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18/4/08 20:52
17/4/08 14:04
Hey Eloise i am at Nottingham Uni doing Midwifery started 5 weeks ago its great! x
15/4/08 20:44
student finance forms are an absolute nightmare!
Do you still have to have a passport?
15/4/08 12:20
Glad you feel better now Eloise , I have just started filling in bursary forms and maintaince loan this is very stressful !!
xxxx
15/4/08 03:24
I feel a bit brighter about applying to Nottingham university now. A friend of mine who I went to college with applied there to do nursing and she got turned away, they said she has all the right grades but no "life experience" By the time I've applied I'll have been living away from the parental home for 4 years and I'll have been a mum for almost a year and i'll have been working in my part time job for a couple of years too. So ladies by that reckoning we all have a good chance because we have "life experience"
Definately made me feel better. I know that Nottingham is very hard to get in to so fingers crossed
12/4/08 23:21
Glad your interview went well
September seems a long way off, and all I can do in september is apply.
I didnt do an access course, I did A levels in Biology Chemistry and English Literature, I was in my final year when I fell pregnant last year. So just waiting to reapply for midwifery at uni when UCAS reopens.
10/4/08 23:22
hello all sorry havent posted in a while!! Hi to everyone new too !!
For my access i had to pay £90 for exam fees and that was it . Single parents got the course for free. But i have since found out people in other areas have paid over £1000 to do the acces which i couldnt get over!!!
In my last term of access now 11 weeks to go !!!
xxxx
10/4/08 21:34
just to fill you in on how i got on, i was nervous when i got there think its because ive not been alone doing things for me for nearly a year but i entered the college and it all vanished and i was the old confident me again yeah! the test was really easy just reading through made up leaflets and short stories and answering questions about what youve just read.got to go next tue for my one on one, and find out my timetable so i an sort what im going to do with lo,
which access did you do the fast track(part time) or full time?
how is everyone else getting on?
7/4/08 22:04
Glad I posted it all those weeks ago JW
Its nice to see a lot of us with the same goal Good luck with your interview hun, I'm sure you will be fine Mum2BradandIsi I'm really pleased for you that you've decided to go for it. Nothing in life is worth doing unless its hard work lol
Try not to let anything put you off LOL amys mum, course you can be a young mum hun
I dont know where they draw the line really to be honest. There are means tested and non means tested burserys so there will always be some help available
6/4/08 20:12
hi ive spoke to the college and they have said when i go for my interview the tutor will go through everything then with me,really looking forward to tuesday abit nervous like i said before but got to get on with it and if i fail ill just have to wait until jan, how is everyone getting on? i think this thread is great x
4/4/08 22:20
can i be classed as a young mum. i am 25 but hd my 1st at 17.please i promise not to be boring! i did an access course two years ago. my husband was on low income back then and i got college fees and childcare fees paid for. absolute bargain. applying for midwifery at canterbury for next year with the hope that i will get some help too!
4/4/08 10:57
Thanks
Yes i've decided to go for it, I've emailed the uni and they've sent me information about how to go about doing it, I just need to find a nursing or health and social care access course, so going to the local college today and asking because I can't see anything about one on their page, but they might know somewhere else that does it. Also she said does lots and lots of reading (so just trawling through amazon and ebay) and about finding voluntary nursing work for experiance, so bit worried about that but going to ask at the local infirmary's once I start the access course. Is anyone else doing voluntary? She said its very competative but I'm going to do it anyway all we can do is our best right?
3/4/08 20:57
mum2twins is in her second year of uni hun
Anything is possible just might be hard work at times I'm looking forward to the challenge of juggling uni and my baby. You'd have to find out about childcare arrangements. However have a look at http://www.nhspa.gov.uk/sgu/default.aspx
to see what the nhs bursury covers ( I dont want to misquote it its been a while since I had a read )Good luck hun if you do decide to go for it
3/4/08 19:25
Hi everyone
Sorry I don't post here much but was told about this thread, I'm seriously thinking about going to uni to study midwifery, but I'm due another baby in september and we'll have 3 children then with husband working too, is it possible to do this with children? because they'll need childcare. I've sent off for information on the course but I think i'll have to talk to somebody at the uni too about this, has anyone done it?
2/4/08 20:09
KDW09 have you found out if there is any support for you with regard to course fees with or without income support?
How is everyone else getting on? Hope everyone is doing great. I'm getting impatient waiting for september to arrive it seems sooooooooo long away
And all I can do then is apply its not like I'm waiting to start my course its so frustrating. 5 months until I can apply and then even if I get in its another 12-18 months before I'll start the course depending on if I start in September or March feels like a lifetime away.Anyone had any interviews recently?
31/3/08 19:59
Also if ur on IS your access course will be paid for but you have 2 add a certain percent of money to it x
31/3/08 19:57
just thought id add my lil story lol
im hoping to be a midwife training to be a nursery nurse half way thru level 2 childcare and had a career change(typical lol) so have applied for an access course done the exam just waiting to hearback off them, if i do get on to this i will do the access (health care science route) course in sept then next year hopefully uni which will be liverpool hope or liverpool jmu! if worst case scenario if i dont get on to it i will do pre-access course aswell as maths and english and then carry on my career a year late! aswell to add had my 1st dd when i was 18 im not 19 now ans hopefully be a midwife when my little girl goes too school x
good luck to u all that have applied x
31/3/08 01:00
If your DP moves in and you lose the right to claim IS you might still be entitled to help towards fees if you and your partner are on low income but I've no idea how much the access course will be.
My advise to you would be to get in touch with the college admissions and ask them about fees and help towards fees for your course as I think its one of those things that will differ depending on area.
Best of luck hun x
30/3/08 04:58
I think your getting confused hun, I did A levels lol
If your on IS you'll probably not have to pay for the access course
but I dunno hun xBest of luck
29/3/08 21:06
thanks eloise1988,hope i get on ok,im really really nervous but thats a good sign,means i really want to get in, did you have to pay for the access course because ive been reading my booklets and if im on income support ill wont have to pay(which i am at the mo,but if me and dp move in together i wont be) how much is it?
how are you getting on ?
Hi Tracey, are you doing the diploma or degree? Hope you are enjoying it