Enigma Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Scott, when it come round to applying for halls go for the one with the cheapest rent. You'll almost certainly get a better bunch of people and have more fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR96 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Met my condition! Happy days. Hopefully get accommodation sorted in the next few days. Can't wait to get started! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I know, it's quite exciting to be going back to uni, even for old folk like me :-) Start my postgrad on the 16th Sept at Glasgow Uni, commuting from Edinburgh 3 days a week might not be so much fun though! I don't suppose anyone knows of any travel subsidies/bursaries that can be applied for do they? I have looked everywhere I can think of but most are for overseas study/travel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodjesSixteenIncher Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Ended up getting a jobbies degree after going straight from school at 17 into a course I hated. Registered there at the OU with a course picked purely on personal interest - Undergrad International Studies and German. Even though it might never help my career one bit (although I work p/t in Policy/Comms so I'm hoping it will!) I'm actually really buzzed about learning for the sake of learning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guns Show Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Scott, when it come round to applying for halls go for the one with the cheapest rent. You'll almost certainly get a better bunch of people and have more fun. Terrible advice - you will just end up with lower class plebs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Terrible advice - you will just end up with lower class plebs. Better than ending up with this bunch imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballymoneyyin Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Terrible advice - you will just end up with lower class plebs. You are good at Pie and Bovril 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I am really not appreciative of having to wait until the 23rd(two weeks before I restart) to find out if I've passed or failed my re-sit(yes, I am a dumbass). Fucking Napier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guns Show Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I enjoyed being catered for and having my own en-suite wet room. No sharing a kitchen, bathroom and communal area with a bunch of minks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Better than ending up with this bunch imo. TBF the ginger one looks like a bit of a ride. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreenElves Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Accountancy at Stirling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR96 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I've been offered a job which, when it gets started, is perfect for Uni. The money's great as well. Only problem is I need to undergo two weeks full time training (Mon-Fri 9-5) starting in October and I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do. Bollocks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I've been offered a job which, when it gets started, is perfect for Uni. The money's great as well. Only problem is I need to undergo two weeks full time training (Mon-Fri 9-5) starting in October and I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do. Bollocks. Speak to your uni, they should be able to work something out for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I've been offered a job which, when it gets started, is perfect for Uni. The money's great as well. Only problem is I need to undergo two weeks full time training (Mon-Fri 9-5) starting in October and I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do. Bollocks. History at Stirling, Scott? Having just finished, if you're an intelligent enough lad, seriously just skip a few lectures. You'll know yourself that you only truly need to be knowledgeable on a few topics for essays/exams, the rest doesn't matter a jot. You can miss three tutorials in a semester as well with no questions asked, so just make sure you don't miss more than one at the back of it. If the job is that good and will help you out with your rent/studies/drinking funds, just go for it. It's not school, you can do what you like as long as you pass. I gave up on History lectures after first semester aside from the topics which interested me, or I knew I was going to write about. Plus first year is seriously piss easy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Ended up getting a jobbies degree I'm imagining that 'Master of Jobbies' wouldn't be the best of things to have on one's CV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Have to agree, Scott. You'll be fine missing lectures/tutorials in the first couple of weeks. Just try and make friends with someone who will be at the ones you miss and get a copy of their notes. A girl in my group went to three lectures out of a possible 24 for one subject in the first trimester, and she passed no problem. I can't wait to get back to uni, got lots of ideas for the topic I've chosen to do my dissertation on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR96 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Cheers for the advice, lads. Will probably have a word with someone at the Uni to see if something can be sorted out. I don't mind missing lectures if I have to, but would like to avoid it if possible. Hopefully my employers won't be arseholes about it either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Cheers for the advice, lads. Will probably have a word with someone at the Uni to see if something can be sorted out. I don't mind missing lectures if I have to, but would like to avoid it if possible. Hopefully my employers won't be arseholes about it either. I had a similar situation but the uni basically just said that it was a full time course and therefore any other commitments should be put after uni related business. In actual fact you'll come to realise that nobody cares what you do with your time as long as you pass in the end. Also, it'll eventually dawn on you that lectures in first year as the biggest waste of time imaginable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsdaLoyal Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Cheers for the advice, lads. Will probably have a word with someone at the Uni to see if something can be sorted out. I don't mind missing lectures if I have to, but would like to avoid it if possible. Hopefully my employers won't be arseholes about it either. If worst comes to worst , 99% of lectures are available online at Stirling through succeed and a lot of Lecturers use Listen Again which just records the lecture in time with the slides. I'd talk to your Lecturers though in case they are taking registers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) If worst comes to worst , 99% of lectures are available online at Stirling through succeed and a lot of Lecturers use Listen Again which just records the lecture in time with the slides. I'd talk to your Lecturers though in case they are taking registers. They don't do registers at lectures in History, unless it's changed. But yeah, the listen again feature will be there if you really, really don't want to miss it, as will the lecture slides. There's little the uni will do as said above, it's a full-time course after all, but again if you really care you could ask your tutor for pointers on books, websites etc to catch up on the topic. It really won't matter though, you won't even have an exam first semester, you'll do a critical piece and an essay. Edited August 15, 2013 by Paco 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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