University 2019/20 intake: vacations, vaccinations, va-va-voom restored and virtually into their third year

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Mines having her second in a couple of weeks . She’ll be pleased to have the best protection before beginning of term .

Re: the sore arm. When Dd2, Dh and I had our 2nd, we had a competition to see who could raise our arm the highest . Second day was the funniest. Calmed down after that.

DS says he feels fine - still not 24hrs since he had it though!

DD is fine and arm less sore now at nearly 48hrs.Lucky thing.

@Zandathepanda how is your younger DD getting on? Will she be able to have the vaccine?

Oh is she DD2? Just re read. How is she doing?

DD had her second dose at five weeks. She's doing year abroad next year and had to be double jabbed for country she's going to. She approached the doctor who referred her immediately (it could have waited a week or so). She had Pfizer, absolutely no side effects. Another friend got her second one at five weeks through a walk-in, again she was fine.

Talking of vaccines, Hartpury University says unvaccinated students cannot live on-site.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58281872

@ifonly4 you probably saw my post above...ds1 went to a walk in last Sunday 2 days earlier than 8 weeks and they wouldn't do it. It's 14 miles away and he's been working all week so will wait until Sunday then try again.

Benji thankyou for thinking of Dd2. She’s now in group 6 so was double vaccinated a while back with no problems (at 16). Seizure activity is still not good, and she’s exhausted all the time. After year 13 she is having a year out and maybe specialist hospital stuff. Scary going back to school with no covid safeguards.

I hope things improve for your DD2 @Zandathepanda. I often think of you both. It is so frustrating not being able to get clear answers

Gosh @Zandathepanda must be so hard. Sounds like a good plan. I hope you find answers better treatments x

Thankyou x

We tried to get DD vaccinated 7 weeks post 1st jab at a pop up clinic last week, as she was visiting. They refused point blank even though we explained that she has chronic fatigue syndrome and will struggle to access the appointment that she has made closer to where she lives.

DS is about to start a job with a well-known high Street store and wasn't even asked his vaccination status, which surprised me. He is eligible for his 2nd next week, though has an appointment in home town which I will cancel now that he is living in uni city. I really don't want to tell him about the side effects that some of your DC have experienced, but must urge him to get his jab as far away from his next shift as possible.

@Zandathepanda, that sounds both hopeful and worrying - I hope the new term doesn’t cause further problems

@simbobs, I didn’t mention anything to DS (who felt a bit crappy yesterday afternoon but was fine to go round to a mates last night!) and I won’t to DD (who will imagine symptoms even if there aren’t any and is highly stressed about her MSc anyway

DS is heading back to university on Friday. It’s been lovely to have him home, but he wants to get back now, see his friends and do a bit of socialising before term starts.
Let’s hope 3rd year goes well 🤞🤞

DS offered a placement opportunity for his third year today so pleased as it's been such a slog trying to find something, final details to be sorted but he is very happy, so are we.

Congratulations to your DS Rags. That's great news. My DS finishes his summer internship on Friday and is looking forward to a couple of weeks doing nothing before heading back to Nottingham.

Thank you mine, I am glad your DS is looking forward to going back for his final year. I wonder if our DSs ever met? I guess with all the disruption since March 2020 there haven't been any proper lectures, shame that all the lovely facilities in the Department were never really used. My DS has a good circle of friends but none really from his course.

Well done @Ragwort DS. Mine gave up and has only just got a "summer" job. I wish he had sought guidance from uni about a placement as I really don't think he is ready for his final year. There has been so much disruption and so little meaningful content.

That’s great @Ragwort!
Bit last min - there is so much competition/places not offering because of Covid. Did he have accommodation signed up to get out of?

My DS is looking at which way he should go in terms of jobs - he was thinking of law conversion, but he is a bit despondent about finding a Christmas internship.

Great news @Ragwort Hope it doesn’t cause too many admin issues being last minute? I’m not sure if Ds has sorted it out with Student Finance yet...

I was wondering what happens with Student Finance. Do you have to cancel the application and then reapply as a placement /sandwich student, as the uni still gets paid some fees?

Yes you do. Ds changed it online but has had no confirmation yet so will get him to phone I think.

Thanks all, no accommodation booked at Uni but of course now trying to sort out accommodation for his job, which is much further away from home than Uni is (but seems cheaper), he is in contact with the Uni about fees ... apparently you still have to pay reduced fees for the year 'out' ..
Just how efficient he will be at sorting out all this admin we will find out. Hadn't applied for the maintenance loan fortunately. All very last minute and awkward timing of course .... DH & I were planning a few days away but that seems unlikely now.