I couldn't remember. It was 2 years back. I think I took some el-cheapo line and it is midnight train .

Actually studying in Nottingham is not that expensive, studying in Nottingham, living cost is not that expensive, needs around £350-£450 per months. this including accomodation and also meals. for accomodation is rent a room (in the city), meal will cook yourself. As food is not that expensive, unless you want to eat very very good la. transport, if travel around Nottingham, there is bus card that you can buy. that will save a lot for transport.

Do u know the tuition fee plus bench fee for PhD in Electrical Engineering at Univ of Sheffield?
http://www.shef.ac.uk/eee/

Thank you

anybody who study in uk get a pr and decided to stay in uk?

PR? You can only get a PR after spending 10 years in the UK / working with a work permit for 5 years. The most direct way to get a PR via studying only is:

A levels (2 years)
Undergraduate + 1 year internship (4 years)
Postgraduate Masters (1 year)
PhD (3.5 years)
Total = 10.5 years.

Of course, it helps if you did your O levels in the UK as well. If you're an international student doing technical studies, well, that's all a handsome sum of money to pay, assuming you get no scholarships.

Hi, i start my account in lloyds bank and plan to put some money in fix deposit. but the staff inside tell me that probably i cannot have exemption for the tax as i'm international student (this mean the interest i can take is deducted by tax, lesser). However, they are not sure yet and need to reconfirm. SO i need to seek for help here as anyone face this thing before? Btw i did receive a letter from my uni confirming that i'm student and will not need to pay for the council tax. thus, is council tax same as the tax mention by bank?

if i'm not mistaken, councul tax is the tax of the renting for your accommodation. it's true that, student in UK don't have to council tax. er, i think you need to ask what tax that the bank officer mention.
i still can't open any bank account le, i keep having problem about the uni's letter to open bank account. especially natwest, my uni letter have change few times... haiz...

Council tax is basically residential tax. It has nothing to do with taxable interest.

You can actually claim your tax or get exemption from paying tax.
You should get a council tax redemption paper from your department and you should fill in a Tax claim form and send it back to your council tax office.

Hi Felix, so this means i can use the council tex exemption letter to prove to the bank that i no need to pay for the income tax and get full interest ? The ppl at there did ask me to fill up a form, but saying that they are not sure internationl student can avoid the tax or not. Or anyone of u here just fill up the form then will be able to get full amount of intrest? wihout having so much trouble?

income tax and council tax is two different taxes that has got nothing to do with each other. council tax is a tax that u must pay for residing under a specific city council. only students, elders and special-needs people are exempted of such taxes.

income tax applies to taxable incomes, in this case, interests from fixed deposit. as far as i know, international students are not exempted from paying this tax. so u will have to pay those.

Ha that helps a lot. ya the bank confirmed with me too. but they said if u really want u can call up a department and ask them to give u an appropriate form to fill in... Thanks . Btw, so this means for working as a part time, our salary will reduce also because of income tax?

IIRC you can claim them back if you're still a student.

hi, i would like ask is there anyone having this problem?? just now i went to bank to open a basic account, i brought my uni's letter and also my passport. everything is fine until the bank officer fill in my surname. coz my name have first name, surname and middle name. so the bank officer fill my middle name as surname. haiz... i told him, that is my middle name. he said, if i would like to use back my surname i need to get a letter from malaysia embassy state which is my surname. he also told me that they must follow their system. which using the last name as surname... ... i having a lot problem when i'm try apply bank account. first they said my uni's letter don't have the details they require.. then second time, others problem.. finally now my uni's letter is fine but having surname problem...
anyone face this problem when open a bank account??

Which bank did you go for?

IIRC, I don't have any problem with Natwest last time because they know which one is the surname and so on. Normally,

First name = Your last two name

Last name = Your surname/family name.

Besides, they need my accommodation address, university acceptance letter and my passport. However, I'm not sure whether this rule has been changed or not

i went to Lloyds bank, Natwest also is the same, haiz... sumore Natwest need to make appointment to open bank account. I have christian name, so i use my christian name as my first name, then last 2 is my middle name and then my surname/family name.
now they have fix so many rules... now i'm tired... trying apply bank for 1 month, still can't open one... i don't know why they keep giving problem. probably i'm asian.
they also said i have a choice which is using my middle name (the last one) fill as my surname.. i'm a bit worry, coz i afraid if there is anything require bank account, and discover that my surname is different. that time, i sure die...

Dont worry pal . i had the same problem as u too. but solved already because my uni staff go to talk with them. (the staff also get angry about their sys as i went and back for 3 times!!! in order to get my account opened). Their advice are try to follow what actually is in ur passport, as long as they can confirm which one is your first or family name then is ok. Try to avoid using middle name. so i just put my middle name stick with my first name . so that is some exp i get from them.
KAM BA DE . U must not give up wor, else u will no money to use . Cheer!!

anyone from SHU by following the tarc course? Can i take the EC test to become professional engineer?

there are many people with christian name too. Just put your christian name and your last 2 name a your first name and your surname as your last name.

yeah, i know a lot ppl have christian name. actaully if you don't hv christian name, then the last 2 name is your 1st name. but if u you have christian name then the last name will be the middle name. so the last name will be the your surname.
anyway over here, can also if the christian name and middle name put as your first name. but not if you deal with the bank over here. nowdays they quite strict over these thing.
just finish open the bank account. but have to follow their system, which is using the last name(in my passport) as surname. well, wait until i got the letter from embassy and state the which one is my surname then i can change my real surname. haiz... friend, if anyone coming to study over, make sure you hv this letter, otherwise you will ended up like me....