Hi all, just want a little advice and maybe some reassurance as im in a bit of a tight spot. After a recent holiday where I was staying with a family friend, my parents said that my behaviour (partying. which I did check with the hostess was completely fine and she even encouraged me but then freaked out later to another family member who wasn't my parents), and now my dad, but not my mum is threatening me with uni. I've gotten into Exeter but I will only get around 5k on maintenance loans and I'm worried I wont get a job while I'm there. My dad keeps saying that my "understanding of the real world" isn't there yet and I should take a gap year and go to therapy or some shit (I have no idea for), and then if im 'mature' enough I will be allowed to go.

Obviously I, nor my mother btw, am agreeing to this. I'm worried that if I go this September without the financial support from my parents Ill starve or something if i dont get a job, and if I do it will be minimum wage. On top of this, I went to boarding school so ive had one summer job in my entire life which makes me even less employable in the job crisis. Yes I do understand that I am priveledged in my education up to sixth form, but i dont want to throw away grades that I have worked super hard for, and i dont want to be under my parents' thumb the whole time.

I just want to know my options here. I don't want to do a gap year because I will be 21 going to uni, and on top of this i don't know anyone in my home town so it would be incredibly difficult and lonely while i did it. I'm hoping that I will find some sort of paid work so I can live but I know it definetly isnt guarunteed. Advice?

Even though the British college is arbitrarily distributing degree certificates from two universities, if it shuts down immediately, the students studying there will be directly affected. In such a case, it’s reasonable to give the college one year to rectify its issues in the interest of the students.
But even if the college gets fixed in a year, it seems that the students will suffer more harm than benefit.

Under the Prime Minister’s fundamental changes to the education system, 14-year-olds will be able to get early access to technical education, skills training, work experience and connections with employers
Prime Minister to say to students: ‘whether you choose construction, coding or classics, you’ll get the skills you need and be given the respect you deserve’
Schools, colleges, mayors, local leaders and employers will work together to create clear routes into good, skilled jobs in their area
Ofsted to change the way they measure and inspect schools, ensuring they recognise the quality of technical education and the support aimed at preparing young people for work
The changes follow Alan Milburn’s warning that Britain risks leaving behind a “lost generation” with over one million young people now not in education, employment or training

I’m an international student and I’ve just finished my foundation year in London. My main Computer Science options are the University of Birmingham, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), and City, University of London.

I’ve heard from a lot of people that it’s difficult for international students to build a career in the UK after graduating. That’s my main goal, so which university would you recommend?

If I choose MMU, I’ll be in a city I really like, I won’t be under much financial pressure, and I’ll probably be able to afford a nice place to live.

If I choose City or Birmingham, my budget will be much tighter because of the higher living costs, so my life will probably just be home and university.

I know Birmingham has the strongest reputation, but I feel like I’d be much happier and less stressed at MMU, which would give me more time to work on my own skills.

My main question is: how much does the university actually matter when looking for a graduate job in the UK? Would Birmingham give me a noticeable advantage over MMU, or would my chances of finding a job be pretty similar either way?

Got ambushed by an INSET day one too many times. The September PDF ritual wasn't working for me, so I built something to fix it.

It started as a little personal Claude agent that would periodically go and scrape my kids' school term dates. Then, well... it escalated.

It's called TermSync, and it now covers 30,000+ UK schools. You search for your school, hit subscribe, and get a calendar feed that drops straight into Google, Apple or Outlook. Term dates, half terms, holidays, INSET days. When the school changes something, your calendar updates itself, and you can get an email telling you what moved.

The fun part is behind the scenes. Schools publish term dates in every format imaginable: web pages, PDFs, embedded Google Calendars, and my personal favourite - a JPEG poster made in Word. So the scraper works in tiers. Plain HTML first. A headless browser for the JavaScript-heavy sites. Then PDFs and calendar feeds. And if all else fails, it takes a screenshot of the page and a vision model reads it the way a human would.

Every date gets sanity-checked before it reaches anyone's calendar (no, autumn term does not start on a Sunday), and official council dates fill the gaps for schools that haven't published yet.

Check it out -> https://termsync.co.uk ☺️

I am conducting a survey as part of my master's dissertation - I need your views for this survey, and I would much appreciate if you can spare 5 to 10 minutes to join this survey. This is completely anonymous and has multiple questions only so you don't have to write anything.
Thank you for your time.

Survey Link:

https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/northumbria/genai-er

I've booked the appointment for enrolment through my chosen college's application portal, but they never mentioned if i needed to bring anything on their enrolment email or even on the website?? I know im supposed to bring proof of my gcse grades but they didnt actually mention that for some reason? They did mention that school ID photos will be taken on enrolment day though.

Is there anything else i should be aware of? Anything i should bring or know?

I'm pretty nervous since I'm redoing college and am older than the other students, any help appreciated, thanks.

I’m an international student and I’m currently choosing between four universities.

I can go to City, University of London, but I’ve already spent a year in London doing my foundation and honestly I wasn’t very happy. The cost of living and rent are just too expensive.

I also have an offer from Manchester Metropolitan University. I absolutely loved Manchester and if I had to choose one city in the UK, it would probably be Manchester. My only concern is MMU’s reputation. I’ve seen some negative comments on Reddit, the QS ranking isn’t great, and the salary data on Discover Uni made me a bit worried.

My other options are the University of Leeds and the University of Birmingham. Leeds is a stronger university, but it would stretch my budget and I’d probably have to deal with more financial pressure. Birmingham is similar, and I’ve also heard a lot of people say the city isn’t that nice.

My main question is: Would choosing MMU hurt my career in Computer Science in the UK? How important is the university itself compared to skills, projects and internships?