womanofdulwich Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I went to a Post graduate fair at UCL yesterday about Masters qualifications etc. They said I would probably qualify for a ?10k loan to do a masters- they said you had to be under 60 when you started. I thought wow- I have no loan to pay off at the moment- being of an age... By the time I finish the course I will probably not earn enough to have to repay much- whats not to like? Am I missing something? Anyone else flirting with these ideas? ( Im not sure what I want to study, it felt like I was entering a secret sweet shop)- I did not realise you could get a student loan for a Masters. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Your post surprised since it seems to suggest that one could get funding for anything. One of my kids did a masters on a heavy biological science course but he had to fund himself as he did not qualify for the government loans - he got a loan from the Co-Op Bank. This is the government pagehttps://www.gov.uk/funding-for-postgraduate-study He was the tender age of 22 when he went Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1215516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
womanofdulwich Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 My thoughts exactly. They implied it's recently that you can get a loan.😀 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1215531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The loan would only be to cover the fees though, woudn't it - no subsistence? Open University well worth looking at if you'd like to pursue studies from home. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1215605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigello Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 By the time I finish the course I will probably not earn enough to have to repay much- whats not to like? Great that you should be interested in learning/continuing to learn - it's commendable. Not great that you should be rubbing your hands with glee that you can avoid paying the fees - or a fair bit of the full coast, as you suggest - and thereby cost the state a good few grand. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1215706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
womanofdulwich Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 I might well have to repay the fees and that is fine, no problem with that. But knowing it is possible is a most amazing liberating thing. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1215828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Loans became available for Masters from September 2016 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1215886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I'm not surprised loans have been made available for Masters because if things are anything like A levels, the subject matter at Masters level would be the subject matter that used to be in the final year of a regular degree course! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1216597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I did a Open Uni Post Grad Diploma in Computing a few years back and it was all study module based but more or less the same thing I do in work rather than fully academic but I never upgraded it to the Masters via the Thesis. I think to an extent you're supposed to be more reflective on your work and ideas but it's difficult to say in Computing. I paid monthly so it was some kind of loan. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1216606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 There used to be 2 types of Masters- one of which was called a 'Taught' Masters Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/180952-masters/#findComment-1216870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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