Hello
As the title mentioned i am planning to start my bachelor in UK as my brother already lives there. However i have a huge study gape as i was working .
Is there anyone who has been in my situation or knows someone. Funds is not an issue for me as i had a constant employment. I also have BA but that will not be transferable in UK so i want to start from scratch
Hi, I’m 28 yo this year. I haven’t done Bachelor degree. I know it is a little bit late for me to start over. I’m having some difficulties with my finances. But I really wanted to start over and study in London, I want to pursue my dreams that has been longing in my heart for so long. The country I’ve dream to go. This has been a very hard decision for me. I want to study bachelor of Film and Media, that’s my dream. But my parents’ finances is not good at the moment. And I don’t have stable income because I help my family business. I don’t want to burden my mom, just because for me to be happy, but she has to sacrifices her life? No.. but there’s something in my heart that still want me to try again. To find another solution. that’s why I’m searching the best for a scholarship for the age of mine, which usually they only give to max age 25. Does anyone know a scholarship to study in London for film and media, for adult?
TW: Mentions of OCD
Hi all, my parents and I had an honest conversation yesterday and I'm feeling really confused on if I should or shouldn't do university over again, any insight is appreciated.
For some background information, I have a condition called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD for short. My OCD is very complex and even my GP has struggled to understand this as I have so many different components. From what I now know, my mum and dad told me as soon as I started walking they noticed signs, but at times they thought it might be Bipolar or Schizophrena - its not, its intrusive thoughts and other issues that are part of OCD.
I do class myself as mentally ill - I don't remember much from my childhood due to being fullfilled by the illness. I couldn't concerntrate in school due to the illnesses, refused to do my GCSEs and from what I remember is I completed an access course when I was in a "stable" phase. But, my OCD got worse again and soon after, I disappeared and became estranged, whilst starting university as my OCD made me view as my parents as enemies who were against me.
I completed university, but barely graduated with a 2:2 in Journalism. Now, I'm 95% better (there's always things that could be improved). I'm no longer medicated and I'm living life to the fullest. I've got a job, I self-taught myself six A-levels (3A*'s and 3 A's) and 10 GCSES (A*'s, As and Bs). I want to become a lawyer, but I would have a fight on my hand to get a TC if I continue with a Masters and apply for BPP or somewhere.
My parents have offered to completely fund my second undergrad degree in Law, but want me to apply for a few RGs. I know I can do it as I'm in the right headspace, but I'm just concerned about what is the right option. I could potentially graduate with a First-class degree or a high 2:1 (bit optimistic), but I'm just struggling to decide what the best path is. Do a second undergrad, or go straight into a Masters. Would love to know people's thoughts and options, some outside perspective would be helpful.
Sorry for the long post.
Im looking to apply and go to uni to study physiotherapy, ill have to complete an access course first as I wasnt academically all there in school. But looking at the financing side of it, ill be approx £400 a month worse off 😫 how do you manage financially?!
Topics on the course are sociology, psychology and criminology.
mostly just posting to post. I'm 27F and I am going to start my undergraduate in september in social sciences. I'm SO excited. I crashed and burned out so badly during high school, kept running on fumes through a course and a bit in art in college before I had to drop out and have just been floating around trying to pick myself back up and figure out my plan since. I'm so happy that I took the time I did and really thought about things before going to uni. I've always wanted a degree, or multiple. I love learning. I'm so insanely excited to apply myself to something fulfilling and have a plan going forward. I've been working shit hospitality and retail jobs for years and I've hit that point where I just cannot be a full time bartender anymore man it is SO unfulfilling and sloggish. every minute feels like walking on nails now, I think even more so because I'm so close to it 'finishing' (me going down to part time). september genuinely can't come fast enough
Link to original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/MatureStudentsUK/s/qf0GvCqSKj
I don’t know if anyone remembers my original post, but I’d like to thank those who commented for their warmth and support. I was so enveloped in everything that was going on that I couldn’t bring myself to reply to comments at the time, but I read them all and they really helped me to pull my head out of the sand and seek help. Again, thank you.
I’m equally elated and relieved to say that I completed my course with 45 distinctions. I’ve met my conditional offers for medicine and pending UCAS coming through, I should be starting in September. Never thought I’d say that!
I’m posting this update to say to anyone struggling through something like this, whether it’s Access or a degree or otherwise, that there is so much support out there for you and you are never alone. Your institution is there to help you and want to see you through; there’s numerous support services out there for whatever life is throwing at you; don’t be afraid to reach out to your support network (my family took over a lot of my day-to-day duties so I could see this through - I don’t know how I’ll repay them but I certainly find a way!).
Wishing everyone health and success, and keep supporting each other - you’ve all got this! ❤️
Hi, i was wondering if anyone could help.
I’m 21 and the only GCSE i didn’t pass in school was science-mainly due to not putting any effort into it.
I now want to get the GCSE in order to get the job i want.
I work full time currently and i want to teach myself while im working and then when i hopefully get the science GCSE i can get the job i want.
