Why is my friend only entitled to £16 a week tax cred??

msmicawber

Sorry, Tinkerbell, I jumped in before you got your answer. Actually, I'd be interested as well as my daughter's very busty but the rest of her is tiny and a lot of tops and dresses don't fit her properly either.

Got2change

missk_ensington wrote: »

This is correct. I dont know if its a Diploma or a BSc, I just know its 3 years and she's in 1st year, its something to do with psychiatric nursing or something. Not entirely sure. She chooses to work the extra 20 hours in shifts as they need the money and yes has one 4 year old son, and is 10 weeks pregnant with another. Obv hubby works full time as well. They barely see each other as it is, they're both at work during the day and then she's off out at night working, and he sometimes swaps a weekday for a weekend to ease the childc are burden...probably how the marriage works so well!

I am very very impressed then.
Not that it's hugely relevant but she must be doing the Diploma - which is only different from the BSc in that there is no dissertation - but it also attracts the Bursary of £6000 which is at least £2000 more than the bursary for the BSc - weirdly.
How one Earth will she keep it up....? Rhetorical question - no need to answer.

missk_ensington

msmicawber wrote: »

I asked why he can't work a second job instead of her since she's pregnant. I agree it isn't sustainable - I find it tiring to work a 38 hour week (and that's only term-time) while studying, bringing up 2 children and doing all the housework and gardening and whatnot. I've been doing it for 10 years (well, only studying for the past 4) and I'm knackered. You seem to manage to study full-time, work part-time, do up houses, skate, go out, etc. etc. despite having a dicky ticker, so I think you're best placed to advise them.

Because if she quits work in favour of him getting a second job instead, she wont get any maternity pay, which is kind of whats egging her on to keep doing it.

My degree was Ba Hon in English Lit, I had 10 seminars a week and 6 lectures that I never turned up for and went to most of my seminars having read the first 10 and last 10 pages of the novel and then wikipedia'd it, then voluneteered the answers in the first 10 minutes of seminar and spent the other 50 minutes slouching under the tables praying not to be asked anything....I got a 2.1 (in principal, until confirmed) but thankfully Im good at exams and apparently write good responses.

Doing up houses, I hope you're not all thinking I did anything manual? The closest I got was stripping a panel of wallpaper and I only did that the once. It not exactly hard phoning workmen, getting quotes, hiring them and then paying them when the works all done!

Skate, well I just fit it in 1 or 2 evenings a week when my sons visiting the in laws, or sometimes not aty all if Im busy, or squash it in for an hour in between meetings. Its my equivalent to you lot maybe doing Yoga/Aerobics/Gym...

liney

Wasn't Miss K the one who ran up and down the stairs with the heart monitor on to be sure of a 'genuine' result during assessment?

dmg24

missk_ensington wrote: »

Because if she quits work in favour of him getting a second job instead, she wont get any maternity pay, which is kind of whats egging her on to keep doing it.

My degree was Ba Hon in English Lit, I had 10 seminars a week and 6 lectures that I never turned up for and went to most of my seminars having read the first 10 and last 10 pages of the novel and then wikipedia'd it, then voluneteered the answers in the first 10 minutes of seminar and spent the other 50 minutes slouching under the tables praying not to be asked anything....I got a 2.1 (in principal, until confirmed) but thankfully Im good at exams and apparently write good responses.

Doing up houses, I hope you're not all thinking I did anything manual? The closest I got was stripping a panel of wallpaper and I only did that the once. It not exactly hard phoning workmen, getting quotes, hiring them and then paying them when the works all done!

Skate, well I just fit it in 1 or 2 evenings a week when my sons visiting the in laws, or sometimes not aty all if Im busy, or squash it in for an hour in between meetings. Its my equivalent to you lot maybe doing Yoga/Aerobics/Gym...

You are so funny, you really have brightened up my day!

Just to remind you again, you do not have a 2.1 ... you do not have a degree.

You still have not said which university you are at?

missk_ensington

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

I still wanna know about the tops! Help a big b00bed woman out, will you?

I have 2 blouses and 1 dress in production (only started up recently so not fully fledged yet).

Prototype done for 21 August, and the stock will go on sale 21 November (but can take advanced orders from the prototype).

Blouses come in pearl, red, black and silver, Blouse 1 in satin with short sleeves and chiffon detailing around buttons, Blouse 2 is also satin, with long lace sleeves (same colour as blouse).

Size 8 accomodates C/D, 10 D/E, 12 E/F and 14 F+, they Blouse 1 retails at £30 and Blouse 2 at £32. They are inspired by Karen Millen/River Island style, can be worn daytime under a suit/with trousers for work or evening as they are fairly smart/dressy.

You can email me on [EMAIL="missk_ensington@hotmail.com"]missk_ensington@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] for photos when the prototypes arrive.

Edinburghlass_2

liney wrote: »

Wasn't Miss K the one who ran up and down the stairs with the heart monitor on to be sure of a 'genuine' result during assessment?

Yes thats the one and the same person who was opening an estate agents

dmg24

missk_ensington wrote: »

I have 2 blouses and 1 dress in production (only started up recently so not fully fledged yet).

Prototype done for 21 August, and the stock will go on sale 21 November (but can take advanced orders from the prototype).

Blouses come in pearl, red, black and silver, Blouse 1 in satin with short sleeves and chiffon detailing around buttons, Blouse 2 is also satin, with long lace sleeves (same colour as blouse).

Size 8 accomodates C/D, 10 D/E, 12 E/F and 14 F+, they Blouse 1 retails at £30 and Blouse 2 at £32. They are inspired by Karen Millen/River Island style, can be worn daytime under a suit/with trousers for work or evening as they are fairly smart/dressy.

You can email me on [EMAIL="missk_ensington@hotmail.com"]missk_ensington@hotmail.com[/EMAIL] for photos when the prototypes arrive.

I thought they were for busty women?

msmicawber

missk_ensington wrote: »

My degree was Ba Hon in English Lit ... I got a 2.1 (in principal, until confirmed)

A 2:1 in English Lit. without knowing the difference between principal and principle is indeed an achievement. I take my hat off to you.

tinkerbell84

Ah, none of us wear blouses