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Shouldn't parents be teaching freshers life skills before university?
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Too early for a Medicine 2027 thread?
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DD anxious about starting university and already wants to come home
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Do Oxbridge grads get a negative reputation in the workplace?
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How does this work for universities’ teaching?
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Fledglings 2026 - support, discussion and looking after each other
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Loughborough university moving in day-parking?
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Oxbridge applications 2027 entry
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Parents of Warwick freshers 2026
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What % of nottingham uni freshers struggle in first weeks/months?
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How depressing student house is
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Is Ecology/Conservation a difficult career to enter?
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Finding a year 3 work placement
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How does this work for University rankings?
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Parents of Durham freshers 2026
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Is 24 too old to start a masters?
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Cambridge Law Degree
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Is a masters really becoming the norm?
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Gap years and deferred entry
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University of York starters 2025
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Research Rabbit
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Pros and cons of doing a Masters
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Has you DS actually had fun at Oxbridge?
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Uni thread : September 2024 onwards - parents uni chat
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Empty nest: when does it get better?
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What if only Law Graduates could Practise Law?
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How much does University Choice Matter for Legal Career?
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Juggling motherhood and uni
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Parents of Durham freshers 2025
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Can a low-energy student thrive at Oxford or Cambridge?
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Oxbridge applicants 2026 - thread 2
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Should I worry if my Year 13 daughter does not want to go to university?
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Are we entering an era of students mainly picking a local uni and commuting?
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Best University courses for a career in Product Design
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TMUA resources help
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dreading parental contribution discussion with ex - pls help!
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Leaf courses
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Current Oxbridge students - new year, new thread
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Do any universities actually require A-level Geography for Geography degrees?
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Citizens Advice - volunteering
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How much monthly spending money do you give a student at university?
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Art and Design at university; for past, present, and future students and parents
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Taking a child to university by train and what to buy there?
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So who is right for Oxbridge?
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Arabic +\- Middle Eastern Studies
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Newcastle Uni starters 26
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Does anyone have the top 10 from the new Times Uni Guide 2027?
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DS has failed 2 end of year exams, what is likely to happen?
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Medicine 2026 part 4
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They settle in and we miss them. Uni Starters 2023 - Thread 2
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