Dental hygiene and dental therapy 2012 entry?

HI everyone,
I applied last year for the dental hygiene and therapy but all degrees and didn get in. this year im applied for the diplomas as well but how different are they and is one better than the other. When finishing the course will they both be recognised at the same level when applying for jobs. Also got an interview for queen mary and i'm really nervous.

Hello everyone
Sorry, I'm new to this and don't really know how it works yet!

I am an A-Level student and have been offered a Conditional place to study the Dental Hygiene Diploma at Cardiff.

Just wondering if any of you have managed to sort out your student finance yet?! Are all of our tutition fees paid for by the NHS with the addition of the bursay and grant? Or is the bursay to put towards our fees?

Also has anyone going to Cardiff chosen a residence yet?

Hi Kelly :]

I've firmed Cardiff to study the DH&T degree & literally just completed my residence application. My first choice is Allensbank House.

And student finance... I'm still trying to tackle that, I think the bursary covers our course fees for the time length of our course. I haven't made too much progress on my application tbh.

Congratulations!
I'm also thinking Allensbank as it is so close to the Heath Campus. Now I am just trying to decide between the different Talybonts/Uni Halls!

Yeah, I am finding the whole finance thing difficult to understand. I am hoping Cardiff will send our details to the NHS soon so that we will recieve our email/letter explaining it all properly!

re finance: The NHS pays all course fees (regardless of income, this is not means assessed.) Everyone has to apply for NHS bursary each year although some will not be eligble, this part is means assessed think the top bursary for degree is about £4000 (can be more if you have dependants.) The diploma bursary as far as I know is non-means assessed and is quite a lot (was around £6000 i think for the Cert HE dental nursing students but may be different for a DHT diploma.) Bursaries/course fees do not need to be paid back. You can also apply for a student loan but because NHS students are eligble for a bursary this is reduced regardless of whether you actually get the bursary or not, mine was £2400 for the first two years. Obviously student loans have to be paid back in time

Hope this helps (I'm a final year student at Portsmouth who should actually be writing assignments right now haha!)

hi chrissy, i had my interview for Queen Mary on the 7th of march. When was yours? and have you heard back from them ?

Offer from Edinburgh - Oral Health Sciences (Same thing)

same here. What your first choice and what offers have you had?

Hello everyone
Sorry, I'm new to this and don't really know how it works yet!

I am an A-Level student and have been offered a Conditional place to study the Dental Hygiene Diploma at Cardiff.

Just wondering if any of you have managed to sort out your student finance yet?! Are all of our tutition fees paid for by the NHS with the addition of the bursay and grant? Or is the bursay to put towards our fees?

Also has anyone going to Cardiff chosen a residence yet?

Well I've firmed my offer from Birmingham for Dentistry so that's my first But this course is incredibly good and for BBB entry as well it seemed like the perfect insurance

Nice one well done . Im hoping to do graduate dentistry after OHS. Do you mind if I ask how old you are?

Thank you And I'm 17, final year at college so obviously the offers are conditional