickly, does anyone know how long a gap there is…
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Does anyone else receive dyslexic support?
hi, I get dyslexic support and I am finding it quite frustrating as the lady who is supposed to "help" me doesnt ... In fact I think she thinks Im a bit thick, last week she wanted to go through an a huge set of powerpoint slides telling me all the basics of writing an essay ... she even did it like a lecture!! The…
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Help in big debte
right i used to work at the airport before i came to universty and had a big overdraft of £ 3000 but due to my job i could all ways pay it off before it got to big the worst it ever got was about £ 1700 so never relly had money problems so last year i went to uni and opend up a student acount and got a £ 1000 overdraft for…
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Baliffs visited today - student shared house..
DD has asked me to seek advice. She moved into a shared house last Sept 2007 and foolishly I never advised her to get a electic or gas reading. The other two tennants of this house had lived there for two years. This May the gas and electric boards read the outside meters and said they owed C.£1400. Some of this…
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Business Dissertation / project ideas
Hi Everyone, I'm a final year Business student and really need some help / ideas on where to go with my project dissertation. It has to be business / IT related. The area im looking into doing is this: 'How the rise of the Internet has affected high street sales' However, my tutor has said this is too vague and I will need…
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What's the cost of going to uni ???
Hi there, had a quick look on this forum but couldn't find anything that may answer my query. My son will be going to university next september hopefully to study criminology at Liverpool University. I have been saving in an account to help him get a good start. What they haven't told us at college yet is how much he can…
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Is there any truth to this?
Hi, I graduated 2007 and have a student loan of about £10000. I've been looking for jobs but have been told at interviews that i dont have the correct skills required for some of the jobs i have applied for. This is obviously slightly dismaying as i'd thought that my course would of given me these. As such im considering…
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Management Qualifications
Hi My sister has been in a management position for years, she worked her way up and has a very good job as a first line manager now. She has no formal qualifications in managment though. We were talking and she was telling me she would like to do some training to gain the qualifications to back up her experince on her Cv…
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Will I have to pull out?
My boyfriend and I have split up. He has been paying the bills while I have been studying at uni. He will be moving out soon but I'm panicking about how I will pay the rent and bills. I get a maintenence loan but I have had to pay my tuition fees out of that so I am left with practically no money. I might just have enough…
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Student Grant/Loan question
Okay at the moment I'm second year at uni, applied first year for both the loan and grant. But I travel in and live at home with the uni being local, so costs are low and all that so I haven't used the loan part or much of the grant with working weekends. But I misread/misunderstood the part were you have to apply each…
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Seperate Budgets
Hey, Just wondering if this is a good or bad idea... Have a set budget each week of £70 but set £30 of that aside for food shopping and put the £30 each week on to a re-loadable supermarket gift card? When it runs out it's gone for the week? Thanks, Matt :-)
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Capital letters?
Please help, I am going around in circles. Do I need to use a capital letter in any of these examples: I want to be a .......... eg. doctor, teacher, nurse I am a .......... eg. as above I went to university (U/u) I am an Assistant Guide Leader? I know this is off topic, but it's for a uni application form so sort of long…
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PhD Students
Looking for advice from PhD students. Do you ever get totally fed up and feel like withdrawing from it? I really enjoy my research area but hate all other bits with it like PDRs and compulsory workshops. I also hate networking with other non PGR students, I have had someone look down his nose and scoff at me. My supervisor…