mentalcorsa
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got an interview at the bdu? tommorow to do with my college course,
they now wont let me on the course unless i get goverment funding even though my boss said hell pay or even pay more to get me on the course.
now they have rung me today and told me ive got an interview and 2 litracy and numracy tests tommorow at 9? to determin wether i get goverment funding or not .
has anybody had experiance of this ? what was it like what should i take bar the letter work recieved and my record of achivment ?
cheers chris
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James
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good luck with the literacy test 
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by James
good luck with the literacy test
looking at that post he'll need it 
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James
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thats what I was getting at 
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John
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Maybe the governemnt fund people who fail it?
Then he's quids in.
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Bonney
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Whats the course for?
i had to do something like this for my course, all it was for was to see what level you are working at, and to see if you need help
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Shelly
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you lads are bitchier than women
when I worked at college it was all EMA
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ed
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Government funding? You going to ask Tony Blair for some money? 
Speak to Student Finance Direct 
[Edited on 13-09-2006 by ed]
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
you lads are bitchier than women
when I worked at college it was all EMA
Thats another way to get in
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Carr
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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
you lads are bitchier than women
when I worked at college it was all EMA
eat my arse?
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mentalcorsa
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i dont want this stupid goverment funding, my boss is more than happy to pay but they wont let me in without it
and im dyslexic but they will over look the litracy part a bit as i got a c at eng at gcse
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John
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Why does everybody who doesn't have basic English skills on here blame dyslexia?
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Shelly
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Education Maintenance Allowance
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Bonney
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if its an apprentichip you are doing, if you got a c in maths, english and it, you should be fine, if its ds they help you to get up to the next grade, thats what they did with us
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James
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Originally posted by Shelly
Education Maintenance Allowance
Were you also supported by the Student Training and Funding Union?
or STFU
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mentalcorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Why does everybody who doesn't have basic English skills on here blame dyslexia?
maby becasue i have been dyslexic since i was 2 and that i only managed to get ok gsce passes in non pratical subjects because i got extra help and then extra time in exams?
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by mentalcorsa
quote:
Originally posted by John
Why does everybody who doesn't have basic English skills on here blame dyslexia?
maby becasue i have been dyslexic since i was 2 and that i only managed to get ok gsce passes in non pratical subjects because i got extra help and then extra time in exams?
That’s the biggest loads of crap I have heard in my life. I can spell acceptably and construct a legible sentence even though I am dyslexic. How can you have been diagnosed at 2 too? Were you even at school then?
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Shelly
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
Education Maintenance Allowance
Were you also supported by the Student Training and Funding Union?
or STFU
I worked in a college...
Work in a secondary school now 
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
quote:
Originally posted by mentalcorsa
quote:
Originally posted by John
Why does everybody who doesn't have basic English skills on here blame dyslexia?
maby becasue i have been dyslexic since i was 2 and that i only managed to get ok gsce passes in non pratical subjects because i got extra help and then extra time in exams?
That’s the biggest loads of crap I have heard in my life. I can spell acceptably and construct a legible sentence even though I am dyslexic. How can you have been diagnosed at 2 too? Were you even at school then?
ed it affects people at different levels...
My brother is 26 tomorrow, and he has big issues constructing sentences and spelling words correctly, and even issues using the correct words for the meaning!
just because you can do it, doesnt mean other people can...
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Ian
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The government funding thing is a load of my ass.
There is no reason whatsoever why a college would not recover costs from an employer where it was able to do so.
The literacy and numeracy tests also would not prejudice any funding issues whatsoever. Age and employment status perhaps, but your financial status is NOT decided by your academic level.
[Edited on 14-09-2006 by Ian]
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
your financial status is NOT decided by your academic level.
[Edited on 14-09-2006 by Ian]
yes it is Ian,
Amy (the girfriend) went to college yesterday to enrol on a course. because she already has more than 5 GCSE's grade c or better and an NVQ level 2 she has to pay a total of £266 a year for the course.
if she was a thicko with NO qualifications or claiming benefits the course would be free.
this goverment punishes the clever people that work hard to get somewhere. I pay 40% of my earnings in tax. hows that fair? If i didnt try at school, got no qualifications and had a shit job I would be paying a lower rate of income tax and getting working families tax credit. hows that fair?
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Ian
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Your first level two qualification is free, regardless of when you get it. She already has hers.
What I meant is you can't change your status by those tests on that day.
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Ian
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Just thinking more about that one Dave - what level is that course? If she didn't have the current level 2 course she either shouldn't be doing another 2 or couldn't do a 3?
I agree with your point, but there are reasons behind it. Plus level 3 courses generally would not attract any sort of discount unless the institution itself covered that.
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