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Grades for midwifery
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Do contextual offers still apply after a gap year with grades in hand?
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Bath, Edinburgh or Exeter for Economics?
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AI and the Humanities
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Mechanical Engineering at Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham and Bath
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New (ish) UCAS personal statement format
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Can you reapply through UCAS next year after a late application?
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Advice for my student child in a difficult shared house
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How can I help my son? Uni options
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Anyone planning on using storage for Their adult DCs things at uni this summer ?
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Can a student finance loan amount be changed after applying?
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Hot water expectations in Hall of Residence?
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How long does it take for Provisional driving licence to come back for someone who doesn't have UK passport? (Student needs the driving licence to have proof of address to open bank a/c which is required for student loan application by 15th May!
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Any experience of UWL and other London unis for Media courses?
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WIWIKAU Facebook Page - Harsh admin!
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A-level History instead of Econ for Econ/PPE courses at top unis
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Changing university choice through UCAS? (When Already accepted)
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Best unis for a broad biology degree?
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French baccalaureate for engineering applications to UK universities
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Civil Engineering Degree
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Decision deadline looming!
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Careers for highly sensitive people (orchid child)
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History - Exeter 2026
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Student finance confusion
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Any academics around (especially Nottingham???)
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Maths & Physics
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Transferring university mid-year?
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Durham, York, Bristol for History - which ones to firm and insure?
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Advice blog to parents from a professional university adviser
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Applying for unis with lower grades than entry requirements
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Funding for Oxford MPhils
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Should he choose PE A level or keep broader sixth form options?
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Confused about accommodation for insurance choice
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Birmingham or Surrey for CS with placement year?
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Can student tenants end a fixed term HMO tenancy early under new renters' rights rules?
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Do you think ‘take what you enjoy doing’ as a degree is good advice?
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Oxford Maths/ Maths stats/ Maths CS - 2025 - Anyone got an offer this year?
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Applying for maths at Cambridge
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Cost of 2nd/3rd year accommodation Exeter
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Distance from home
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Games Development
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How much if student living at home
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Accountancy apprenticeship over University
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Rejecting insurance offer and retaking - any experience of this?
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UCL accommodation
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Vice-Chancellors in trouble
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Bristol or Bath accomodation after 1st Year
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Student finance application help needed
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Oxford looking at GSCEs in context of the school - any experts?
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Is there a UCAS Extra thread?
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