ssj_kakarot
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Registered: 29th Apr 03
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Originally posted by loo_goblin
i dont know why people say uni is shit, having the best time of my life, that is the problem failed last year and fucked up last semester a bit.
but uni is a great experience, but i think my experience has been very diffrent from people who have lived at home and gone to uni.
im refering more so to the things your actual tought and the way your tought them tbh, not the night life.
i went to uni to learn skills that will help me find a career, seems all im doing at the moment is going to lectures getting read a 15 min powerpoint presentation and then told to learn the stuff my self from a book, i really dont see why this costs me £3000 a year.
not to mention the fact i keep getting put into groups with idiots who have no clue so i end up doing all the work and they share the same grade.
and dont even get me started on this stupid topic we have to do "pde" utter shite, how is an essay on "emotional intelligence" supposed to benfit me in n e way shape or form.
waste of fucking time, however, i guess its a meens to an end.
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loo_goblin
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Registered: 14th Jul 04
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
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what course u do?
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ssj_kakarot
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Registered: 29th Apr 03
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Ba in bussiness and law minor.
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Laney
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Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
i went to uni to learn skills that will help me find a career, seems all im doing at the moment is going to lectures getting read a 15 min powerpoint presentation and then told to learn the stuff my self from a book, i really dont see why this costs me £3000 a year.
I agree.
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loo_goblin
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Registered: 14th Jul 04
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i do sciences and get lots more contact hours than u.
but i know how it feels to hav to do essays on stuff u hav absolutely no intrest in, i had to one on the ethics of cloning and one on micro bacteria. I major in earth sciences for fucks sake
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geordiecorsa
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Registered: 26th Mar 05
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teaching bursery, pfft, don't get me started -
do a YEAR long pgce, get 6k to train 3k initially, 3k on completion
Do a graduate teaching programme (from a term to 4 terms) - get 6k to train, 3k initially , 3k on completion.
Do a 4/3 year BA and teaching qualification and get naff all.
Actually, no thats wrong, you get 12k of debt and crappy temp work that'll never pay that debt off in any reasonable time frame.
Rant over!!
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CraigyG
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Registered: 20th Oct 02
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
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As we're on the subject of students loans how long does it take to receive your first payment when you apply for one?
I start college on the 8th Jan but i need to sort out my evidence to prove who i am etc. I doubt i'll get it when i start college...
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loo_goblin
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it could take all term mate
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CraigyG
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Originally posted by loo_goblin
it could take all term mate
That's a bugger 
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
im refering more so to the things your actual tought and the way your tought them tbh, not the night life.
This annoys me about uni.
You are doing a business and law degree.
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Ian
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Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
i went to uni to learn skills that will help me find a career ... how is an essay on "emotional intelligence" supposed to benfit me in n e way shape or form.
Perhaps when you've done the essay it will all become clear.
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meemawuk
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Registered: 25th Jun 04
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I think theres alot of confusion nowadays about what Universities are supposed to do. Afai always believed, they weren't places where you went to learn a skill to get a job. The only way you can learn to do most jobs is by actively participating and learning from others who do the job themselves. The government has forced Universities to modify their courses to make graduates more employble, after pushing at youths to stay on in education in order to cover up the shrinking labour market in the country. I always thought Universities were places designed to create free thinking intellectual individuals who would eventually provide the greater population with scientific improvement, a better understanding of ourselves etc etc. for the benefit of our society. It worries me to think that people are studying at university so they can become a manager in Asda, or so they can start their own buisness. People have been doing these jobs without the aid of "degrees" for decades.
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jay kay
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To be honest i agree im in my final year doin law and business and over the past three years law has become EVERYONES proffession and i dont want to become a claims solicitor so that leaves me two options going into business and doing management orrr saving up 20k to do an mba. Uni is shit cos of the amount it costs i dont mind the bursaries as i have a mate who gets one ad everyone should be entitled to education. More often than not the piece of paper you recieve after you graduate enables you to earn a higher starting wage in theory however a recent study claimed that university students could earn onli 100k more than those who neer went compared to a study carried out 3 years ago by the government that claimed that the difference was 400k when they were raising tution fees. total bull shit i believe links below
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Dione J
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Registered: 22nd Sep 04
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Originally posted by Colin
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Originally posted by ClaireF
the college goiing to put me on a bus as they wont pay my petrol.
i bus leaves college at 4.30 but i dont finish college till 5 or 6. so they said they pay me for train but the amount for a train might as well give me petrol money
Would be better money spent sticking you on a basic spelling course tbh
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Colin
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Colin
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BTW to all the doubters on here - My year at college & 4.5k student loan has been worth while, ive went from a below average wage job to one which after training will pay a salary of around £50k/yr
C'mon the students 
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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i applied for a loan thinkin id get over 1k
got £400
keep gettin letters now to pay it bk, might aswell to get it out the way
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K17STY
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
Location: West Lothian
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you shouldnt need to pay it back till you earn over 16k a year.
I got nowt for going to uni, a 1k loan was my lot. my rents earn too much. This annoys me soooo much, they might earn that but it doesnt mean they are going to give me any. I want to go back but cant afford to.
Then theres the single parents they get given everything on a plate GRR.
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laurajayne
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Sudbury Suffolk
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i wish i didnt have to pay my bursary back.
I will owe the NHS £18,000 by the time i qualify as a nurse in two years.
Help!!!!!!
I dont think i pay much back a month thou, thank god
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