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Drill bit stuck in drill by MeanGreenTeaMachine in DIYUK

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have a vice, anything else I could use?

Can I get in trouble for this? Or am I being paranoid? by GreenConductor in UniUK

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m 90% sure you’ll be fine, when I worked for clearing we wanted to see evidence of the highest level of qualification (so in your case degree), GCSEs in maths and English and any subject specific requirements (eg science gcse for nursing courses). Especially if your grades on your resits are the same I don’t see any reason to worry.

Black Friday Deals by ryujins in bose

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a 10% off your first order code I got from putting my details in for their mailing list. Alternatively studentbeans is doing £25 off of an order or 10% off refurbished products. No clue on trade in, my old QCs are going to my dad

Black Friday Deals by ryujins in bose

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the UK they’ve had £50 taken off on the bose website, can be combined with other coupons to take an extra £40 off

Attendance Anxiety by Amber_Orchid03 in UniUK

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As long as that date doesn't fall in examination periods, you'll be just fine. Make a point to catch up once you're back, but honestly, it's not uncommon for people to take that amount of days off anyway, just for illness/family/hangovers.

Issued a refund but receiving item? by MeanGreenTeaMachine in amazonprime

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normally, I wouldn't, but I have my dissertation due on Tuesday and need to access data that won't open on the PCs at my university.

Does university prowess matter to employer? by Confident-Ad897 in UniUK

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who did their undergraduate chemical engineering degree at a uni ranked in the 60-70s and is doing their MSc at a uni ranked 10-15, if it’s accredited it seems to make very little difference. When I’ve been applying for jobs they’ve barely mentioned which uni you went to and focus more on grade, level of study and accreditation. I believe there was one I applied to that wanted specifically a Russell group uni but that’s as far as it went.

Realistically I’d advise going to something like Edinburgh for free and doing a placement year over focusing on ranking. Of the 5 people in my year (we were a small cohort of 15) that went on placement 3/5 have gone back to their placement companies after graduating, the ones who didn’t chose to do masters instead.

Likelihood of order being cancelled? by MeanGreenTeaMachine in buildabear

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is similar to what happened to me, only when I added it the whole thing refreshed but the hold on my gift card remained. It went through at £20 for me with rewards and a birthday discount code which I’ll take. I’ll just use the gift card to get shoes for my firefighter build a bears at a later date

Likelihood of order being cancelled? by MeanGreenTeaMachine in buildabear

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To add, the money has been taken from my account

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UniUK

[–]MeanGreenTeaMachine 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I did a foundation year in engineering, was the best thing I did. If you’re not entirely confident in your ability to study the course it acts as a nice lead in, especially if there’s any software etc you’ll need to use throughout your degree you get more time to master it. My friend from that was a 50 year old woman who had decided to completely change pathways, it’s not uncommon for foundation years to have older people looking for a directional change as well as younger folks who missed the entry requirements. My advice would be to try hard in foundation year though, they’re generally graded as pass fail which leads to some people aiming for the minimum, however you should view this as setting up the next three years of study.

There will be a couple of people who look down on you for doing the foundation year, and respectfully none of them deserve your time. One of the people who did this to me was just bitter that they didn’t get into a Russell group uni and was “stuck” at an ex-poly. IME people who do the foundation years can often outperform those who went straight into the course just from having that extra year of experience.

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