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A significantly cheaper way to do a master's than doing it separately (£9250 vs whatever they charge)
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If you intend to work in a biological field, you would need at least a master's to get into the area; so it's an easy transition
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If you like familiar environments, then it would be an easy choice to progress into
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If you have academics who are experts in the fields that you want to go into, it's an easy choice
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An MSc is essentially half of a bachelor's + master's dissertation. An MSci, would allow you to study more advanced topics and get more time doing your dissertation (I think)
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MSci's normally allow you to downgrade to a BSci should you not wish to later do the integrated year
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Arguably, MSci would be less competitive than doing an MSc
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You don't get to go to another university and experience a different uni life (spolier: they're usually not that different)
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If you have academics who aren't experts in the specific fields that you want to go into, then you should ideally go to another university
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The entry requirements are often higher than that for the bachelor's (at least in terms of grades)
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Universities that offer MSci's tend to be top end universities, where competition tend to be high
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If academia is not what you want to get into, it might be a waste of a year
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If the subject you are studying is not a field that you want to go into (i.e. biological science), and you want to change to a different field it's going to be a pain funding your second master's out of pocket without student finance - having said that an undergrad in biological sciences tend to open opportunities into healthcare anyway, and there are usually a list of allied health subjects where the government/NHS would be willing to partially/fully fund you provided you work in the public sector afterwards (I don't know for how long)
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If you don't like your lecturers/seminar leaders, you might have to put up with them for another year
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The 4th year is generally not as easy as doing an MSc (I think)
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