I'm in my 50s and pondering my future as I'll likely have an empty nest in a couple of years time.
I've always wanted to get an undergraduate degree - I went straight from O levels into a YTS (soooo old!!!) and then career. In my early 30s my organisation paid for me to a Postgraduate Diploma related to my job.
This seems to be something of an issue now if I want a loan from student finance to study an undergraduate degree, as I hold a Pg qualification.
I tried calling student finance but don't think they understood. The undergraduate degree I likely do is completely unconnected to the Pg Diploma I hold. As it's a Diploma only does it even "count" as a Pg thing?
Anyone any experience of this? I'd likely want to study part time so I can keep working part time and wouldn't qualify for any maintenance loans or similar - it's just for tuition fees. Not sure if I want OU or a local uni.
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SFisnotsimple · 17/11/2021 14:42
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