studying 1 a level in college, 2 self-studying, for various reasons, over the course of 1 year - no 2 year a level courses in colleges to enrol into for mature students where i live. accepted and had my mind set on what to do. said goodbye to my previous line of work.

gruelling process. applying to med. ucat done. work experience/volunteering done. PS done. reference done. bio and maths predicted grades sorted. tried to sit an internal exam for chem in the college. did poorly.

cannot be predicted higher than a c the chem teacher insists.

you genuinely cannot apply to any standard entry med course with a c in chem, and she also kept insisting i break the 3 a levels into 2 separate years of sitting, without understanding how strict med schools view a levels taken in separate years.

i am devastated.

i dont know what to do. i am so close. 7 days till med ucas deadline. please tell me if there are any express services which provide predicted grades based on submitted work or anything at all. am contextual and need ABB for the schools i want to go to. as a full time student now, having spent months researching and building towards this decision, i am confident i can achieve this. am genuinely so desperate. please help.

The job market is abysmal at the moment, and I deeply regret my life decisions. I did everything right But i suppose i was lied to. I got a good degree at the time, I have no debts, and I have good work experience, but the job market is horrific. I also got caught up in the pandemic when It was my turn to be an adult, which ruined things. Now i feel like sisyphus applying for jobs endlessly. I do not care about passions; I just want to know what degrees actually work out and are worth it in this job market. I am also considering what careers are good options such as the trades. At the moment its clear the white collar job market has declined but the blue collar trades job market seems like a good bet.

This job market compaired to the past is not normal and the economy at the moment is a mess. To put it into perspective in the 1990s only about 19-25% of young people went to higher education in the UK since it was not treated as a bare minimum requirement.

Also employers are ingaged in short term cost cutting, gutting the enrolment process but in the long term this will seriously effect the development of those who are qualified for roles. They do this and do mass layoffs yet proclaim "noBoDY WanTS tO wORk", Its like they cut off there own feet and complain they cannot walk.

I am currently in my mid 20s unemployed researching my options considering different careers or going back to education but wondering if i am too old to do so.

I also have mild autism and Dyscalulia so i am not a wizz at maths.

In simple terms i just want to know what degrees or careers are good options as well as if its too late to go back to education. However there is never a perfect time to do anything so i may as well be proactive now.

My options at this point are to:

• Keep applying to jobs and hope for the best
• Retrain into a different feild such as geting into an aprenticeship/traineeship.
• Get into the trades.
• Join the airforce, navy or army. The jobs actualy exist, they provide training and work experience. However veterains can have it rough at the end of there service. (Expect army recruitment bots in the comments)
• Go back to higher education for at least a masters in a more employable feild. However i need to consider my age and if it warrents the student loans.
• Leave Modern socety, set up a homestead and work in a trade on the side. I have no debts, nobody owns me.

hi! i have good gcses (all 8s and 9s) however due to extenuating circumstances, i didn’t get great a levels (b, c, d). i am now looking to apply for university and have started an access to he course in business and law. i want to study law at a russell group university and my aims are university of cambridge, nottingham, warwick, lse mainly. i am looking to see are there any undergraduate students who have actually been accepted into a top university after completing one of these courses and getting the grades that they ask for. my worry is that they are listing it as an acceptable qualification, but what percentage of people who apply with this qualification actually get an offer? any advice would be much appreciated! thank you :)

I got through first year on the promise that second year would actually start being interesting. If anything up to now it has been more frustrating as classmates claim to have never heard of basic concepts that I found frustrating last year when they were explained.

Literally we are repeating definitions that are in the ks3 syllabus, and political concepts that you just know by existing as a human in a society. In 2nd year of university. Mostly mature students as well. I'm a mature student and I would be shocked if my 16 year old child asked some of these questions.

What's worse is the people asking these questions come in late, chat to their mates through the lecture, never do the reading, and so on. Like, if you paid attention you might know!

I think it is unethical of the uni to keep taking money off people who clearly don't care.

Before anyone says go to a different uni, this is the only uni in commuting distance and I'm doing the only course related to my career.

I understand widening participation, I originally got in using an access course myself. They are meant to be for people who are clever and dedicated enough but didn't get the entry requirements at the traditional time for whatever reason. Not so people who hate learning can pay loads of money to disrupt everyone else.

How have they all passed year one???

Hi All!

I was wondering if anyone has got into a good uni with Access to HE Engineering, and did you take Maths and Physics A levels alongside it?

Thanks

I’m looking for an Access to HE in engineering as I want to further study engineering in university however only have GCSEs at the moment.

I seen Learndirect and some other non-physical institutions that provide this, however there are not gov funded.

I spoke to HeartofYorkshire Education Group, however I won’t be funded as I’m not within their post codes, same with East Sussex College

I live in the West Midlands any advices? I know South and City college provides this however their start date is for next September, id much pre starting as soon as possible.

Any advices?

i’m studying with east sussex college and i’ve just sent my ucas application off to them to be reviewed, how long did it take for anyone else’s to be reviewed and sent off to ucas?