Help with tuition fees?

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My situation - 44 year old, previous undergraduate degree, not working due to caring responsibilities of adopted child with special needs. He is going to school in September and I found a degree course that I really, really want to do, but I am not eligible for tuition loans because of my previous degree (even though is was over 20 years ago that I graduated). Due to the family finances, there is not an icicles chance in HELL of us getting the money together for me to do the course.
Does anyone know of anywhere that might be able to help me with the tution fees? The course is Medical Herbalism, Bank loans aren't a possibility...
Help?!
Does anyone know of anywhere that might be able to help me with the tution fees? The course is Medical Herbalism, Bank loans aren't a possibility...
Help?!
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It sounds a bit, well, alternative. Herbalism is not a scientific subject nowadays, even though searching for medicinal effects in nature is clearly legitimate.
Edited to add, I checked, and the degrees look to be worthless. If you want to set yourself up as a medical herbalist you can just do it today, no training needed. You can buy a degree online if you want one, but Thor courses offered at universities are up there with homeopathy.
I'd be very disappointed if a quack course such as Medical Herbalism fell under the STEM banner.
I also checked and did find some courses at legit universities, but I'd agree with your general view of such courses, and I suspect that any university that does offer a degree course has spotted a money making opportunity for them that will be of little benefit to the students (and none at all to anyone unfortunate/daft enough to request treatment).
Thanks again for going to the trouble of replying.
Or if you have a house, you can pledge the house and get a loan.
Lincoln College with validation by Lincoln University
BSc Herbal Medicine
Westminster University
BSc Herbal Medicine
Google NIMH and herbal medicine degree. As they are BSc, I would also enquire about the STEM loans. Good luck!