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Scrappy Doo Costume
Hey, I'm a student living in greater London so I'm on a bit of a budget but basically for Halloween, me and my friends are dressing up as Scooby Doo characters. I've been allocated Scrappy Doo and I've looked online for a costume and I can't seem to find one. I'm not sure if there are any fancy dress shops nearby so I'm…
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Worth putting grant in Saving's account?
I'm living at home, currently, so I don't need all of the grant & loan that I've taken out. Would it be worth making a saving's account and putting in maybe £600 for now, then £900 at the start of semesters 2 & 3? The interest wouldn't be much more, so is it really worth it? Especially since I'm considering going into…
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Natwest overdraft
Im currently a first year undergraduate student and i have an overdraft of 500 with natwest already. Would it be possible to extend this?
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Help! Totally confused with UCAS points :(
Hi, I am totally confused by all of this. I want to be a social worker, so have been looking into my options. My local uni offer the degree with the requirement of 240 ucas points, 160 of which to come from A levels. I never went to college so have no A levels or anything, but looking on the ucas website i dont even know…
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Is My Deferred Offer Safe?
I was due to start at a higher education college last month to do a HND. However, illness prevented this. I contacted the college and they suggested I defer the offer until 2011. I accepted this and received the relevant confirmation letter from UCAS. My question is: Is this offer safe and secure? i.e. can they withdraw…
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personal statement help needed
I am helping my son with his personal statement - he wants to study Engineering at HND level. However having researched how these things are written I am concerned that he has no additional information other than his academic success to put on it. My son is autistic and everyday things have been challenging for him and he…
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Student Finance whilst self employed?
I am a second year student and am looking into the possibility of starting a company with 2 of my fellow students, we planned to do work for free as then it would not effect our student finance or our tax credits etc, it would mean we were free to eb and flow our workload depending on uni commitments and we could use our…
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Ordinarily Resident (Temporary Employment)
I saw a recent thread that alerted me to an issue I might have in the future, and was wondering if Taiko and his expertise on residency can help. I am a recent graduate, completely eligable for student funding, born in UK and lived here all my life. However I am considering working abroad as a teacher for a year, possibly…
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Demonstration Against Uni Cuts
The NUS and UCU are holding a demonstration in London on the 10th Novemeber 2010 over the proposed cuts to Universitys in England, Scotland and Wales. My union is running a trip to London on that day to join in...check your union to see if they are too. Details are here:…
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Spending review - current students
Hi I'm in my 2nd year of a 4 year course at uni. I receive the grants and loans and work part time. I'm a bit confused about the governments spending review. I know they want to cut back on university spending and money given to local councils (the council sorts out my student finance). Will this affect existing students…
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Approved! But wrong grant, what to do with signing declaration?
Hello again, I had some great news yesterday - when I checked my student finance account I discovered my loan and grant had been approved! So happy! But when I read further into it I realised that I had been granted a Maintenance Grant instead of a Special Support Grant, which has reduced the amount of Maintenance Loan I…
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university accomodation charges
Hi First post, apologies if its in the wrong forum. In late September my daughter moved in to university accomodation on campus. After going to the initial meeting for her course she found that the university had changed the course content to something that did not interest her and she decided to change to another…
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LaTeX Tables
This may be a long shot (and not money saving related) but I hope there is someone here who knows a bit more about LaTeX than me. I currently have a spreadsheet in Excel format, which I can easily convert to CSV. What I want to do is import that CSV file into my LaTeX document and show it as a table in the formatting that…
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Retraining to teach, Student Loan?
Hi, my OH wants to retrain as a teacher. We can't afford for him to give up his current job in the NHS for him to study full time (we have 2 dependant kids an 18 year old just started Uni), so are looking at other means of him gaining (firstly) his degree, then do his teacher training. If he was to either do day release or…
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Are you considering an NUS Card?
NUS are doing a deal at the moment where if you refer students to get a card you get £1 and some CD vouchers or something like that? I signed up and got a code, was wondering if any of you guys looking to buy a card anyway would mind doing so through this link at all? You just pop in my code below on the link and then…
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EMA to go?
Anyone know what the government has planned for ema? Sounds like it is to be scrapped and only the pupils who get free dinners will get it? Can anyone confirm when and what is going to happen? Please! I'm concerned as my son relies on his ema to pay for the extra's that his courses require! MM
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ex forces mature student starting nursing, help!!
Hi, i am currently serving in the marines and i am leaving next year to return to uni to study nursing. I am 24 so will be 25 when i start to study, I also own my own home with my partner and i am looking into what financial help is available if any. I have not served 6 years so help via the forces is not an option. Any…
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Pay It Forward Scholarship
Bryant & Stratton College Online announced its new Pay it Forward Scholarship program, a program that will award a total of ten full-tuition scholarships for online associate’s degree programs at Bryant & Stratton College, as well as five $5,000 scholarships to the remaining finalists. The program recognizes and rewards…
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Nando's Spin The Bottle Voucher!
I just did this and got a voucher for half a chicken. You have to spend £3.50 to be able to claim it and show your student ID at the time. Also has to be between Monday and Thursday. http://www.nandosspinthebottle.co.uk
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Oh dear terrible report on student loans
http://www.moneywise.co.uk/tv/2010/10/19/the-student-loan-swindle?utm_source=Newsletter2010-10-19&%3Butm_medium=Email&%3Butm_campaign=ContentPromotion I've tried to leave a comment but they've been blocked as a 'spam prevention measure'. Loans aren't interest free while you're at uni and 1.5% is lower than you should…
