Uni help

A

ana8

Missing you....
Joined
Sep 28, 2003
Messages
7,744
Age
40
Location
In my own mind
As some of you may know I'd love to study law(combined with psychology if possible) in the UK next year.

All's cool besides the fact that a)it's pretty expensive b)dunno which uni to choose c) dunno how exactly does the UK school system works d) I need to pass my final exams etc. so basically what I'm asking for is could any members help me with all that stuff? I mean which unis in the UK have good courses in law(and please don't tell me it's Oxford or Cambridge), how do uni fees work(I heard somewhere that from 2006 you can pay them after you graduate) and really anything that might be helpful for me

Thanx in advance guys🙂
 
Thanx Mr.Pointy...Till now I've requested brochures from King's College London,London School of Economics,uni in Nottingham,Durham,Manchester,Cardiff,Swansea...Are they any good??Coz I've looked through plenty of rankings and their positions vary in each of them
 
Right as I'm going to uni the same year for you I know about the costs.

If you start next year (presuming you mean Sept 2005) it will cost £1,095 (something like that, just over £1000) per year. This is just to go, you then have the cost of accomodation and stuff like clothing etc on top. Most (if not all) unis have student accomodation and most allow 100% of first year students in. I'm not sure if you are from the UK or not but if you're not they'll find a place for you. Most students in the second year tend to have met friends and rent appartments but thats a different thing.

Uni fees are paid at the start of the year (I think, need to check) and if you live in student accomodation you pay for one term (about 13 weeks) at the start of the term. However you can also apply for a student loan which you get at the start of the year, the amount you get varies. If you're not living at home I think its about £3,000 and in London £4,000. With the loan you begin paying after you've finished and depending on how much you earn depends on how much you pay per week (or month, again not sure).

As far as Unis im not sure because I don't want to study law. I know Faith does in Scotland, can't remember where. Yeah Oxbridge are apparently good but are very expressive (and theres other problems with them). I would suggest you check www.ucas.com and try and get your hands on prospectuses (prospecti?). Uni applications begin september and go on to jan, but obviously the early you apply the better.

If you really need I can scan the info they give us at college.

I'm going to Bouremouth, could always go there and join in crazy antics.
 
Lol thanx so much AshSan..Been browsing ucas site for months really..I'll apply in September as soon as I can go home and get a hold of my precious PC..
Is it just me or is it hella expensive to study in the UK??
And one more question after doing my bachelor degree can I work on my own as a solicitor?
 
Bachelor Degree is the first degree you get isn't it, after3 or 4 years? If it is I think this makes you fully qualified and masters etc just make you more qualified and might be needed for jobs such as judges but I'm not sure about the legal system of jobs. Faith may be able to help but I know the Scottish legal system is different (as she told me that).

Yeah its expensive, and with top up fees its going to become 3 times as expensive.
 
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I know that back when I was at college the foreign students had to pay much more than UK students. If I were you, Ann, I would check out the fee situation for non-UK students. Although, now that I think of it, you may be OK as an EU citizen because we should all have the same rights...

The Bachelor degree is the first that you would take, followed by a Master's and, ultimately, a Doctorate. I hold a BA honours degree in Business Studies (for all the good it's done - I don't think I've ever even written the letters after my name😉) I think that in the Scottish system a Master's degree is the equivalent of an English honours degree (is that about right Faith?)
 
Cheers for that Mr Pointy, wasn't too sure about all the kinds. I think I'll use the B.A. after my name, as my initials would be A.B.B.A.
 
AshSan said:
Cheers for that Mr Pointy, wasn't too sure about all the kinds. I think I'll use the B.A. after my name, as my initials would be A.B.B.A.
Click to expand...
LOL - that would be cool 😀

edit - I forgot to mention - after shamelessly boasting that I held one - that an honours degree is awarded after extra study for a Bachelor's degree (usually a four year course, as opposed to the normal three years)

ana8 said:
And one more question after doing my bachelor degree can I work on my own as a solicitor?
Click to expand...
I believe that there is quite a lot of legal training required after your degree before you can practice as a solicitor in the English/Welsh legal system although if you hold a law degree it may reduce the amount...
 
Thanx for your help AshSan and Mr.Pointy. I'll have to pay the same fee as any UK citizen thanx to Poland joining EU,but the sum is still huge for me(ergo that's why I'm working and not enjoying my summer holidays)

Ok,so does having BA honours give you anything more opposite to having just BA???

Jeez...it's getting more and more confusing..I just added Essex,Dundee,Aberdeen,Keele,Leeds,Liverpool and Birmingham to my list..Help!!
 
I think BA honours is slightly more prestigue (sp?) really.

As far as which uni, just go for one which do exactly the course you want, eg the modules. If theres more then one (and with Law they'll probably be more then one) look at the housing, then if you still cant decide go to wherever you want, gotta make sure you have fun at uni.

See I'm lucky, I wanna do scriptwriting and theres only about 4 courses in the UK that do that so I went with the best.
 
Easier said then done..I don't really have any ideas which unis are good and which offer poor education..So basically I can base my choice on how pretty the names of the cities are for my ear
 
I now have the B.A at the end of my name 😀

Ok as far as fees go I can't help as things are different in Scotland. As Ash pointed out I studied law in Scotland and its different from in England, so you have to decide where you want to do it. Although a friend of mine did the BA with me and then did a 2 year conversion course down at York for her LPC, I know it was a lot of money. In Scotland I would suggest Glasgow Strathclyde, Edinburgh and I think Herriot Watt is starting to do law again but they are all pretty expensive like most.

In England I would suggest Durham, York, Leeds or Bristol can't recall which one is better. When my friend Gemma came over from Bermuda to study here, she had to do her final year of school here to get the qualifications to enter university, but at the same time I know others that transfered from abroad, and Mr P is correct in saying that for non UK residents it is more expensive.
 
I remember a few years back when I wanted to study in Canada I found out that because I was an internation student the tuition fees were 4 times as much as usual. Takes the pee, but you should be able to get loans, grants etc to help you 🙂
 
Mr. Pointy said:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I know that back when I was at college the foreign students had to pay much more than UK students.
Click to expand...

You're definitely right about that. I'll tell you how much it cost me to go to uni here in Canada. I attended the University of Toronto for my Honours B.A. It was costing me about $5000 per year as a domestic student (that's approx. 2000 pounds, give or take). That's only tuition, books, accomadation, food, etc... was much more. Furthermore, international students at U of T were paying about $20000 per year (about 8000 pounds).

I was actually tempted to go to school in the UK because it would have been cheaper for me, in many respects.
 
Thanx Faith...I'm still waiting for prospectuses from various universities,but thankfully I'd have to pay as much as any UK residents,which is still bloody expensive...Dunno whether I should even try to apply..It all seems so complicated and all...
 
Meant to say also if you are going to do law you need to decide between a BA or an LLB, with a BA you have will have to transfer to the LLB for 2 years after you have done your first 3 years. But if you don't want to be a lawyer you don' really need the LLB. Those that do the LLB tend to go on to do their LLM (masters degree) and then a training contract. Thats how it works up here anyway.
 
I'm not sure, I did the BA, I doubt it, 4 maybe 5. My laptop is being slow but if you go onto a website for a uni it should tell you, as it will say the subjects you study in 'year one' etc
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom