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jamiemartin721 Reading 04 Sep 17 6.18pm
Originally posted by aquickgame2 Interesting this topic. My daughter,grad at Uni and now works full time in a school for very disabled children...some of the things she tells me brings me to tears...sorry..... back on subject. She now wants to take another course,while still working,seems its quite expensive but she's happy to do it. Whats the best way for her to go about it ? Looking into workplace sponsorship and schemes for further education in work. You might get lucky and find that your local authority, or a professional body in education for special needs will help fund it. There are also a number of charities that might be inclined towards supporting training in special needs as well as some schools. "One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" [Link]
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Reading 04 Sep 17 6.18pm

Originally posted by aquickgame2

Interesting this topic.

My daughter,grad at Uni and now works full time in a school for very disabled children...some of the things she tells me brings me to tears...sorry..... back on subject.

She now wants to take another course,while still working,seems its quite expensive but she's happy to do it.
Whats the best way for her to go about it ?

Looking into workplace sponsorship and schemes for further education in work. You might get lucky and find that your local authority, or a professional body in education for special needs will help fund it.

There are also a number of charities that might be inclined towards supporting training in special needs as well as some schools.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Michaelawt85 Bexley 04 Sep 17 6.42pm
Originally posted by aquickgame2 Interesting this topic. My daughter,grad at Uni and now works full time in a school for very disabled children...some of the things she tells me brings me to tears...sorry..... back on subject. She now wants to take another course,while still working,seems its quite expensive but she's happy to do it. Whats the best way for her to go about it ? Would her employer not sponsor her Paul? Or allow her day release to study? When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC
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Bexley 04 Sep 17 6.42pm

Originally posted by aquickgame2

Interesting this topic.

My daughter,grad at Uni and now works full time in a school for very disabled children...some of the things she tells me brings me to tears...sorry..... back on subject.

She now wants to take another course,while still working,seems its quite expensive but she's happy to do it.
Whats the best way for her to go about it ?

Would her employer not sponsor her Paul? Or allow her day release to study?

When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC

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Southampton_Eagle At the after party 04 Sep 17 7.30pm
I did my Masters recently as a mature student, I left uni nineteen years ago when I completed my degree. It was hard, I was juggling working full time, seeing the missus on a Tuesday evening for a couple of hours and a Friday night. The rest of my 'spare' time was hitting the books. The missus is just about to start a degree at Winchester Uni as a mature student, juggling 30 hours a week at work, being a mother to a toddler and five hours volunteering at a youth drop in centre. If you really want it you'll be able to balance it all even though it'll be difficult and at times very overwhelming and hard on your loved ones. Good luck
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I did my Masters recently as a mature student, I left uni nineteen years ago when I completed my degree.

It was hard, I was juggling working full time, seeing the missus on a Tuesday evening for a couple of hours and a Friday night. The rest of my 'spare' time was hitting the books.

The missus is just about to start a degree at Winchester Uni as a mature student, juggling 30 hours a week at work, being a mother to a toddler and five hours volunteering at a youth drop in centre.

If you really want it you'll be able to balance it all even though it'll be difficult and at times very overwhelming and hard on your loved ones.

Good luck

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Michaelawt85 Bexley 04 Sep 17 8.48pm
Well they have an open day there next month which I am going to go along to. My children will be 4, 5, 7 and 12 at the time I start. I will be 35 when the course finishes, although not as young as I could be to begin a career from scratch, I like to think I will still be of a decent age to have a decent crack at it. Guess the next 11 months will be best used doing lots of background reading around the various modules if the course. When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC
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Bexley 04 Sep 17 8.48pm

Well they have an open day there next month which I am going to go along to.

My children will be 4, 5, 7 and 12 at the time I start. I will be 35 when the course finishes, although not as young as I could be to begin a career from scratch, I like to think I will still be of a decent age to have a decent crack at it.

Guess the next 11 months will be best used doing lots of background reading around the various modules if the course.

When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC

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Lyons550 Shirley 05 Sep 17 7.35am
Originally posted by Michaelawt85 Well they have an open day there next month which I am going to go along to. My children will be 4, 5, 7 and 12 at the time I start. I will be 35 when the course finishes, although not as young as I could be to begin a career from scratch, I like to think I will still be of a decent age to have a decent crack at it. Guess the next 11 months will be best used doing lots of background reading around the various modules if the course. Go for it.. you'll only think "what if?" If you don't. The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World
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Shirley 05 Sep 17 7.35am

Originally posted by Michaelawt85

Well they have an open day there next month which I am going to go along to.

Guess the next 11 months will be best used doing lots of background reading around the various modules if the course.

Go for it.. you'll only think "what if?" If you don't.

