Hi
@ShelleyRL again thanks so much for your advice and support I'm excited but so scared but can't wait to get stuck in, I'll deffo use all the support available I've already got the reading list for the first module I just can't wait for enrolment so I can make use of it early on since our campus is so small and so on, how are you finding the Havering campus what about the skills labs and so on, did you get offered queens hospital? I really wanna go there since it's so close to home? Do you know how they select students for placement and in groups since there's 2 from last year I know the first group go to placement in November and so on, or is it like a drop of a hat or whatever, I won't be working while at uni so I hope I'm okay for money and stuff, I'm still waiting on my occupational health appointment I know they deal with thousands of students I just want it over with, I'm working now and getting a day off is difficult just want some notice, my enrolment isn't until the 16 September so I'll make sure I'm not working and so on, my DBS is done now tho i'm so happy I waited about 4 weeks for it which isn't too bad. I still can't believe I got accepted, this Monday will be 5 weeks until my induction can't believe it, need to quit my job in the mean time and get my daughter ready for year 2 school uniform, childcare you name it and student finance and benefits and the council.
Since you have children how soon did you advise the council of your university place and money coming in and so on, what letters will I need and how soon should I be contacting them, mine gonna get tricky I already know. Maybe I'll wait till enrolment I'll then be able to get letters from student services to prove I'm a university student and other exemptions I'll be entitled to.
How do you commute to the Havering campus, bus, car or train Hun?
Have you got a student oyster does it help, should I get one when I start, as you can see I'm trying to prepare myself as early as I can.
I'm so happy I'm sorted childcare tho, another thing, how soon did you get your timetable at the head start day they gave us a timetable with dates but no times so I don't know what times I'm expected to be in uni and so on, also it doesn't help when applying for the childcare grant through student finance, I don't know what placements I'll be on and so on, times or dates, it's hard to plan when you don't know what to expect, since they only pay a maximum of £159 a week, which isn't realistic for someone on a nursing course, it should be worked out against the course studied, since we're in uni 45 weeks for the year and more is expected of us, do you know what I mean Hun? I get we get the parent learning allowance but we should NOT have to spend that money on childcare, our kids still need to be clothed and fed I really don't know who works our these things? It's a question I will be asking shortly because it's ridiculous, it's a good thing the parent learning allowance isn't taken into consideration as income, I'm hoping child benefit and child tax isn't too, I'll be looking into that shortly. Also I hope I made the right calculations, my childcare is likely to change every week and since we only get student fianance 3 times a year gonna be tricky if there's a mistake.
And I just realised you were the last intake for the bursary so some of what I'm describing doesn't apply to you, but still answer if you can Hun, much appreciated.