How Much Is It For...

[Caz SR]

Uni's costing me £52 out of my salary each month. Not that drastic really - about 4k in debt to the fantastic SLC.

[breezer]

lol!! not tha bad i think. but i never want to get in debt anyways! lol!

[vmail]

I prefer not to talk about the amount of my debt, its more than everyones

[Caz SR]

Surely you just did VMail!!!

[Bibbs]

My uni debt was basically £250 a month for 5 years .. and now I've only got my credit cards left ..

But I did do 4 years and I did party like a beast (and went to Uni with 5k in the bank & held down 3 jobs while I was there)

[Karma Supra]

My uni was no fun at all... everyone worked, there would be times when it was just me and my two best mates in the stundent union bar.

After a year and a half I decided it was a waste of time and got a job... I got a decent job, and am doing well, they just got out of uni this summer, they have nothing but huge debts.....

Blair's idea to get over x% of everyone in uni has totally devalued the meaning of a degree. These days you can get a degree in anthing, and you can still get good marks if you are as thick as two short planks...

Best thing I ever did was dropping out!, worst thing I ever did was enrolled!

Also I noticed loads of people saying they had jobs at uni :o No way could I have done that!!!! 36 hours of tutorials and lectures a week, plus all the work you have to do in your own time!!!

I still have the first year and a term to pay back to the SLC... not started paying yet... not sure how much I'm going to have to pay!!!!

[Bibbs]

Also I noticed loads of people saying they had jobs at uni :o No way could I have done that!!!! 36 hours of tutorials and lectures a week, plus all the work you have to do in your own time!!!

Barman 3 nights a week (where we could drink cheap and get free food)

TA 2 nights a week and a weekend every now and again (where we could drink cheap and get free food)

and WHSmiths a few afternoons and weekends a month (25% discount card ;))

And then supposedly over 40 hours of lectures .. which I used to do about 5 hours a week ..

No wonder I only got a 2:2 Hons BEng degree

[Calisto]

I am hoping to start uni next year and you guys are filling me with dread, what happened to a means tested bursury??sp?

[Karma Supra]

Its crap, there is no grant anymore. I did get the maximum loan though because both my parents have no income

[Rookey]

Shouldnt be scaring ya! look forward to the social aspect! People like Ben coming to pick up freshers! Watch out!!! :)

[Karma Supra]

Shouldnt be scaring ya! look forward to the social aspect! People like Ben coming to pick up freshers! Watch out!!! :)

If you see a lanky bloke with one eyebrow and an Mr2.. RUN LIKE THE WIND!!!!!

[Stu8]

In my 4years at Uni I managed to accumulate a total of £18k of debt :(

My work sponsored me to go, so they picked up half the bill leaving me with £9k to pay off.

The good things was, even though I had to work virtually all the free time I had (It felt) I was still getting "Full-Time Employee" pay.

I managed to leave Uni virtually debt free

Obviously there was risks In getting sponsored, I couldn’t afford to mess around (to much) ;) And talk about stress on the finals, really was a heavy burden knowing that if I mess up, it wouldn't off been just myself I’m failing but the company also. :(

[~Rach~]

Shouldnt be scaring ya! look forward to the social aspect! People like Ben coming to pick up freshers! Watch out!!! :)

That would scare me!!! Having a strange old man hanging around, you know hes a perv

[EarL]

I left Uni with a 5.5k overdraft. That was longer ago than I care to mention. It took me years to pay it off. I left with a 1st degree in computer science. The job I do today relies on NOTHING I learned from Uni, but I wouldn't change a thing.

I was in Manchester Uni when the Hacienda had just opened... and it was just up the road!

I feel sorry for you younger guys that have to bear the brunt of trying to further your education and repay such a huge debt whilst doing so.

This country's a mess.

[Stu8]

Hacienda, cool

I was to young to go, but my older cousins always told me it was a great club B)

[Bibbs]

I feel sorry for you younger guys that have to bear the brunt of trying to further your education and repay such a huge debt whilst doing so.

I kinda don't .. if you are doing a "good" degree where you know you can pay it back then fine ..

But if you want to become a dosser .. be prepaired to pay for the privilege ..

I don't see why someone else should have to pay if I decide to go to uni or not.

[JustJJ]

Well said Ben....

I agree... if you walk out of uni with a good degree in a good subject you are more liekly to get a job than if you walk out with a 3rd in 'Beckham Studies' or somethingoranother....

I am actually using my degree in work... learning more and more on the job.. yeah but still got the basics....

And to think... I wanted to be a Marine Biologist :P

[dazwan]

  I am hoping to start uni next year and you guys are filling me with dread, what happened to a  means tested bursury??sp?

If you get in the right place it's not that bad. Sometimes I wonder whether it was all worth it (I did Physics, but don't rely on anything I learnt in my Job), but TBH I don't regret going for one bit.

My partner got a bursery for studying Nursing (she finished about 6 years ago). I got a grant and a loan and am still paying the loan off at £120 a month.

[LORD_ED]

i wen to uni for one year and went to 5 lectures ut went to al my cookery ones (did bsc internationla hospitality management) so i can cook quite well know. i was basically in the same position as karma i left with debt and for the career im in now (and hate) im better off as in hospitality experiance counts.

howvere in my year i became entertainment chairman for uni had a huge office with massive tv. started djing got some good gigs out of it. satrted playing rugby again went on tour with them had a great time. met some great ppl had some great s*x i basically abused the system however state paid for none of it and i came out with 6k worth of debt and some great memories and pics of mamories.

i would recommend uni to everyone but for dif reasons wither to work or party depending on how u want ur life to go

[breezer]

i wana be a PE teacher! hence sport and exercise development course!

[Rookey]

I think im gona go back, but i should have the 355 by then...be the most "pimpin" student in Reading! lol

[Fidgits]

I lectured at Reading Uni for a term ;)

[LORD_ED]

I lectured at Reading Uni for a term ;)

is that why i saw a load of student revisng in the parka asking each opther what do tiggers do best??

[Fidgits]

I lectured at Reading Uni for a term ;)

is that why i saw a load of student revisng in the parka asking each opther what do tiggers do best??

naaa, was just night classes 2 nights a week - but !Removed! well paid!

[Rookey]

I lectured at Reading Uni for a term ;)

is that why i saw a load of student revisng in the parka asking each opther what do tiggers do best??

You P*ssed or somethin Ed?

Spelling is a bit iffy today! :D

What did you teach Ian?