Can I get funding and student loans for another degree?

Cycrow

Im not sure getting another degree is the best way to improve your job chances.

Degrees can help, but not half as much as some people seem to think.
Expereince has always been much more important.
And once you are in your career the degree would becoming even more meaningless

Do you know what type of job you would actually like to do and what happens when you try to apply for them ?
perhaps its a simple matter of your CV not being presented well, or not applying at the correct places?

tiredwithtwins

The rules must have changed, as I did a degree in 1993 but left after a year as a job opportunity overseas came up. I then went back to uni in 1999 part time and completed the degree full time; on both occasions I got a student loan (which im still paying off).

Just a thought, but if your first degree is related to performing arts, have you thought of going into mental health nursing? complete the mental health nursing degree and perhaps look at drama therapy?? im suggesting this cos a friend of mine is doing the exact same thing ... he completed a film/tv type degree (cant remember the exact degree) then went on to do a shortened 2 yr post-grad nursing degree (he has done general nursing but you should be able to do mental health nursing at same level)
Im a nurse myself and the nhs is always pushing nurse recruitment - as you have life experience im sure you would be an excellent candidate.
good luck x

Max4848

agrinnall wrote: »

No, but you can work and study for a Masters part time, which is what lots of people do. Alternatively, work full time to save up enough so you can fund a year of full time study. Both are perfectly possible, anyone without the initiative to do either is probably not one of the 'future brains' you refer to.

Hi, is it more typical to do a master's part time and work part-time or full-time?

Voyager2002

Max4848 wrote: »

Hi, is it more typical to do a master's part time and work part-time or full-time?

A master's degree is a lot of work, so coping with one on top of a full-time job would require a great deal of stamina.

Dunroamin

Voyager2002 wrote: »

A master's degree is a lot of work, so coping with one on top of a full-time job would require a great deal of stamina.

Any study on top of a full time job requires stamina; the ability to complete it is likely to be down to motivation and other factors in the student's life.

Voyager2002

Dunroamin wrote: »

Any study on top of a full time job requires stamina; the ability to complete it is likely to be down to motivation and other factors in the student's life.

To put this in context: at one time I convened a module that was part of an MA course. For about three months of the year, the course demanded working weeks of more than fifty hours (because several modules ran at the same time). While some students did part-time work for part of the year, I do not believe that anyone could have maintained a full-time job while completing the course successfully.

LondonAmbassador

Taiko wrote: »

What makes you think you're intelligent if you didn't get a first?

Seemingly you are devoid of any emotional intelligence.

agrinnall

LondonAmbassador wrote: »

Seemingly you are devoid of any emotional intelligence.

So you've signed up to comment on a post made over 3 months ago from someone who has helped many people on this board and was probably just having a bad day? Until you have made at least some sort of effort to provide assistance I for one have little interest in your opinion.