The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 05 Sep 17 8.44am
Originally posted by Michaelawt85 [Link] Couldn't do the OU. I need the structure and discipline of going to the place of education and being taught as opposed to learning at home where there are distractions / looking at other things which need doing Edited by Michaelawt85 (04 Sep 2017 1.30pm) stuff in bold made me laugh. So Freshers week, Wednesday evenings £1 a pint at the Nelson Mandela bar won't be distractions ? I can appreciate the structured timetable that visiting a campus provides. Degree courses are not full-time as such. A 3 year degree is still only around 3.5 days a week in lectures, with the rest of your timetable as free-study/dissertation time. Hanging around with late tennagers and early-twenties in your spare time has its pros and cons. There will ALWAYS be someone older than you on any given course, and plenty of people around your own age. Did a 1 year FT Masters in my 30's, out of boredom really. That seemed to be more career-orientated, learning skills useful in the workplace. Money can be tight at times once the course starts, so putting some money away now (while you are earning) and buying stuff you'll need are worthwhile I disengage, I turn the page.
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Originally posted by Michaelawt85

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Couldn't do the OU. I need the structure and discipline of going to the place of education and being taught as opposed to learning at home where there are distractions / looking at other things which need doing

Edited by Michaelawt85 (04 Sep 2017 1.30pm)

stuff in bold made me laugh.
So Freshers week, Wednesday evenings £1 a pint at the Nelson Mandela bar won't be distractions ?
I can appreciate the structured timetable that visiting a campus provides.
Degree courses are not full-time as such. A 3 year degree is still only around 3.5 days a week in lectures, with the rest of your timetable as free-study/dissertation time.
Hanging around with late tennagers and early-twenties in your spare time has its pros and cons. There will ALWAYS be someone older than you on any given course, and plenty of people around your own age.
Did a 1 year FT Masters in my 30's, out of boredom really. That seemed to be more career-orientated, learning skills useful in the workplace.

Money can be tight at times once the course starts, so putting some money away now (while you are earning) and buying stuff you'll need are worthwhile

I disengage, I turn the page.

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 05 Sep 17 8.49am
And as an added bonus, for some reason Graduation day makes people horny as hell. Something to do with intellectual prowess and basic-instincts, with those flowing gowns and easy access. Guildford Cathedral has seen a lot of action in its time I disengage, I turn the page.
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And as an added bonus, for some reason Graduation day makes people horny as hell.
Something to do with intellectual prowess and basic-instincts, with those flowing gowns and easy access.

Guildford Cathedral has seen a lot of action in its time

I disengage, I turn the page.

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Michaelawt85 Bexley 05 Sep 17 8.59am
Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly stuff in bold made me laugh. So Freshers week, Wednesday evenings £1 a pint at the Nelson Mandela bar won't be distractions ? I can appreciate the structured timetable that visiting a campus provides. Degree courses are not full-time as such. A 3 year degree is still only around 3.5 days a week in lectures, with the rest of your timetable as free-study/dissertation time. Hanging around with late tennagers and early-twenties in your spare time has its pros and cons. There will ALWAYS be someone older than you on any given course, and plenty of people around your own age. Did a 1 year FT Masters in my 30's, out of boredom really. That seemed to be more career-orientated, learning skills useful in the workplace. Money can be tight at times once the course starts, so putting some money away now (while you are earning) and buying stuff you'll need are worthwhile £1 a pint on Wednesday night's won't be relevant to me.I have four children at home who need me to cook their dinner, help them with their homework and put them to bed. Lol When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC
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Bexley 05 Sep 17 8.59am

Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly

Money can be tight at times once the course starts, so putting some money away now (while you are earning) and buying stuff you'll need are worthwhile

£1 a pint on Wednesday night's won't be relevant to me.I have four children at home who need me to cook their dinner, help them with their homework and put them to bed. Lol

When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 05 Sep 17 10.09am
Originally posted by Michaelawt85 Yes that's where I am looking at. Avery hill campus to study this.... [Link] my neighbour did this. It is very unnerving living nextdoor to someone who continually gives you the once-over for forensic evidence to ascertain your most recent activities. She has recently retired from the police force. Her hubby is an ex-copper too. Jamie martin999 also knows shed-loads and I reckon would be your foremost source of info I disengage, I turn the page.
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in a hidey-hole 05 Sep 17 10.09am

Originally posted by Michaelawt85

Yes that's where I am looking at. Avery hill campus to study this....

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my neighbour did this. It is very unnerving living nextdoor to someone who continually gives you the once-over for forensic evidence to ascertain your most recent activities.
She has recently retired from the police force. Her hubby is an ex-copper too.

Jamie martin999 also knows shed-loads and I reckon would be your foremost source of info

I disengage, I turn the page.

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aquickgame2 Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 05 Sep 17 11.41pm
Originally posted by jamiemartin721 Looking into workplace sponsorship and schemes for further education in work. You might get lucky and find that your local authority, or a professional body in education for special needs will help fund it. There are also a number of charities that might be inclined towards supporting training in special needs as well as some schools. Cheers Jamie Who or what would she look for to find out,what questions should she ask...apart from give ten grand please
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Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 05 Sep 17 11.41pm

Originally posted by jamiemartin721

There are also a number of charities that might be inclined towards supporting training in special needs as well as some schools.

Cheers Jamie

Who or what would she look for to find out,what questions should she ask...apart from give ten grand please

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aquickgame2 Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 05 Sep 17 11.42pm
Originally posted by Michaelawt85 Would her employer not sponsor her Paul? Or allow her day release to study? Good shout,Michaela..I'll ask her
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Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 05 Sep 17 11.42pm

Originally posted by Michaelawt85

Would her employer not sponsor her Paul? Or allow her day release to study?

Good shout,Michaela..I'll ask her

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aquickgame2 Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 05 Sep 17 11.44pm
Originally posted by nickgusset Some schools have been known to pay for courses if you commit for a certain number of years. Its a private school, would that make any difference Nicholas
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Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 05 Sep 17 11.44pm

Originally posted by nickgusset

Some schools have been known to pay for courses if you commit for a certain number of years.

Its a private school, would that make any difference Nicholas

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