The Official Funding questions/moans/possible joy Thread

apotoftea

Gah, I wish universities would update their websites for 2010 entry funding :banghead:

^ This!

It's so frustrating!

Reply 41

15faitsprecis

^ This!

It's so frustrating!

E-mail the department in question and ask about their 2010 funding. That's what I did with Goldsmiths. Good thing really, otherwise I'd be faffing around with their paper application when I can't afford to go there :rolleyes:

Reply 42

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Ah yes, did this yesterday! But still waiting to hear back from them (UCL). I'll give them a few more days though, I've got enough to be getting on with in the mean time with the rest of the application!

Reply 43

15faitsprecis

Hope you hear from them soon :smile:

Goldsmiths were quite quick but I was waiting about 2 weeks with Liverpool :eek:

Reply 44

I don't realy understand all the funding malarky. I'm just going to apply to where I want to go and deal with the funding issue later.

Reply 45

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Hope you hear from them soon :smile:

Goldsmiths were quite quick but I was waiting about 2 weeks with Liverpool :eek:

Did Goldsmiths tell you anything helpful? I get a sense of dread every time I think about funding :gasp:

Reply 46

15faitsprecis

Did Goldsmiths tell you anything helpful? I get a sense of dread every time I think about funding

They told me they have no money to offer me... so no :p:

FadedJade

I don't realy understand all the funding malarky. I'm just going to apply to where I want to go and deal with the funding issue later.

Funding is seriously malarkey. Took me aaaaaaaaaages to actually understand it all and quite a few unis are annoying vague about the whole thing :s-smilie:

Reply 47

The_Lonely_Goatherd

They told me they have no money to offer me... so no :p:

Ugh how very annoying. Hope you have better luck with your other uni's :smile:

Reply 48

arkbar

FadedJade

I don't realy understand all the funding malarky. I'm just going to apply to where I want to go and deal with the funding issue later.

I would not advise this :no:

you could end up with a bunch of acceptances with places you can't afford to go, while there are funded places staring you in the face.

Reply 49

I won't get funding, and I'm not going to apply to unis that I don't want to go to!

Reply 50

arkbar

FadedJade

I won't get funding, and I'm not going to apply to unis that I don't want to go to!

Why won't you get funding?
I'd rather be at a university that was 'quite good' rather than 'very good' if it meant that I got to complete my degree rather than dropping out halfway through due to brain-scrunching penury.
Edit: Sorry, I was in a really :colonhash:

mood when I wrote this.

Reply 51

Because of my **** degree.
I just really want to stay at Reading for my PhD. I don't want to go anywhere else.

Reply 52

tigermoth99

What degree are you studying?

Reading is one of the BGP universities

Philosophy

I wouldn't give up hope. I had a look at your university's page on funding and there's a few studentships you can apply for.

The University Postgraduate Research Studentship (the one at the end) looks particularly interesting

Reply 55

Oh I'm going to apply for everything I can find, I just don't think I'll get it. If I'm a warden in fresher's halls I get free accommodation (inclusive of bills) so I'm going to look into how to apply for that, as that would take out a great deal of the problems.

Reply 56

tigermoth99

Are you concerned about your marks?

If you're on track for/have a 2:1 or a first, you should be okay :smile:

Reply 57

I already have a degree, I'm doing a masters. But no, my undergrad marks were rubbish for reasons beyond my control.

Reply 58

apotoftea

FadedJade

I already have a degree, I'm doing a masters. But no, my undergrad marks were rubbish for reasons beyond my control.

Don't give up just yet - my BA marks arn't earth shattering and I'm still applying for funding (mitigating circumstances over here too)

Reply 59