What is going to happen to PG fees?

studentphil

Since it looks like UG fees will go upto 10, 000 pounds a year within the next three years, what is going to happen to PG fees? I just can't see that they will stay at 3000 pounds a year if an UG is paying 10,000 a year.

aurora_borealis_2

Thread already started about this in student forum.

studentphil

aurora_borealis wrote: »

Thread already started about this in student forum.

Where????????????

Torby

studentphil wrote: »

Where????????????

here...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=635107

Ferris

Torby wrote: »

here...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=635107

that thread is about second undergrad degrees, not PG degrees.

Torby

Ferris wrote: »

that thread is about second undergrad degrees, not PG degrees.

ooooeeerrrr sorry m8....I thought that when you do your first degree...you are an undergraduate...then when you get that degree you become a graduate....then when you start another degree course....which normally you dont get funding for....because you've already graduated....thats your post graduate study....and at this stage you are a post graduate....that must be where I've got confused....I just assumed that when you graduate....everything else you do is post grad.....and i thought at this stage you had to pay for everything anyway, that local authorities wont fund you when you've already got one degree...silly me....I haven't got a degree you see....haven't even got a 25metres swimming cert....:rotfl:

perhaps someone could enlighten me on how this post/under thing works....?

Blacksheep1979

the depth of material covered is usually the standard for post/under graduate courses, that and post grad courses generally require you to have done a degree 1st.

Student Phil - please don't do a another degree either postor under graduate.

melancholly

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

Student Phil - please don't do a another degree either postor under graduate.

this is the best piece of advice you'll get, phil!

studentphil

melancholly wrote: »

this is the best piece of advice you'll get, phil!

How' s that supposed to be encouraging or supportive?

Just because I hated my first degree doesn't mean that I couldn't enjoy a pg course in a different subject.

melancholly

i'm encouraging you not to go back to uni. true, you picked a bad course, but you also struggled badly with independent study and a masters would be a step up. if you picked a very different subject to philosophy then you would be starting on the back foot compared to others on your course. a masters for the sake of it will probably not improve job prospects all that much and fees are very high. the time involvement in a masters compared to an undergraduate degree makes part time work much more difficult.

i'm not trying to be discouraging or unhelpful, but after all your posts in the last year of your degree, i really think it is not the right path for you to take.

personally, i think you want to do a masters just to prove that you can achieve academically, after having a very tough time as an undergrad. the world does not revolve around great exam results and i think you need to find ways to view yourself that do not centre on percentages and degree classes. all the certificates in the world can't guarentee to make anyone successful and trying to get them when it's actually playing to a weakness rather than a strength is, in my opinion, misguided!

studentphil

melancholly wrote: »

i'm encouraging you not to go back to uni. true, you picked a bad course, but you also struggled badly with independent study and a masters would be a step up. if you picked a very different subject to philosophy then you would be starting on the back foot compared to others on your course. a masters for the sake of it will probably not improve job prospects all that much and fees are very high. the time involvement in a masters compared to an undergraduate degree makes part time work much more difficult.

i'm not trying to be discouraging or unhelpful, but after all your posts in the last year of your degree, i really think it is not the right path for you to take.

personally, i think you want to do a masters just to prove that you can achieve academically, after having a very tough time as an undergrad. the world does not revolve around great exam results and i think you need to find ways to view yourself that do not centre on percentages and degree classes. all the certificates in the world can't guarentee to make anyone successful and trying to get them when it's actually playing to a weakness rather than a strength is, in my opinion, misguided!

Only a couple of marks off a 2.1 is hardly huge failure considering how unhappy I was at the time. I honestly don't think there is any path to a proper career with prospects and a decent salary without PG study to be fair.