Dilemma: finish degree or take new job
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yeah, i think i'm being blinded by the money atm... too many years of shit money in retail has made me think that £8/h is a fucking goldmine...
and it is an extra £5k a year
apply for uni, put off going back till 2009
take job, SAVE that extra 5k (ie you put the difference between your new wage and your current one away somewhere you can't get it)
go to uni with fewer financial issues
or just go to uni now and to hell with the money
only two options mate, forget the rest
strung out
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how much is one year of an undergraduate course nowadays roughly? £3k?
strung out
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love ya mate x
as always, think you're right... i'll get the application for uni sorted in the morning! (and take the job at least for a few months
*decides against going over to sit on strung out's head*
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how do you mean don't start paying them back til after i graduate? for the other 4 years i was at uni for i paid my tuition fees in the first term of each year (actually, i didnt... but that's when i was supposed to have paid them)
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never seen data entry jobs for that kind of cash round these parts
not in Bristol you can't
Thora
Differently Ethical
That was before the fees went up to £3k though right? Now you can take out a loan for them, and you pay it back when you graduate like a normal student loan. Though in my case I couldn't got the loan because I'm doing year 1 for a second time, so maybe that would apply to you too. I am paying mine in installments of £860 anyway.
sleaterkinney
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Don't get too hung up on jobs, they come and they go, there will be other opportunities after this one.
yeah, jobs are just these things you know?
worry about you and your life. educate yourself. make the most of life and yourself. jobs just happen along the way
agreed....once one starts working its much harder to go back to school....think long term here
eoin_k
Lawyer's fees, beetroot and music
What is the degree in and why do you want to finish it. Higher education is a great opportunity and it does open doors but it isn't the be all and end all of life. I have a degree and a post grad qualification and am in the process of getting a trade unrelated to either. On the face of it going for the degree makes sense, but spending a year and 3 grand doing a course that you might not be inspired by or that isn't necessarily improving your employment prospects might not be the best choice... just to play devils advocate. What do you really want to do?
Thora
Differently Ethical
He's already spent 3 years on it and got nothing to show for it at the moment though - makes sense for him to invest a year and 3k in getting his piece of paper now, otherwise all the rest of that time, money and effort goes to waste.
this
and also the fact that life isn't entirely about work. I would hope that he wants to complete it for the joy of education and the satisfaction of a good job well done. what it leads on to nobody can know but I sincerely hope strung out doesn't get tied up in thinking about a career when he should be thinking about a life.
*insert obvious clown joke here*
Thora
Differently Ethical
scifisam
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I may be being stupid here, since you already started the degree so are not a new student, but wouldn't your status as a mature, independent student affect the fees you have to pay to the uni? Would you really have to pay the same as an 18-year-old living at home with Mum and Dad?
Bizarrely, being a uni student seems to open doors to lots of retail jobs, too. At the end of your degree, with your experience, you'd be a shoe-in for a management programme - even at relatively ethical companies.
Basically, in a year's time, you could be either someone with a degree and quite a bit of experience in retail, or someone without a degree and experience in retail.
They offered you this job on the basis of your current experience, yes? That's not going to evaporate in one year, especially if the reason you weren't working, or weren't working as much, is because you were completing your degree. That will make you seem like a go-getter.
Lots of people I know who work in retail eventually got degrees by some route or other because they couldn't progress without it. This is becoming more and more common, with degrees becoming more commonplace. It's true that returning to study gets harder the longer you're out of it; and at least you're used to being poor now - you can cope for another year, surely?
Bizarrely, being a uni student seems to open doors to lots of retail jobs, too. At the end of your degree, with your experience, you'd be a shoe-in for a management programme - even at relatively ethical companies.
Basically, in a year's time, you could be either someone with a degree and quite a bit of experience in retail, or someone without a degree and experience in retail.
They offered you this job on the basis of your current experience, yes? That's not going to evaporate in one year, especially if the reason you weren't working, or weren't working as much, is because you were completing your degree. That will make you seem like a go-getter.
Lots of people I know who work in retail eventually got degrees by some route or other because they couldn't progress without it. This is becoming more and more common, with degrees becoming more commonplace. It's true that returning to study gets harder the longer you're out of it; and at least you're used to being poor now - you can cope for another year, surely?
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all makes sense... though fuck going into management tbh, already turned that down once and have no desire to be going around telling people what to do (part of the reason i jacked in sainsburys in the first place).
aqua
made of cheese and gin
sorry to pick this up late but just to reiterate what thora said
now when you apply for student support, you get access to 2 loans - one for tuition fees and one for maintenance (the money you live off and pay accommodation etc)
if you want to go, you need to be completing these forms kinda around NOW
The deadlines below apply to both online and paper-based applications:
* New students applying for non-means tested support – End of April 2008
* New students applying for means tested support – End of June 2008
* is important that you know the exact date for submission. This will be detailed in the information with the application form. However you are advised to apply as early as possible so that your application is processed in good time.
Students do not start to repay their loan until they are in full-time employment and earning a minimum of �15,000 per year.
For more information, please contact the Student Loans Company:
http://www.slc.co.uk/index.html
now when you apply for student support, you get access to 2 loans - one for tuition fees and one for maintenance (the money you live off and pay accommodation etc)
if you want to go, you need to be completing these forms kinda around NOW
The deadlines below apply to both online and paper-based applications:
* New students applying for non-means tested support – End of April 2008
* New students applying for means tested support – End of June 2008
* is important that you know the exact date for submission. This will be detailed in the information with the application form. However you are advised to apply as early as possible so that your application is processed in good time.
Students do not start to repay their loan until they are in full-time employment and earning a minimum of �15,000 per year.
For more information, please contact the Student Loans Company:
http://www.slc.co.uk/index.html
baldrick
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yup. my partner in admin at work is doing a full-time degree AND working 25 hours a week AND has two kids. so it's entirely possible.
I would take the job, prepare for uni and see if your employer would be prepared to let you work fewer hours while you do it. If not, no great loss.
Your degree is the priority here I think. it's more fun than working for a living, and i think you know this too
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yup! looking forward to a fifth year at uni tbh (and i had a year out before i startedYour degree is the priority here I think. it's more fun than working for a living, and i think you know this too
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