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Son off to Uni
DS is planning to go to University next Sept/October - away from home for the first time and I was thinking about putting things away every month for him so that when he goes we will have the things he needs for cooking, sleeping etc. He is quite a keen cook so probably will do some cooking rather than living off beans and…
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0% finance on cars
Hi all as title suggests my daughter is in her 3rd year at uni and her car has just about had it failed it's mot and needs about 400 pounds spending on it to make it right and safe!!.So my thoughts were to see about one of these 99 pound down deals and 99 pounds a month for 36 months or are there any other options,Thanks.
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Student support for my fees
Im on a student placement and totally forgot about student fees.( why should i have to pay them???) I still have to pay half fees (£570). Anyway i found my LEA forms and sent them off last week, just to get fee support, nothing to do with the loan. Ok so maybe im 10 months late........ does anyone reckon i will still get…
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Problems....
I'm renting a house with four other people....this past couple of months I've noticed things going missing from my room and the cupboard in the kitchen where I keep my food. It started off as little things like sweets....yogurts but when I came back yesterday I noticed that two cinema vouchers have disappeared. i've said…
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HELP NEEDED counselling diploma
i want to study a counselling diploma but i can't afford it. would someone tell me if they know about a bursary or grant in the south west? it is my first time i leave a message :j and work experience?
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Transferring Accounts/Overdrafts?
Hi, Basically i was a student at university for 3 years, i decided to quit my course in the third year (four year course, long story as to why i quit). I was due to go back this year but the university put the course a year back. Currently i have an overdraft limit of £1750 with HSBC and im about £1300 into it, now HSBC…
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Graduate But No Certificates Yet!!!
My Daughter graduated this year, she sat the exams in April and she still has not recieved her certificates even though we know she has passed. I really don't know what to do because despite ringing up and asking when they will be ready ect and also explaining that my daughter at that time almost lost her job because they…
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Today's strike....
I was just wondering if today's strike had affected anyone? I personally don't have lectures this week so didn't feel the brunt of it, but I always feel that the media play it up as being the worst thing to happen! Essays and exams won't get marked, that's right they won't. Not today at least but they will tomorrow. The…
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Lancaster Uni
:beer: Eldest daughter will be going this year,doing sociology, living in, anyone out there got any advice ? Things like finance, budgeting, cooking for herself laundry etc etc that sort of thing. :confused:
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changing to part time
i need a bit of advice... i'm currently coming to the end of my third year of my degree unfortunately i havent done well enough to graduate this year so will have to carry on for another year to graduate, that in itself isn't too much of a problem but after speaking to my tutor he suggested that i take the las few modules…
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Course Marking - Pay Dispute
Is anyone else suffering with the refusal of tutors to grade work ? Iam with the OU , but have just had my latest assignment back , with comments, but no grade. It included a letter stating that all work except grading would be completed by tutors until the pay strike was resolved. Happily, he included a comment about what…
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When Can I Open A Student Account ?
Hi Everyone Was gonna apply for the HSBC student account with £50 free. I only have a conditional UCAS letter at the moment Was wondering when i could do this? Do I need the A2 Results ?
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Student loans
Just wondered if anyone had any experience of taking out a student loan for tuition fees, who already had an adverse credit rating? Cheers, emilykat :confused:
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Revision Sites for Uni Degree?
Hiya, I'm in my second year of Biochemistry (medical) and wondered if there are any revision sites out there focused on courses such as mine or science at a degree level?? Exams soon and I'm not looking forward to them! :o spaceage :D
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Council Tax for student on Placement Year
Anyone know if a student who is on a 12 month working placement as part of a Sandwich Course is liable to pay council tax on a rented property or are they still exempt?
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Chancellor - Further Education/University fees
Did anyone catch what the chancellor said on the budget a while ago about further education (which, by that, I presume he means university) fees? Satellite image and sound blurred so only caught "Further Education Fees". :rolleyes:
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Passing first year
I am on a course at university but do not want to continue on the course next year, I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not passing the first year will help me in applying for a new course or would it not make any real difference? I am thinking that I will take next year of anyway and my pass will not be amazingly…
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Access loans..
Has anyone ever applied for one of these? Basically if you're in financial trouble you can apply to the uni for an access loan (although I don't think you actually pay it back) which they are given a certain ammount of funding from the government for. I'm thinking of applying for one now, I'm currently paying £80 a month…
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Mature Students.....
Hello people Just wondered if any one else had been in the same situation or knew of people who had done this. (Parents whos children have done it....) I started a degree course in Sept 2001 and did 18 months of it having already changed course from Estate Management (4yrs including a sandwich) to Countryside Management…
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renting unfurnished property
i'm a student in canterbury, looking for somewhere to live next year, i already had to find my own place for my first year as i didnt get inot halls. i'm moving out of the place i'm in now because basically, the showers rbbish, u either get scolded or frozen to death, anyway i'll get to the point. the flat i'm looking at…