Masters degree

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DS2 has just graduated with a first, he applied to University of Plymouth to do a masters back in April. He still hasn't heard anything despite them keep telling him it's being processed. He already had 2 rejections from other unis so obviously some have already dealt with their applications.

Has anyone any experience of this? The course is due to start in Sept and it's getting really late for accommodation and student finance now. Do Masters always take longer? Do they wait till they've finished dealing with undergraduates?

Or is anyone else still waiting to hear about a masters place?

Masters courses often taken applications up until the month before the course starts, so not unusual in that sense. However the exact process for his course/chosen institution will have been outline to him - can you share which it is?

On finance though, what student finance is he expecting to apply for as A PG student? There's no main stream funding like at UG level unless it's an except course eg PGCE?

As I said, it's the University of Plymouth and, as it's a physiotherapy course (can't remember the exact one), he gets student funding because its affiliated to the nhs.

The process was Apply 🤷🏼‍♀️ each time he contacts them they say it's still being dealt with, it just seems very late now.

Is he contacting UCAS or Plymouth?

On finance though, what student finance is he expecting to apply for as A PG student? There's no main stream funding like at UG level unless it's an except course eg PGCE?

Yes there is - Masters Loans. There's also Doctoral Loans.

Neither of which are counted as student finance.

@SavingsThreads he's contacting Plymouth. I don't think Masters go through ucas do they?

They can, there's a ICAS postgraduate service. But plenty also take direct applications.

Sorry, *ucas

Neither of which are counted as student finance.

I assumed her ds was in England and applying to Student Finance England and that's why she called it student finance.

Apologies yes it's student finance England.

You can definitely get funding from Student Finance England for a Masters, DD2 did exactly that last year.

It's a separate loan and you start repaying it once your salary reaches a certain threshold, just like you do an under-graduate loan.