where are good Uni's I can do PRIMARY EDUCATION QTS

I'm at MMU doing Primary Ed and I love it Loads of placement opportunities and the group of people you get put with are like your family within a few months x

There are no exams, just assignments and presentations, however I did no presentations in my first year just did 6 assignments, now in second year I have I think 4 assignments and two presentations x

Well one uni open day i went to said that they would be 9-5 days, so it would mirror a proper working day for a teacher. However, this might change depending on the uni, but most will give you long days, but i doubt that the first year will be a jam packed day. there might be biggish breaks during the day. As always, it all depends on the uni. for me, it wouldnt be too different to my college hours currently, as i do 10-5 days, but it is only 2 days a week, but then again, i do put a lot of time into my work at home due to the high quality my assignments need to be.

Yeah that's a good point!! I went to 2 open days today and yeaterday: Northampton and Worcester and they pretty much said the same things as you guys

But the Northampton course and uni in general really appeals to me!! but it's a bit expensive tbh :/ hhmm....

Im also thinking about Worcester, but havent had the time to get there. But im not too fussed about it, seeing as im wanting to go to Plymouth as it sounds such a great course and i love the uni!

What part of it is expensive? the halls? Dont forget that you dont 'have' to go into halls, if you can find somewhere you can go into a house first year, with that it would bring down costs as uni halls tend to be over priced for what you actually get. Ideally id like to get an unsuite while im there, but at £124 a week i dont know, as id have to live off around 40 quid a week...

^ yeah it's the halls,,,, £127 a week for 43 weeks sounds like alot! hmm yh that is a good suggestion i suppose, of getting a house nearby (student contract)

hmm.... what other uni's r u looking to apply for???
worcester is beautiful and northampton is just <3
but for worcester, students union is around (150-200£) a year + the library is in town o
whereas, in northampton its free

Thats not bad, but then again, it all depends on how much loan you'd get. Do you know how long the course would be? As you could chat to the accom people and try and get a shorter contract if needed... The highest im going to go will be 125, so im hoping the prices stay the same, but then again, the student loan will change as well so it 'should' be okay, just need to wait for the new year with the new prices etc. But ive always been good with money so i know the limits and reality of it all. Travel for placements will be the worst, but if it's one far away I'll get a placement family for the time im there so i wont be traveling silly distances everyday for a placement.

I'm looking at Gloucestershire, Worcester, Winchester as well, but have my eyes set on Plymouth, even though it is very far away from home, but then again i know people from the city, so it shouldnt be too bad. Have only seen Gloucester out of the rest though, which was okay, campus is amazing, as its very old, course sounds good, but no specialism sadly, only what they call 'subject strengths', whereas i want to specialise in ICT.

I didnt go on a campus tour while i was in plymouth, due to the fact i went with someone who went there so he showed me the main parts, so i didnt feel the need to do so. Kind of regretting it now, but oh well.

hmm wow! btw u know gloucester uni, do they spend time in lectures and other rooms aswell? Like in worcester, the thing that put me a little off was the fact that they normally stay in 1 classroom type classroom. They said they rarely go to the lecture rooms and all. Whereas, i am interested in the theory and spending time in lecture rooms as well as seminars (whereas, worcester doesnt have much of that unfortunately :/)

i am really looking for Birmingham city as my first place really, because it is pretty good and also very close to home

but yeah, good luck with plymouth )

Im really unsure to that, cant remember if they said that sort of thing, but by the looks of things, there are lecture theatres and also classroom type places there, so i would say you do move about. Best thing i would say to do is email them and enquire about that.

And thanks, you too, getting excited about it all now, just want to send my ucas off, but need to have a meeting with my tutor about my personal statement and then send it off . how far are you to sending one off or have you done it already?

hmm yeah okie dokie, I will do all the last minute emailing to all the uni I need to enquire about!!
and yeah I just need to get my improved PS checked and shortened down so I can actually send it to my ucas+ I need my tutors and teachers to add a reference then im down... so about end of next week maybe?
AND yh it really is exciting!!!
BTW how many ucas points are u predicting on getting? mines between 280-300(hopefully)

(just need to worry about the maths skills test and interviews then)