Hi everyone,
I’m a regular poster on other peoples threads but have never started my own - I could really use some advice!
I desperately want to go to university to get a BA, but I’m not sure if I would be able to get funding (and unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to afford to do it without)
I first went to university when I was 19 and did a year of a BA in English before I unfortunately dropped out (due to my father passing away)
I also then a few years later studied towards a HNC in Scotland (I’m from England) in a fairly niche/specialist subject, which used a years worth of student finance, however when I signed up for the course I believed it would be a 3 year course that at the end would mean I would get a BA, however at the end of the first year they cut the student numbers down and let a number of us go and we could not continue the course.
From what I can gather online, student finance will finance 4 years of study, but that’s it, is this correct?
Would this mean I could only get 2 years of my BA with student finance and would have to pay for the remaining year myself?
I have also since done a years course which gave me a vocational certificate/diploma (in a very specific field) that is held in high esteem but only in that specific field.
I know I may sound flaky with my past attempts at education, but life and circumstances unfortunately got in the way.
I’m now 10 years older, settled, with a family and I really want to further my education and better my career prospects.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you
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DragonPoop · 23/02/2021 12:27
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