Keeping quiet about previous study to qualify for student loans

johnmorgan89

Voyager2002 wrote: »

I suspect that unless you develop that kind of skill, another degree would not help you. To an employer it would just look like more aimless study.

This ^^

You need to try and come up with a good reason why these subjects are "linked" together. Perhaps a niche in industry or something?

Employers will not like aimless study no more than students who got a degree yet have no experience actually working.

I don't think blaming the OU is a good idea. Most employers love the OU because the student has worked tooth and nail to get it, plus you don't get student finance for the OU so it's pretty much private loans or saving to get the degree. Either way it all proves you really want it!

I think your focusing on the wrong issue.

MissPGCEClare

As far as I understand it you are entitled to student finance for the legnth of your course + 1 year, therefore as you didn't receive any funding for your OU course it doesn't matter that this has already been completed?

nimbo

Open university degrees were funded to an extent...

A module may have been studied for very little (to do with earnings) or around 1/6 of the costs current to a redbrick uni at the time of study of that mkes sense.

The rest of the cost was 'absorbed' by the government.

They know about the previous study with the OU.

I am currently studying with a university for a degree in Soial Work, and have previously studied at a 'building' university as well as the OU, and they knew about both - not that i was trying to hide the previous study but my name, DOB and my NI number was obviously used as required....

I don't think that you could 'get away' with it, and if they found you out you could end up in a very sticky situation...

Taiko

MissPGCEClare wrote: »

As far as I understand it you are entitled to student finance for the legnth of your course + 1 year, therefore as you didn't receive any funding for your OU course it doesn't matter that this has already been completed?

You're wrong.

MissPGCEClare

Ninbo, thank you for explaining that, I didn't realise OU was funded aswell.

Taiko, no need to be so rude, I think Nimbo had already explained that I was wrong, thank you

Dunroamin

I have no idea what you're on about but I've reported it as Spam.

Taiko

I think it's part of the deluge of accounts that seem to be being created as a means of levying attacks against myself. Seems a poor attempt at a parody of my notice.

Taiko

MissPGCEClare wrote: »

Ninbo, thank you for explaining that, I didn't realise OU was funded aswell.

Taiko, no need to be so rude, I think Nimbo had already explained that I was wrong, thank you

Nimbo hadn't. You stated that the student would be entitled due to noy having OU funding. It's the qualification received that matters, not how it was funded.

MissPGCEClare

My apologies then, however you could have written that in your original post rather than just 'you're wrong' considering your signature line leads me to believe you help people with student finance queries, that wasent a very helpful statement.

melancholly

Taiko wrote: »

I think it's part of the deluge of accounts that seem to be being created as a means of levying attacks against myself. Seems a poor attempt at a parody of my notice.

Judging by other threads, not just you!