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Fees for 18 year old in Further Education

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Fairyfellowsmasterstroke · 13/08/2014 14:18

DD is 17 years old. She is currently at a 6th form college doing her A Levels (AS levels done - will take full A levels next spring when she will have just turned 18).

The A levels that she is taking are geared towards a career in tourism/business. She now feels that she's gone down the wrong career path and is expressing an interest in nursing.

She's considering finishing her A levels then embarking on a 2 year BTEC Health and Social care diploma (at the same college which actually takes pupils aged from 16-24yrs) to allow her to apply for nursing at univ.

My question is will we have to pay for the BTEC course or is education free at this level forpeople under that age of 24??

I have tried to contact the college but the finance dept is closed until 25th August.

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titchy · 13/08/2014 22:27

I think they normally get three years post-16 funding so if she's definite she ought to think about changing from this September not waiting a year.

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sashh · 14/08/2014 08:32

If she has 3 A Levels she will not get funding for a BTEC as it is a 'full' L3 qualification, she can do the course but will have to take out a loan.

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Fairyfellowsmasterstroke · 14/08/2014 17:27

Thanks for the replies - will have to sit down and have a chat with her.

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Hobnobissupersweet · 18/08/2014 23:16

what a levels is she doing at the moment, because there are some nursing courses at uni that will just look at ums points scores and not mind too much about the subject

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Floop · 18/08/2014 23:21

Many universities offer courses with foundation years, specifically designed for students who want sciency careers, with non-science A levels.

They absolutely exist for Medicine, so they must for nursing.

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Floop · 18/08/2014 23:23

Here we go, here's one:

courses.uwe.ac.uk/B900/2014

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Floop · 18/08/2014 23:32

What is she currently studying OP?

Only Birmingham's nursing degree lets you in with one of:

Biology, Psychology or Sociology

and any other two A Levels.


www.birmingham.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/med/nursing.aspx?OpenSection=EntryRequirements


Looks like it's worth doing some real investigating on uni websites!

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Floop · 18/08/2014 23:34

This foundation course looks good too:

www.liv.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/foundation-to-health-studies-year-0/overview/

Sorry, I've got really carried away here! My youngest DD is just about to start her nursing degree, so I've quite enjoyed getting to grips with the uni websites!

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