I have just finished my second assignment for a module. The assignment instructions were to make a creative brief: either 1000 words (+/- 10%) or 15 minutes long (+/- 10%).

By those calculations, the video should be between 13.5 - 16.5 minutes long. However, I’ve just finished making my video that’s taken me a week to make, only to realise it’s 20 minutes long! Will I be penalised for this? I’ve put a lot of effort into the video and I really wouldn’t like to start the whole thing again due to being a few minutes over. Also, I’ve heard from other lecturers saying in regard to other assignments that we shouldn’t be worried about being a bit over, as long as it’s not incredibly over we should be fine.

Does anybody have any advice about this? Thank you!

I hate university. I genuinely hate it, I'm lonely and struggling but I have nothing else to do with my life. I'm 2 months into my first year, doing something I've always really enjoyed, but I hate university so much i can't even write essays. I feel like I should atleast be doing something more useful and more likely to get me into a direct career if I hate it already, but I think it's too late. Should I reapply next year, or is it possible to change now?

I'm in my last year of Sixth Form, doing A-Levels this year, Computer Science, Maths and Mandarin plus EPQ which I've done. My school's "deadline" for University applications was 22nd November. It's now the 2nd December and I haven't even started. This is mainly because up until a few weeks ago I wasn't planning on attending Uni. Now I am but I feel so stuck. I've been looking at courses on and off for the last couple of weeks and still don't know what I want to do. I feel like it should be something to do with either Computer Science or Chinese but I don't even know, there seems to be so much available and I don't know how to go through it all. I'm also considering a gap year to help me think things over more but I don't even know what I'd do during it. I've missed most Uni open days and I'm not sure how to find the right Uni for me, it feels like I missed out the part where everyone was talking about Unis and figuring out what they wanted to apply for and yh now im feeling pretty lost. The only unis im familiar with are Warwick and Sheffield, i literally do not know anything about any other unis which makes me hesitant to apply to any others js bc they seem unfamiliar, idk what to do abt that. I feel like each day it gets a bit better and im a bit more sure but at the same time as each day goes on im feeling more pressure from my teachers and i still feel a long way off knowing what I want.

A bit more specifically, in terms of doing Chinese I'm not sure if I'd enjoy a year abroad. I feel like it would be nice but I'd be so disconnected from everyone else in the UK and when I get back things would be different ig? Like I'd have missed out on so much time with friends. If anyone has had experience going to study a year abroad, please could you tell me if im right in assuming this, and how your personal experience went. And in terms of Computer Science I just don't know if ill enjoy software engineering at a uni level. I also don't know how id find other, less popular courses id enjoy considering how many there are. Then there's also things im interested in now but since i didnt take alevel for it i cant do it at uni, e.g. particle physics, at the same time idk if its more of a superficial interest and something i wouldnt enjoy in the end.

I feel like I've been running around in circles, it doesnt help that i dont know much about unis, e.g. if i take computer science at uni can i study chinese as a side course or something. If anyone could give me any help or advice, anything that can help guide me, it would really be really appreciated, thanks

Hi,

I’ve been scouring the internet for about 20 minutes and i’m struggling to find information on this. I’m wanting to apply to do a pdge, which is what makes people in Scotland qualified to teach - it’s a postgraduate taught course and i can’t find information about when my UCAS form has to be submitted by.

UCAS is telling me by January, then saying six months before the course begins and my universities page on the subject also says January. I’m just looking for anyone else who has also applied and knows the cut off date!

So I'm in a weird situation where I'm in halls with 8 flatmates, but they have formed a group and exclude another flatmate and I. They constantly leave the kitchen messy, they always just stare weirdly and never interact with me or the other flatmate for what seems like no reason. We clean our spaces, get our stuff and leave. I'm not sure what to do because the accommodation team say there's no more rooms for me and the other flatmate to move to, and its really affecting my mental health, having nothing but hostility and a messy kitchen everytime I leave my room. They refuse to give me freezer space and constantly move my stuff. I don't know how to report it because it'll be pretty obvious who did and I don't want more hostility than there already is, especially since there are 6 of them and only 2 of us.
Any advice would be great.

