Source?
How does that work for say an undergrad masters with a foundation year?
Doubt foundation years count for loans?
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How does that work for say an undergrad masters with a foundation year?
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How does that work for say an undergrad masters with a foundation year?
If it has its own ucas code, I'm guessing it probably is accepted as an exception in a similar way to medicine.
Four ~£9k in fees for the foundation year, it makes more financial sense to simply redo some A-levels at a night school or community college.
Four ~£9k in fees for the foundation year, it makes more financial sense to simply redo some A-levels at a night school or community college.
Threads on the studentroom are suggesting the way funding works is
length of new course + 1 - previous years.
So a 1+4 degree is a 5 year degree in the SLC's eyes.
Just make sure it is a good degree from a industry respected uni with genuinely good prospects and career progression then the money is a worthwhile investment.
Too many nicely titled useless degrees still which don't replace proper automotive / areospace / core engineering + design.
Well I don't want to be too specific, but it is automotive/transport design.
Has anyone any experience of this situation?
If it's a hard difficult science like CS, Chem, Physics, etc. you're pretty much set in prospects outside of academia. Limiting it down just to engineering is a bit silly.
Yes, I think it's more art than engineering, but its what he wants to do so as a dad I can't say no can I.
Well I don't want to be too specific, but it is automotive/transport design.
So the final question (maybe) is in this persons first attempt at study, they came under the old tuition fee structure. Now obviously, they fall under the more expensive system. For some reason, which I don't buy, there is a feeling that because they started under the old system they would continue with those costs (say 4k tuition fees).
It doesn't work that way. You have to self fund the initial year(s) rather than the ones at the end.
It is to make sure you don't again drop out once funding finishes, wasting money again.
Thanks for this information, makes sense.
Just had a chat with him and he doesn't seem to quite get it.
I can see a lot of trouble ahead.
By self-funding his first 2 years the SLC will have more faith in him completing the course and can then offer funding for his final years.
In engineering and technical design related disciplines there is a ceiling on progression without the professional qualifications/post nominals. Sure you can work in graphic/technical design with great design skills and a basic degree but the salary and prospects won't be commensurate to the financial and time investment. I know a fair few graphic / technical designers stuck on 16-23k pa with related but non accredited degrees even after several years, where the core subject grads are senior/principal levels in the same time frame.
What? SLC don't "fund" people different amounts depending on whether they think they are "a good investment" or not!
I suggest you get your reading glasses on, or get your eyes checked.
At which point did I say SLC fund people different amounts depending on whether they'd be a good investment?
SLC will have more faith in him completing the course and can then offer funding for his final years
Tbh, it would be a much better system if it worked like that, as it'd weed out the **** degrees that a lot of people are doing these days.