I have downloaded the AQA specification and it mentions the practical aspect. How do i go about this ? I obviously can’t do the practicals at home - how will i answer the exam questions without doing the practical experiments ?
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Hey everyone I’ve just finished my access course but they said they won’t send it in for moderation. Can I still go uni in September as I don’t want to defer my place. Can I sent my uni the grades I have now and give them my certificate once I get it. Has anyone been in this position ?
hi all! i’ve signed up for the access to humanities, english studies pathway with east sussex college. i’ve got an onboarding call wednesday and the start is august.
is there anything i should do to prepare, skills to brush on or things to read?
also they said if i have my gcse certificates to send them over, but im pretty sure i dont have them. should i reorder them?
last question, they said if you want to go to uni sept 2027 you would need to start before june because of certificates taking a while to come.
if you don’t take the full year to complete, do you think you could still attend next sept? thanks everyone!
I returned back to education at 21, so I didn't feel like I was that much older than them. But the maturity gap felt kinda apparent, I also went to cambridge and it was so much studying and not a lot of fun. I get I chose it but I kinda feel robbed of the uni experience mainly because the post grads were about my age but i didnt see them regularly
Hi everyone,
I've received offers for the following MSc programmes in the UK:
I'm trying to decide which one to attend.
My priorities are:
I'd especially like to hear from:
If you've studied at any of these universities or have experience hiring graduates from them, which would you recommend and why?
I'm looking for honest, real-world opinions rather than just rankings.
Thanks in advance!
They both have ups and downs for me and I'm 50/50 but need to decide soon.
Hi everyone,
I wanted to ask a few questions about the Access to Higher Education course.
At the moment, I’m studying Functional Skills English Level 2 (starting this September). I already have a Maths qualification that UK ENIC (formerly NARIC) recognised as equivalent to GCSE Maths. I’m planning to apply for an Access to Higher Education course next year, and I have a few questions:
I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thank you!
Hey guys, I’m undertaking an access to HE science course, but was wondering if anyone can help me out career wise. I’m looking to get a degree but am unsure of what. I really enjoy learning about human biology and would want a degree focusing on that. I’ve looked at Nursing and mental health nursing, but it’s just not something id be overly interested in i don’t think. I did want to become a haematologist doctor but haven’t got the right qualifications for it. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to other degrees i could pursue but are medical related.
Thank you :)
Hello,
I am planning to study Radiography at university in the future. However, I hardly remember any chemistry, biology, or physics from school because I finished school a long time ago, and I was not very interested in those subjects at the time.
As far as I understand, an Access to Higher Education Science course can be quite challenging for someone who has forgotten most of these subjects, especially when English is not their first language and their English level is around B1.
My question is: would it make sense to complete the Double Science IGCSE Course from the Distance Learning Centre before starting an Access to Higher Education Science course? Do you think it would provide a good foundation and make the Access course easier to manage?
I just received back the first assignment I have done with my online access course provider, I noticed it said my work was 32% ai generated- despite the fact I genuinely didn’t use any ai to complete my assignment… is this normal? or am I doing something wrong
I know that the standard A-level results day are sometime in August, however my tutor said that we could potentially hear back before then. Did you guys hear back on results day or before then?
For context, I was a shitty student, i got mostly 4's in my gcse's, science at 4, english language at 6, literature at 4 and maths at 4, three gcse's were at a 3.
So then i went to do btec business, science and finance, i dropped out after the first year.
Now at 20 years old i have decided i want to get a degree in finance and economics so i relearnt gcse maths and just resat it, i'm probably going to get a 7 but i definitely am capable of getting 8-9, but anyway i have now been studying A-level maths and i am nearly done with pure year 1, i'd say im nearly halfway through the entire a-level maths as the second year has less content, just more new content. So after about a month i'm almost halfway through the whole course
My plan was to also do economics and business a-levels. It's important to know that i am very aware that just going through the content won't get me A's and A*'s so that's why my plan has been to get through the content first (which seems like it won't take too long) and then start aggresively doing past papers and practice questions on repeat, for each a-level. Im sure i can do all of this in a year.
However now i've been researching about HE diplomas and it seems like it is also valid, but there are some catches to it. Some universities still need a-level maths, some universities don't accept the same diplomas, some universities don't need a-level maths and instead a mathematical diploma, so yeah it has it's cons.
The thing is i'm not even sure what university i want to go to, i don't have a specific one in mind but i have a few, i'm not fussed but i like to have some options, because for example let's say i do a diploma and then that university doesn't accept me for whatever reason, i wouldn't even be able to do a similar degree because i went balls-deep into that one specific course, with a-levels this wouldn't be a problem, butttttttt with a-levels it's also risky because if i don't achieve A's then i wouldn't be able to do the specific course, but again i may be able to do something similar or a different university may accept me with lower grades, if it was a diploma the different universiry may not accept that one
Idk man, pls help, im stuck on which one is the better option.