LateDecember. Have him look at Imperial. The fees are eye-watering. It is a pity as some students might want a year or two off, or might want to "trade up" ior find a department that specialises in their interests.
Masters are effectively required for those wanting to work as economists, but are not integrated. I think we ended up paying about £24,000, which is less than Imperial and which included a 10% for being an alum. Not surprisingly DS was the only British student out of 39. Masters fees are a real barrier to the less well off.
DD is home. She finished late, cleaned and moved. We then managed to secure tickets to the women's World Cup semi finals in Lyon. There were not many transport or accommodation options left so she had to travel from Geneva and stay in an Air BnB, all at short notice and on her own. I was quite proud of her till I remembered that lots of her peers are about to study abroad next year.
She will be spending this week volunteering on a residential scheme for disabled people. She has to be back at the start of September, so not a lot of time for work. Luckily her previous employer is happy to have her work on a causal basis as a kitchen porter.
Another money saving tip...return the Virgin media box, otherwise they charge you something like £190. An assertive email over the weekend reminding the agent that they are supposed to return the deposit within 10 days, garnered slightly passive aggressive response, along the lines of "we have already authorised its release - without deductions - did we forget to tell you."