Got children at University - maintenance loans and parental contributions

[Octopus]

Companies looking for graduates will be happy you have ANY degree, not any specific degree... It shows you have the potential to learn.


Before anyone says we've got it easy in Scotland with free tuition..... that only means a SCOTTISH student going to a SCOTTISH university. We will be paying if she decides on Newcastle next year.
She is self-funding a gap year in China this year....

Not sure about the any degree bit ...........

"free tuition" --------- hum, if England had £1500 more per head to spend maybe we would have this too.

 

[Squid]

Physics ..........

Any chance of getting a bursary? At leasts its not sports science or how deep is a hole degree........

 

[Squid]

Which is where we were yesterday - Friday was Warwick!

Warwick is a good Uni, my youngest did German and Business there and walked away with a 1st, did PT work for the first 2 years somewhere in a canteen for Network Rail then in the final year stopped working to concentrate on getting a decent result.

 

[rapparee]

Not sure about the any degree bit ...........

"free tuition" --------- hum, if England had £1500 more per head to spend maybe we would have this too.

But instead you have free dental care.

I paid £300 last week for root canal, it would have cost £59 over in England

It's swings and roundabouts

 

[rapparee]

Mines paid his off, aged 36.

I never took one out
I worked 40+ hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then back to uni on a Sunday night

Paid my own fees and rent

At least when I graduated I was under no obligations to anyone, so I was able to walk away from it and decide to get a trade instead

 

[Octopus]

But instead you have free dental care.

I paid £300 last week for root canal, it would have cost £59 over in England

It's swings and roundabouts

Free dental care? Are you kidding ?

It’s not free and if you can find an nhs dentist they don’t have time to do it properly ....

 

[Squid]

Free dental care? Are you kidding ?

It’s not free and if you can find an nhs dentist they don’t have time to do it properly ....

Scots drink Irn Bru it just dissolves their teeth so no need for dentists........

 

[littlespark]

I went to uni myself.... at age 24. With a mortgage, a wife and kid.
Had my trade already and worked when I could. Better than minimum wage in a maccy D