yeah, paypal is more for ebay. If you like to make any online purchase, you can apply Natwest student's credit card. and you can do any transaction online.

yup. Sandwich programme is known as Placement Programme. Which you are required to work in a company for 12 months. It's a good opportunity to gain working experience.

did you ask the repairer send the bills to your landlady instead of you? because usually landlord or landlady is responsible to all repairing bills. Probably try ask city council to help you. what i know, there should be have one service, helping student who having any renting problem.

No, direct flight means you don't need to transit at some place. from pervious post, what you said is "from Vietnam to Singapore to Manchester". It means that your Vietnamese friend will travel from Vietnam fly to singapore then from singapore fly to manchester. This mean your flight is not direct-flight. Direct-flight is where you straight away fly from KL to Manchester/heathrow. Beside, it's depends on where did you get the ticket... if you compare price from KL, Vietnam and UK, the price will be different also.. Am i right?


btw, 'sponsor ticket'? what that's mean??

ahh.. ok now i understand.
But last time I took MAS, the price is more or less same, RM3k++, which paid myself.

it's depends on the company. But usually it might be cover 70% (if you are lucky) of your 4th year tuition fees, don't expect it's going to pay all of your final year tuition fee. Anyway i know there's some university, that you will have risk that you can't get any offer for your sandwich year. this mean when you finish 2nd year, but you can't get any offer from a company. so you will need to straight away go for your final year.

well, some of company will pay for your public transport (like months bus-pass) and you rent for a very small room and cost you £250++ per month. like you calculated, £12k is your salary after tax, so estimate around £3.5k for your living cost (if your living is very very simple and economize) .. Just enough pay 70% of your engineering tuition fees (or probably 65%).

anyway usually money earned during placement is mostly pay for your final year's living cost, not really for your tuition fees.

just curious, is there anyone who has been graduated lately?you guys are applying IGS or Post-Study Work Tier 1 Points Based System?? I read some website, it said Post-Study Work has been commenced on 30th June. anyone can clarify it??
Thanks..

Make sure you get have everything in black and white. it's important that you check everything before you sign and pay anything.

well, it's normal. As there's quite a lot student will attempt obtain a student visa but work in restaurants to earn money. So to prevent this, university will force student to pay £1k or £3k as deposit. this is to ensure you continue study in the university. Usually home office will only approve student visa when the university confirm you are enroll.

Yes, the most important thing is passport, student visa, unconditional letter from university, money, book accommodation and some dry food (if you brave enough to bring some)...

erm, winter clothing? now is summer time, you can come here and buy.. medical insurance? i don't think so, as normal medical treatment in uk is free for student. bank account? when you arrive, you can open a uk bank account.

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Jul 16 2008, 10:31 PM

yeah, what i know is vodafone is doing promotion... there's quite a lot good deal from phone4U. if you are finish existing contract, they will give you a better offer....

There are some way to obtain free prescription, you will need to fill in HC2 form. With HC2 certificate, you will get free prescription. You can get HC2 form from Boots or any gp/hospital.

it's expensive for me. But it's important to look on security level and facilities in the student hall...

lol.. not only that, the environment in london is terrible.. especially the air, it's so dirty.. everytime i take the tube, i need to clean everything, specially my nose... you just use a tissue paper wipe you face, you will see it's so dirty...

well, like youngkies said, Nottingham is having the top 10 crime list. But don't worry, Nottingham University is far from black area. As long bring small amount cash with you, and hang around city center during day time, you will be alright. it's quite safe, although a lot ppl said nottingham is having very high crime percentage. Nottingham is just like KL, busy city, shopping mall, restaurants, pubs and cinema.. but again, you need to be careful and stay alert everytime you walking alone.

don't worry being alone, there's a lot gals are coming to uk and study by herself.... after quite some time, she will get knows new friends... when gals coming alone and study, this will train her be more independent and more tough.

Beside, MPharm is a good option if you like to work in uk... as getting a secure job in pharmacy is more easier compare to others field. at least you will have less visa problem.. am i right youngkies?? lol...

For Manchester, there's crime happen either. crime happen every where, place like cambridge also has crime happen. As long you stay alert, and careful... you will be alright...

it's depends on which network and what phone do you want. if your budget is £20-£25 per month, i guess you can get 200 min+100 text and a phone like nokia 6300. If you like a better deal and don't mind have trouble, you can go for cashback deal. sometimes you can get 12 months contract and 12 months cashback. this means you need to send your bill in certain month to the company and they will send a cheque to you. This is no guarantee that you will get the cheques, as long you follow all their requirements.. then you will get it. oh, my advice is go for big company like carphonewarehous and e2save.

student rent house you are referring is private renting? if yes, it's depends on the landlord/landlady.... they maybe set some rules like no party or you can't bring any friends to overnight. but some of them, don't mind as long you pay extra £10-£20 per day for your friend (if a short-term stay, like few days or weeks..). But usually, when you sign contract, they will make sure actual number of ppl. there's some rules for landlord, normal house for renting, the maximum ppl to stay in the house is not more than 4 ppl, if more than that, they need to apply a license for that. erm.. i not quite know about it.. i was told there's one rules for landlord.
there's 2 types of room for renting, one is single room (for one ppl) and double room (for couple or share with friend).. of coz the price is not the same...

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Added on July 29, 2008, 5:10 amyou mean transferring credit to UK university? for undergraduate, i assume you can but again it's depends on your course and which uni you are going to. as some uni have different system... you can directly email them. but for postgraduate, i not sure which postgraduate you are referring to, phd or master? So far, for phd, i never heard transfer credit to finish the degree before. for master, again, just like undergraduate, depends on the uni.

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Jul 29 2008, 05:10 AM

sense_less143, yes.. i agree with youngkie and Geminist. If you come alone and first time live in uk, university accommodation is the best option. unless you have friends/senior/relatives in uk, you can rent private house outside university. As there's a lot things you need to consider.... The most important is 'house viewing', as sometimes landlord/landlady won't display/tell you bad side/problem of the room. If i were you, i would say stay in university accommodation for the 1st year. then second year only rent private house outside university. At least 2nd year, you will have more clearer picture on how is UK and you will have more friends help you choosing private accommodation.

Uni for IT/computing? I would say University of Cambridge or University of Nottingham is the best.. If you have no problem with tuition fees, then i would say.. go for it.. hahaha... Usually qualification for university in UK is minimum second upper class (2.1) or second lower class (2.2). erm.. not sure how to calculate CGPA.


By the way, should we close this thread.. and open a new thread for Studying in UK? it's quite a lot post in this thread.. 2k-3k....

did your father write a letter state that all his money will support your sis's tuition fees and living cost? sometime thing that you fill in your application and evidence need to same. make sure your evidence need to put it in black and white.

but i think if you don't have 100k, i think you can use your father's pay slip to show that your father will transfer some money every month to you.

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Added on August 6, 2008, 5:55 pmGet a Natwest credit card. I not sure what is the term and condition whether you need to sign for 1 year for what... But i do know it's pretty easy to get for those new student arrive UK....

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Aug 6 2008, 05:55 PM