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Complicated financial situation - Need help!

So like the title suggests, this is a complicated situation for me and I'll try and keep it as simple as I can.

I left school 4 years ago and went to uni straight after, doing a Health and Social Studies. I hated it. Left a few months later.

Then I went to study nursing, and I loved it. However, due to mental health reasons, I left the course in just under a year.

I then decided that computing might be for me, and I actually stuck with this one the longest, done a year and a half. However, I had to pay for my first year at uni because SAAS were unable to fund it due to being at university three times. I also took out the student loan this time (decided not to in the first course and nursing gets a bursary).

I'm now working full time at a desk job. The wage is okay.

Now its been 3 years since I done the nursing course. I've had medical help with my mental health issues, I think maybe I was too naive when I first started the course. And overall I just feel ready to go back to nursing if I was able to get back (the lecturers might not be comfortable with me going back).

The problem is the funding. Because I had to pay for my first year in the computing course, I believe I will have to pay for 2 years of the course for nursing and its only a 3 year course. I would have to leave my current job and live off the bursary which is just not possible as the bursary money is significantly lower than what I am currently earning, and pretty much the whole bursary money would be going towards paying for the course (I'm also not sure if I would be entitled to 3 full years of bursary money due to having a years worth before).

I'm just wondering if anyone out there has any clue if there is a way around this financial situation?

I have also looked into Open University for nursing which requires you to be a healthcare support assistant in a hospital setting to do the course, and the course is paid for you (not to mention you also get paid for your job).

Any advice would be really appreciated! If I could turn back time, I would have never went for that computing course. I can't shift this feeling of regret and its horrid :frown:
if you still need support for you mental health condition. i am sorry but i dont think you will pass the health screening. you would really need to speak to the university that you planned on attending. speak to their student support folks.

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