No trust me, you get a lot of serious letters making you well aware of your legal requirement. And its your parents they will go after if you dispear.
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No trust me, you get a lot of serious letters making you well aware of your legal requirement. And its your parents they will go after if you dispear.
Worst "My Daughter is going to Cambridge Uni" thread ever.
As for the UCAS applications a lot of people in my year at school still haven't sent off their applications yet but very much intend to in the near future so I wouldn't rely too much on those 'eraly indicators' yet.
Yes, we students tend to leave these things 'til the last minute.
Colouring?
Geography is inclusive of business, economics, conversational biology, geology, anthropology and art
Probably one of my favourite subjects.
It all depends on what your daughter wants out of going to university. I've just applied for next year, and I know I will end up with a huge amount of debt - possibly £60k+ if I do a masters, which I am considering. It's what I want to do though, so why not do it? If I get a good job out of it, then I have to pay a bit back, and if not, I end up having done what I want to and not having to pay back the loan.
I've applied for a maths degree - got offers from Warwick and Manchester (currently my first and back-up choices), and I'm still waiting for my interview at Cambridge in a few weeks.
I've applied for a maths degree - got offers from Warwick and Manchester (currently my first and back-up choices), and I'm still waiting for my interview at Cambridge in a few weeks.
Actually, was this under the old system? Seeing as you are abroad now I guess it was a while ago when you did it. Because at the moment if you wait 25 years they write it off as well.
http://www.slc.co.uk/about student finance/products and services/write_off_terms.html
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I dont know when they changed the system but my loan covers 2001-2006.
But that is irrelevent,you cas't simply get away without payiongoff yur loan by moving abroad.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Educati...AndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/DG_10034866
Rules are totally unchanged.
Waiting 25 year is not teh same as not paying your loan. Currently if you move aborad or stay in the UK you will poay back the loan at the same rate, and it is written off after 25 years. Makes not a jot of difference.
Yeah companies won't take you on for industrial placements if you don't get at least a 2:1 from your first year.
Just out of curiosty do you have to pay the SLC from a UK bank account even if you're abroad? Is so, what happens if you don't have one?
Ok, seems I was wrong thenThey really keep that quiet.
But I guess if you don't intend to come back there's not much they can do.
Why should they have to mak a big fuss about paying off loans even if you live abroad. It is common sense, you get a loan and you legally must pay it back.
If you leave the UK and never come bak they can legally do things like get in contact with forign police and have you deported. WHether they will or not is anothe question, and you could always try to hide in the middkle of Asia or Africa with fake names etc.
However, your parents are legal guarantors of your student loan. Ultimately if you don't make the loan payments they could force your parents to. This stuff I don't know too muh about as i have every intention of paying off my loan.
I think that is for settign up a direct Debit. AFAIK, you can even use credit cards etc to make payments.
EDIT: You an go here and make a payment online:
http://www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk/portal/page?_pageid=93,3867412&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
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Is this even possible???
I've never seen any uni that will let you do a masters without an undergrad. Most science / maths / teaching Masters degrees require at least a 2.1 in a relelvant subject, and art based Masters still require any undergrad degree plus a portfolio / audition.
University is now a pointless exercise unless you take a vocational degree which guarantees a well paying job (in the medium to long term)
You are talking Law, Medicine, Architecture or Engineering (I have probably missed one but those are the main) in 18 years time if my son wants to go do a mickey mouse degree which is not one of those I will do my damndest to dissuade him. Though I can imagine in 18 years time because of the cost the mickey mouse degrees will be gone because no one will get 20-40k worth of debt for a tourism degree
You are talking Law, Medicine, Architecture or Engineering (I have probably missed one but those are the main) in 18 years time if my son wants to go do a mickey mouse degree which is not one of those I will do my damndest to dissuade him. Though I can imagine in 18 years time because of the cost the mickey mouse degrees will be gone because no one will get 20-40k worth of debt for a tourism degree
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I'm just throwing it out there - I had never heard of Anglia Ruskin before I read this thread 
I'm just throwing it out there - I had never heard of Anglia Ruskin before I read this thread
Same here, and that is a very important point when working out the value of a degree.
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I'm confused as to why?
Subjects at degree level aren't standardised like GCSE subjects. Universities will teach different things under the same degree title. A 2:2 in Mathematics from Oxford would trump a First in Mathematics from an ex-poly everyday of the week. Degree title and institution is everything.