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is anyone aware of any uni courses for anthropology (social or general) which include 2 languages? preferably spanish (post a level) and french (beginners). ive seen lots of other humanities subjects with 2 languages, and anthro courses with 1 language. thanks :))

I’ve had a right mare with student finance England.I applied initially in July and immediately got rejected as I only had pre-settled status and was applying for a postgraduate loan. I then managed to get my settled status pushed through with the help of my local MP and sent through my application. I then received a letter from student finance England telling me to send them a written letter stating my address history which I did with first class mail. A month later (today), I received an email telling me I need to send another handwritten letter with my address history this time with no gaps. As is normal when moving house to house, there’s been a minimum gap of two weeks. In this time I’ve been travelling or seeing friends so have no address to put down.

My friend is telling me to put down his address and say that I stored my stuff that over summer but went travelling. My question is now, seeing as they’ll take another month to respond to me and seeing as I’ve been in contact with the University tuition fee team who have told me that shall I be unable to pay in January I will have to drop out, how do I expedite my application? Is there no hope for me? I don’t know what to do, I’ve been battling SFE since July and it seems that they keep postponing my postgraduate loan. Has anyone been in the same position?

I am really missing my student discount 😩 so if anyone could help me out, would be hugely appreciated!

I just sent off my application for EEE (MEng) for Imperial, UCL, Bristol, Southampton and Bath. I am already hearing so many people get rejected/interviews/offers, I am just worried if it is too late? my top choices are Imperial and UCL

Hi. I am thinking about my second year housing options and would really like to live in a studio. I won’t have a problem with loneliness or anything so that’s nothing to worry about, however I would like to know if anyone has any experience with renting a flat privately and not with the uni/student accommodation? Are there any things to be aware about beforehand? I will get any flats I find checked by the uni housing services to make sure they are safe, but is there anything else to know? Thanks!

I recently applied for some PhD programs in the US and Canada - something I’ve been working towards for quite some time now.

However, I recently met a snag. One of the universities has come back saying my undergrad transcript is missing 120 credits.

I don’t know how I never noticed this before, but my undergrad transcript is indeed missing my entire first year of study and, with it, 120 credits (first year counted towards my final grade).

This seems like a pretty big error and never came up when I applied (and was admitted to) my MA programme. Is this normal or just a big error from my undergrad uni?

Posting here for any thoughts to try and understand this. I know transcript offices can be extremely slow at replying (I have contacted them) and I am worried this could jeopardise my chances of getting onto a PhD course - my applications won’t even be reviewed without accurate transcripts.

I read that women are outnumbering men 2:1 when studying law according to UCAS data. The course I am looking at is 70% female. I don't want to be one of the only guys so should I bother?

I just completed my bachelors degree and currently trying to look for a university in UK for 2025(im an international student) but cant seem to find a uni that mentions UI UX .. am i not looking the right way or is it that not a lot of unis have the course? Im completely lost at the moment lol Preferably outside London as alot of people are suggesting i look elsewhere than London

So I’ve been at uni for nearly 3 months. I had a group of friends at the start of the year and after a bit of a situation we aren’t friends anymore. I currently don’t have anyone I message with and I’m really lonely.

I find it difficult to make friends especially when everyone has their own friendship groups. I don’t know what to do and I’m really worried that this isn’t going to get better over the next 2 and a half years.

Deleted old account. Felt guilty for leaving some of you without an update.

I did it in the knick of time. Hit word count. 70-something sources and 200-ish references.

Just got mark back as a 78. Highest in cohort.

Very happy, though from Friday at 6pm to Monday at 4pm, I did not sleep. It was chaos, exhausting and mentally broke me. But I’m good now.

Edit:

In the last few days, I kept track roughly of how my word count grew over the course of the week on little post it notes. It was actually quite an effective motivator when I could see how much I was writing in such a short time.

21/11/24

02:01 - 4098 words

09:43 - 5116 words

(Sleep)

23:38 - 5389 words

22/11/24

01:16 - 5541 words (lol)

10:53 - 6635 words

(Sleep)

23/11/25

03:55 - 7489 words

09:46 - 9109 words

(Nap)

24/11/24

02:55 - 10,206 words

08:25 - 12,084 words

13:19 - 13,029 words

(Nap)

21:38 - 13,962 words

25/11/24

00:34 - 14,974 words

03:27 - 16,048 words

(No time) - 18,022 words

07:01 - 18,225 words

08:47 - 19,279 words

At which point there are no more records, however I submitted around 11am with 21,000 words (plus footnotes takes me to around 23,500).

