So...I've been accepted into University and....

DefiantAsh · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:01

They're giving me a £500 Bursary based over 3 separate payments

Thought I'd share this as only a select few get a Bursary at my University out of all of the courses apparently, so they must HAVE (just for you Dave

) liked me

Lol.

Brian8bit · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:02

Or they want a happy ending.

Zefan · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:02

£500 out of £27000. Fun times.

OpenToSuggestions · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:03

Is this a bursary due to Alevel achievements (i.e. high grades) or due to your parents having crap jobs?

Elixir · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:04

What uni? What course?

I got offered a £2k a year bursary at Northumbria Uni after filling up my UCAS slots with random unis. They phoned me the day after I submitted the UCAS application. I lol'd.

DefiantAsh · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:05

mglover070588 said:
Is this a bursary due to Alevel achievements (i.e. high grades) or due to your parents having crap jobs?

High grades, like a scholarship.

I'm already getting Student Finance of £5.3k for this year as well (that being because 'rents have pants jobs

)

Elixir said:
What uni? What course?

I got offered a £2k a year bursary at Northumbria Uni after filling up my UCAS slots with random unis. They phoned me the day after I submitted the UCAS application. I lol'd.

I was offered £3k per year at Newcastle University as a Scholarship scheme

But it wasn't the course for me

..........................

And its Teesside University lol, so i guess a train every morning will be needed

OpenToSuggestions · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:06

Elixir said:
What uni? What course?

I got offered a £2k a year bursary at Northumbria Uni after filling up my UCAS slots with random unis. They phoned me the day after I submitted the UCAS application. I lol'd.

Sounds like a low-standard uni that is desperate to fill places!

DefiantAsh said:
High grades, like a scholarship.

I'm already getting Student Finance of £5.3k for this year as well (that being because 'rents have pants jobs )

Ahhh nice, congrats

Better than a kick in the balls!

Strife212 · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:06

I get 600 a year from mine. Which I thought was petty weak

DefiantAsh · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:07

Strife212 said:
I get 600 a year from mine. Which I thought was petty weak

I think its weak, but better than nothing

Can probably spend it on some gear for Airsoft or my pc, nice set of Headphones

Elixir · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:08

mglover070588 said:
Sounds like a low-standard uni that is desperate to fill places!

Yeah it was, I think the fact I actually had good high-end qualifications made them get overexcited.

What course and uni is it you're going to then OP? I've had quite a varied uni career before finding what I enjoy so I always find it interesting finding out what other people go for.

Azza · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:09

When I was at Bangor I was given £500 per year just for doing Chemistry. My friend who was doing Environmental Chemistry was given £1000 a year bursary by the Uni!

DefiantAsh · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:10

Elixir said:
Yeah it was, I think the fact I actually had good high-end qualifications made them get overexcited.

What course and uni is it you're going to then OP? I've had quite a varied uni career before finding what I enjoy so I always find it interesting finding out what other people go for.

Creative Digital Media

I can branch off to do a various degree of modules;

You can tailor your own degree by choosing from a broad portfolio of creative and technical modules
including:

computer animation
games design
games modelling and animation
web design
digital music
multimedia
post production
digital imaging.

Jamie23 · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:13

Nice one! As a Newcastle student, you made the wrong choice

but good luck! Enjoy the money.

Dave · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:14

DefiantAsh said:
must have

Got a lot to learn I see

Hope you enjoy university, and not so much the debts.

The university that I went to as an undergrad only gave out the bursary to certain subjects - my old housemate was a bit riled that he got nothing for three As at A-level as he did philosophy, but I got just over £1,500 a year (prior achievement bursary included) for doing engineering!

DefiantAsh · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:15

Jamie23 said:
Nice one! As a Newcastle student, you made the wrong choice but good luck! Enjoy the money.

I don't think i have, if im honest

Simply because the course i applied for branched off into computer sciences which i then had to do coding and java-bobly stuff which i never fancied at the time.

So Teesside seemed the better choice

Hopefully i can find a placement year for my 3rd year, then i can have some more extra moneys, secure a car or pay off some/most of my university debt

Strife212 · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:17

DefiantAsh said:
I think its weak, but better than nothing

Can probably spend it on some gear for Airsoft or my pc, nice set of Headphones

Yeah definitely it's still great to get.

DefiantAsh · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:17

Dave said:
Got a lot to learn I see Hope you enjoy university, and not so much the debts.

The university that I went to as an undergrad only gave out the bursary to certain subjects - my old housemate was a bit riled that he got nothing for three As at A-level as he did philosophy, but I got just over £1,500 a year (prior achievement bursary included) for doing engineering!

Lol, i see why he was

Stop picking, my grammar is only useless on these forums, not in 25k word essays

Strife212 said:
Yeah definitely it's still great to get.

Yup

My mate applied for the same course, and he's not getting a bursary, lol

he came from the same college course as well...

Time to rub it in

BlackCoat2k10 · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:17

I got a 2k scholarship + £350 bursary a year at my recent University. Not many people can get them, but have the grades and show the potential and any University will throw things at you!

OpenToSuggestions · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:20

BlackCoat2k10 said:
but have the grades and show the potential and any University will throw things at you!

Not true.

Go to a crap uni and good-ish grades give you a big bursary to temp the good students away from the decent uni to a poorer one as they are desperate for numbers.
Go to a top in (Loughborough, Manchester etc) and only really top end grades (like AAA) give you bursaries (this is based on engineering).
Go to a very top uni such as Camebridge and even fantastic grades, say A* A* A A and you will get nothing.

I can only anticipate the bursaries from the crap universities going through the roof when these £9000 fees hit as they will really struggle for numbers.

DefiantAsh · 20 Jul 2011 at 00:21

BlackCoat2k10 said:
I got a 2k scholarship + £350 bursary a year at my recent University. Not many people can get them, but have the grades and show the potential and any University will throw things at you!

Indeed, i think for a scholarship i needed to get distinctions on all of my units at college, which no one has ever done.

But i think i was the highest achiever on my course though.

I needed to have around 420 Tariff points, which was a nono as my drawing skills were pants in my first year