Northumbria -- Top Up Degree for mature students?

foreveranon

Hi

I'm looking at taking the top-up degree next year in Applied Computing. It's all been a bit of a rushed decision, due to conditions at my office, so I have questions.

Am I likely to be too late to apply for September's intake?

I won't finish my foundation degree til this summer. Is this likely to be a problem?

Are there maintenance grants available for mature students? I'm 28, and moved out long ago.

Oldernotwiser

foreveranon wrote: »

Hi

I'm looking at taking the top-up degree next year in Applied Computing. It's all been a bit of a rushed decision, due to conditions at my office, so I have questions.

Am I likely to be too late to apply for September's intake?

I won't finish my foundation degree til this summer. Is this likely to be a problem?

Are there maintenance grants available for mature students? I'm 28, and moved out long ago.

Don't you get funding for the Foundation Degree?

As far as admissions go, give them a ring and ask; it may depend on vacancies but should be perfectly possible.

You will be eligible for a loan to pay the fees, a Student Loan for maintenance as well as a grant.

foreveranon

The foundation degree was paid for by my office so I never needed to ask until now! ;-) Unfortunately a whole mess of things just kicked off, and at around the time I ended up in my union office complaining, I realised that maybe I needed to look for option B.

I'll call them tomorrow, thank you!