Alternatives to taking out a student loan

melancholly

tyllwyd wrote: »

University of Kent is offering scholarships of £2000 per annum to AAA students for 2012

http://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/undergraduate/academic/english.html


http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jul/31/universities-buy-top-students

give it a few weeks and loads of unis will be putting up these types of things.... i imagine collating it all together will be a nightmare, but worth it!

tyllwyd

Telegraph article 'My year at Harvard'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8695054/My-year-at-Harvard-University.html


And from a link in the comments - the Student World Fair about opportunities to study abroad
http://www.thestudentworld.com/

tyllwyd

There's an article in today's Sunday Times magazine (21/08/11) by AA Gill about not going to university - mentioned in this blog.
http://jonslattery.blogspot.com/2011/08/aa-gill-how-middle-class-patronage-loop.html

GeneHunt_2

There's a great web site called Not going to uni .co.uk

http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/

Vey good site imho.

melancholly

GeneHunt wrote: »

There's a great web site called Not going to uni .co.uk

http://www.notgoingtouni.co.uk/

Vey good site imho.

which bizarrely has a selection of courses at uni abroad on there too!

Oldernotwiser

tyllwyd wrote: »

There's an article in today's Sunday Times magazine (21/08/11) by AA Gill about not going to university - mentioned in this blog.
http://jonslattery.blogspot.com/2011/08/aa-gill-how-middle-class-patronage-loop.html

I love the comment that

"Gill, who didn't go to university but started his working life in Pizza Express,".

Pretty deceptive considering he was educated privately, is the son of a TV producer and is a graduate of top art schools!

tyllwyd

Another article: http://icould.com/news/help-im-not-going-to-uni/

grizzly1911

NHS have various options that are part funded.

tyllwyd

With thanks to kayr who posted this on a different thread ....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/oct/17/coventry-university-college-half-price-degree