Diagnostic Radiography 2016

Did anyone else get rejected from Teesside and offered another subject?

Yes, my child last year, they got other offers though and they are now studying as a 1st year at one of the Russell Groups. Think Teesside offered them something irrelevant like Criminology, have seen others in the 2014 and 2015 thread too.

Seems to be their way, but IMO having supported my child through five very different interview processes, Teesside's seemed the least relevant to getting the right people on the course and I do wonder what their attrition rates are.

A lack of spatial awareness on a written test as a 17 year old has had no baring on their ability to take really good pelvic X-rays, get 72% on their first essay or them being acknowledged for having excellent patient skills.

Shame, because we really liked Teesside. Good luck Danielle, I am sure you will do well elsewhere.

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Reply 1581

username829839

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Original post by nlmd1997

did you put 'University or college' for all three terms when it asks where we will be most of the time? (student finance) thankyou!

I put university for all three of them. I'm going to check with BCU to see if this is correct.

Reply 1582

katecatfish

OP

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Original post by nlmd1997

did you put 'University or college' for all three terms when it asks where we will be most of the time? (student finance) thankyou!

I think it depends on what university you go to. some do blocks so for example terms 1 and 2 are at uni and then term 3 is placement, so for that id guess you put work placement as where you spend most of your time in term 3. i'm not sure if you have a mix of placemet and academic in each term :smile:

Reply 1583

nlmd1997

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Original post by katecatfish

I think it depends on what university you go to. some do blocks so for example terms 1 and 2 are at uni and then term 3 is placement, so for that id guess you put work placement as where you spend most of your time in term 3. i'm not sure if you have a mix of placemet and academic in each term :smile:

thankyou thats what i was thinking! I've put work placement and it asks a bunch of questions about where i will doing my placement, even though its more than one hospital over the 3 year :L

Reply 1584

GiniTM

Anyone heard from St George? I haven't heard from them for an interview or to know if my application has been rejected :s-smilie:

Reply 1585

n.s.k98

Anyone got an offer from London Southbank?? I had my interview a month ago and still haven't heard anything...

Reply 1586

happygirl1998

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Anyone heard anything from Canterbury CC yet???

Reply 1587

Hevonly

Original post by Tima96

Does anyone have an interview with Bradford on Friday?

Yes I did, how did you find it?

Reply 1588

NicoleP44

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Original post by n.s.k98

Anyone got an offer from London Southbank?? I had my interview a month ago and still haven't heard anything...

I had mine two weeks ago and also haven't heard anything. They said they aim to let you know within a week regardless of the outcome.. But clearly not haha. Let me know if you hear anything :smile:

Reply 1589

Gmadams1991

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Original post by ViewOnlyMum

Yes, my child last year, they got other offers though and they are now studying as a 1st year at one of the Russell Groups. Think Teesside offered them something irrelevant like Criminology, have seen others in the 2014 and 2015 thread too.

Seems to be their way, but IMO having supported my child through five very different interview processes, Teesside's seemed the least relevant to getting the right people on the course and I do wonder what their attrition rates are.

A lack of spatial awareness on a written test as a 17 year old has had no baring on their ability to take really good pelvic X-rays, get 72% on their first essay or them being acknowledged for having excellent patient skills.

Shame, because we really liked Teesside. Good luck Danielle, I am sure you will do well elsewhere.

The irrelevant offers are usually down to the other schools. Often when one school rejects a candidate that they think is very capable they open their applications to other schools and they are then able to make offers. It's seems daft but I suppose it's the hope of getting more bums on seats for undersubscribed courses.

With regards to their process, I thought the interview and testing process worked quite well and found the interview questions to be relevant. Teesside have such a small cohort compared to other unis they have a hard time cutting their applicants down. It's harder on candidates but better in the long run as I believe their attrition rates are quite low.

Reply 1590

kcoulter

Original post by dassiwolf

when was your interview for leeds?

Feb 5th

Reply 1591

dassiwolf

Original post by kcoulter

Feb 5th

Did u recently get the offer?

Reply 1592

tinashe_k

Who maybe going through clearing?

Reply 1593

kcoulter

Original post by dassiwolf

Did u recently get the offer?

Got the offer on 29th feb so around 3 weeks

Reply 1594

shellsbells04

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Original post by mightyduck999

Id be lucky if i get enough to cover my rent haha -.- although Im able to get a transfer from ym current job to a store up near the uni so id have that atleast.. aha

It is annoying :frown:

yeah i guess so I'm just worried about how its all going to work with the work placements but I guess we will find out in September

Reply 1595

Yasinp97

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For leeds university, do you have to get your clinical visit form signed by the hospital you attended?

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Reply 1596

Alltxmelow

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Hey!

I have a question about student finance.

Can we get a higher maintenance loan even though we are NHS students if our household income is low?

I've submitted my SF application, all my friends who aren't doing NHS funded courses have been given the option for a higher maintenance loan which is means tested whereas I've only been given the option for a maintenance loan that does not depend on household income. They said I can have upto £3263 when I was submitting my application.

Like I said, my household income is really low and the university I want to go to is in central London. According to the SF calculator I can get up to £10208 and the NHS bursary on top of that but when I completed my application I could only get £3263???

With my NHS bursary and loan I'll be able to get up to £8500 in total. My accommodation is £7500 alone! So I'll basically have £1000 to live off in central London each year? That will definitely not be enough!

My first accommodation rent instalment is £2300 so I won't be able to pay it and if by some miricale I can, I won't have any money to live off until the next NHS bursary comes through (November).

Also, it won't let me link my parents accounts to mine because apparently it doesn't need any more financial information.

Is this the same for all of you as well?

I'm not sure what to do because I really want to go to this university...

Reply 1597

Tima96

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Original post by Hevonly

Yes I did, how did you find it?

Thought it went okay, first one as well.
The group task was good but the few people during the interviews. Kept asking why.

Do you think you'll get in?

Reply 1598

mightyduck999

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Original post by Alltxmelow

Hey!

I have a question about student finance.

Can we get a higher maintenance loan even though we are NHS students if our household income is low?

I've submitted my SF application, all my friends who aren't doing NHS funded courses have been given the option for a higher maintenance loan which is means tested whereas I've only been given the option for a maintenance loan that does not depend on household income. They said I can have upto £3263 when I was submitting my application.

Like I said, my household income is really low and the university I want to go to is in central London. According to the SF calculator I can get up to £10208 and the NHS bursary on top of that but when I completed my application I could only get £3263???

With my NHS bursary and loan I'll be able to get up to £8500 in total. My accommodation is £7500 alone! So I'll basically have £1000 to live off in central London each year? That will definitely not be enough!

My first accommodation rent instalment is £2300 so I won't be able to pay it and if by some miricale I can, I won't have any money to live off until the next NHS bursary comes through (November).

Also, it won't let me link my parents accounts to mine because apparently it doesn't need any more financial information.

Is this the same for all of you as well?

I'm not sure what to do because I really want to go to this university...

The studnt finance calculator doesnt account for the NHS students -.- as i also wondered this, unfortunately if you get the NHS bursary then student finance will only give you a non means tested load of 2,324 (outside london) or 3,263 (inside london)