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Kid British: free outdoor concert in Manchester
email from Kid British reads: On [SIZE=+0]February 16th[/SIZE] we will swap Lost In London for Mad For It In Manchester when we play live for [SIZE=+0]Key 103[/SIZE] in the second city. We'll be playing on a specially constructed stage (apparently!) in front of The Great Northern, which is on the corner of Peter Street and…
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degree course at college and financial help
my son is in his second year at college,and is 18 in a couple of weeks.he is thinking of doing another year at college,on a degree course,in september and i have just found out i will not get child benefit,or tax credits for him.what if anything will he be able to apply for, grants, bursaries etc,or is there a website that…
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Refund of voluntary student loan repayments?
Does anyone know whether or not it is possible to get a refund of my additional voluntary payments to the SLC? I've been making additional payments of £100 a month by BACS since about Dec 2007, but I'm now getting worried about my job security and was wondering whether or not I can get some of the cash back to build up my…
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Grrr bloody students loans company!
Got a letter from them today demanding repayment because I earn over £15,000. I'm still a student (and still getting loan installments) and i'll be lucky to have made £7,000 by April with my part time job. When I called they said that i need to start paying! I offered to fax my most recent payslip but all they want is…
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Student financing second time round
Ok...so I was a bit of an idiot the first time I went to uni in 2005. I got bored after the first year, ended up being offered a job that I wanted at the end of it anyway. So I tried to tell the uni I had quit, on a number of different occasions, but got no official notification...I just forgot about it and got on with my…
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When you move to University...
I am going to University in September. The 'Start Date' on UCAS is 21st September for one of the unis and the other is the 28th. My friends want to book a holiday for a week. The earliest we can go is the 17-20th August which means we'd get back around the 27th August (Latest). Is this going to be enough time to leave for…
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Looking for tutoring
Hi, I am doing ph.d from university of plymouth and looking for tutoring students. I can teach physics, science, mathematics to GCSE and A levels. I can also help undergraduates and help them prepare for entrance exams. If interested please send me an email.
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Stupid OU tutorial Question....
I don't want to put this on the OU forum because it's starting to annoy me already, the one for my course! My tutor's just emailed me a list of tutorials for my course - AA100, level 1 60 pointer. There are 3 dates in Feb, the tutorials are the next 3 Thursday nights - am I expected to go to all 3 of them? Her email says…
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Best accomodation in Manchester University
Can anyone share experiences of accomodation (on campus) or very near, for an undergraduate, at Manchester University as most of them seem ok. Where are the nicest, we would like en-suite. not too far from the uni although she does not mind walking. Which ones are the grottiest? Thanks
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Mensa Psychometric Testing.
Has anyone used this to help decide on further study? Was it useful? Does anyone know of a cheaper one or something more effective? http://www.profilingforsuccess.com/cgi-bin/ppu_display_tests_preliminary.pl?clientcode=ppu-mensa&zregion=uk&language=english
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Do you work part time? Some questions?
Hi all, Am being rather nosey. I am currently filling out a part time job application and wondered what kinds of jobs and how many hours other students work. It would be good to know: 1) how many hours are you currently in Uni 2)how many hours you work part time at paid employment 3)what sort of job do you do For me: 1) 12…
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One for the students...
http://www.software4students.co.uk/ Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus for....... £45.01. What a steal!
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EMA Students - Christmas Bonus paid Tomorrow
EMA Students will receive £100 extra on their payments going into their accounts either tomorrow (Thursday 5th) or the day after (Friday 6th), depending on the 6th form/college. Enjoy the Christmas bonus. :D
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Do halls allow student parking where you are?
I've just been reading a quite ridiculous article in the local paper: http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucester/headlines/Meeting-Oxstalls-parking-row/article-666947-detail/article.html "The university tells the students they are not allowed to bring cars onto campus but a lot of them still drive and leave their…
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Student Finance- Stressing out parents
Hi all, I'm new to this so, I'll try and be brief. Basically my younger brother started a university course in September 2008, obviously its very different to when I went 10 years ago, mainly fees which have trebled and costs. So here we go. His fees for the course were £943 a term- and his accommodation was £84 per week-…
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Mircrosoft Office Ultimate 2007 for 38.95 for Students
Unfourtunatly I bought mircosoft office student before seeing this but seems like a good offer saw the link for it on Yougo the social network for UCAS. Follow the link for more details. Hope it's useful. http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-uk/default.aspx
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What happens after?
Hello I am 23 and still have 2.5 years to go until i finish university, i am getting extremely worried that i am going to be at a huge disadvantage when i leave. I already owe 2 years of loans which are around £20,000 with interest. So, after i finish i will have around £45,000 of student loans to payback. When it comes to…
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Applying for buseries
Can anyone advise me please - I'm unemployed and my son is hoping to go to university in September. I have sent off the forms for loans but I heard there can be burseries available for students at the university they want to go to. I checked the website and to apply you need to send in a personal statement. Can anyone tell…
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College ripped me off?
Myself and a couple of colleagues doing my degree course took out our student loans for the full amount of money for our degree as it was displayed on the colleges website with the price clearly displayed. This was June/July time when the student loan forms had to be in. Now since then, the college has said the price on…
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Underpaid at work...my rights
Hey all, just a quick question as I was wondering about my rights for where I work (a pub in Manchester) I recently went through wage slips as I thought I was underpaid this week, however I also noticed I was underpaid for weeks dating back to October! Sneaky Mitchells and Butler pubs!! I was wondering what are my rights…