I spent a year at Westminster before transferring to a uni where I thought my employment prospects post-graduation would be better. Truthfully I had a bloody fantastic time there and I can't say enough good things about the lecturers I had. If the course I was doing was more of the vocational type, I'd have absolutely stayed.

I completed sixth form this summer and received 3 okay grades and decided to take a gap year to figure things out and develop my soft skills through work and volunteering. I decided in year 9/10 that I wanted to do CS and that I was going to do CS but I suppose I never really explored other career choices and sort of trapped myself into that career path. 6 months into my gap year, I’m now unsure if I want to study Computer Science and have actually started exploring other careers.

However, I have until the end of January to complete and submit my UCAS application (I have not started my personal statement and need to get a reference) and with the unis I’m considering for CS I need to register for the TMUA by the 7th of December. I’m also positive that if I do want to go to uni this year that I want to retake Maths as that would significantly increase the breadth of unis I apply to (I got a B in Summer and an A would greatly advantage me) which would also mean getting a predicted grade sorted out and paying for exams.

There’s also a part of me that worries about being this 20 yr old grandma among a bunch of 18 yr olds, although I know that’s just me being irrational and that 20 is still very close in age to 18 but still 😭

Hi! I’m currently in Year 13, I have sent off my University application (as of yesterday) and received three offers so far! However, University of Liverpool is my dream university to study English Literature and I feel a little bit anxious because my predicted grades are slightly lower than the entry requirements on their website (they want A,B,B, I am predicted B,B,B and achieved a B in my EPQ which I completed in year 12). Are they lenient with predicted grades, especially considering I have an EPQ, or should I be worried? Thanks :)

like i am trying to write this essay and i literally cannot think

has this happened to anyone else

update - i went for a run to clear my head and now i have nearly completed my draft

thank you to all the replies

I am a student and i expected to be in my final year now but unfortunately I didn’t pass. I signed a tenancy agreement to live in a house this year and I regret it so much. I’m external this year and I have no student loan I have ran out of my savings now and I lost my job a few months ago. I have posted my room on spare room for 3 months with no success. I have now posted on facebook, gumtree and two other websites. This room is really hard to sell its the most expensive rent I have ever had. Most rooms that are priced similar to mine include an en-suit. I’m loosing my mind a little bit trying to find someone to replace me. Its so frustrating because I cant afford rent at all even if i get job i feel like a failure. I want to go back home but I’m worried that i will make things more difficult because i wont be able to show anyone around if they are interested. I also feel like because its now December there wont be many people looking for somewhere new now. I just really urgently need to find a replacement.

Making a short video where I splice together different footage from online. The only people seeing it will be my markers and no one else. Does this require me buying the footage?

Cant motivate myself towards the bad exam results since my peers got pretty good results, I feel sad and dumb. Loosing my confidence to do better at my final exam.

I really don't want superstition to ruin my second time with this exam. I'm trying to practice it each day and the slowness of my writing, the pain in my hand from trying to push myself to write faster and the messiness of my hand writing are starting to get to me. I only have one more go after this if I fail.

It is apparently supposed to be the easiest exam on the last year of my course but you need to write so much to even pass that I don't think getting more than 40% is even feasible in only two hours. I think that if I'm gonna be on my last attempt then the pressure this exam has on my psyche will be even greater.

The only thing I can do is just practice more. Did anyone else also have an exam on an unlucky day? I would like to hear that I'm not alone.

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Hello guys

I’m South Korean, and I’m planning to transfer to Coventry University next year. Specifically, I’ll be doing a Top-up course. I worked as a paralegal at a law firm in Korea, and while working, I had the chance to meet a client from the UK who suggested studying abroad. This is the reason why I decided study to the UK

The Top-up course I’m considering offers International Law Studies as a subject. Do you think Coventry Uni is a good choice for studying law in the UK and for international students like me?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

So I put the wrong module tutor on my cover sheet for an essay (UCL student btw). Everything else was correct but I’ve only just realised now a week after the deadline. Would this affect my grade? I emailed the actual tutor but I am absolutely stressing.