https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/7444/vet-nurse-training-changes any news on whats happening in regards to training changes? Like I have level 2, so just wondered what was happining in regards to training!! Sorry I hate these threads too but uff haven&#39;t heard anything for a while and thought i would ask lolen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73885?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:10:54 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a4176bb3-8de7-41a3-9113-4b02648897f2Deemus<p>Bump <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73582?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:53:40 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:f47822e5-6d0d-4a29-82ad-8a0c7dab9143Maisy<p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] <p>My final point would be this, student human nurses get a bursary of about &pound;500 a month to train up via degree route, would this work if vet nurse students were given a bursary whilst in placements and that&nbsp; obv still with the college route?</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>Who would pay for it though? Doubt the government would do as its the NHS that funds it for student nurses. Can&#39;t see practices doing it either unless they knew for definite they would be employing the SVN for definite, even so it seems unlikely.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73576?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:21:05 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:006067b3-5c26-4ca8-a87a-7438d955aed8paula morgan<p>Well just heard from tutor last night that there is no funding for part time training and with having to be away from home for 4 weeks at a time for the full time course, it looks like its the end of the road for me. I have a wee girl age 11 and theres no way I could leave her for this amount of time plus I cant live on fresh air! I will finish my ANA and then see what happens. I am so down about this, it just doesnt seem fair to us older students, I guess if your a teenager the worlds your oyster, although tbh if I was an employer I would rather have someone older that I didnt need to constanly tell what to do, but hey ho thats life x</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73526?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:07:03 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8c0ac075-5045-4450-b4f5-be9413dcf6e0paula morgan<p>Does this rule about mature students not getting funding apply in Scotland? If so I am f****d x</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73475?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:10:45 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2d3fce9e-322f-435b-b8f4-567ef7a6b46bloopylou711<p>[quote user=&quot;Mrs Dot Dot&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] </p> <p>I think the govements should concentrate on under 25s so they don&#39;t end up 26 with no qualifications and no real job prospects, fixing that problem will mean funding for over 25s wont be as needed!</p> <p>anyways i wait the replies on how wrong i am!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> [/quote] </p> <p>I really think that people of all ages should have the opportunity to train as a VN.</p> <p>From my personnal experience, I would always perfer to take on someone slightly older or older as a student VN for a number of reasons.... mainly because they usually have life experience outside the vet world, which counts for alot, they also know what they want... haven&#39;t gone into things lightly from a financial side / working conditions etc. They know what has to be done to qualify and accept that this is what you have to do.</p> <p>I will be very sad if people over the age of 20-25 will be excluded from training..... there is alot to be said for you all.... in attitude/ work ethic etc etc and if this happens the VN world will be a poorer place!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Totalyy agree, that in the world of VN over 25s are a great assest to the veterinary practice and most people under that would go into it half heartedly! My original point was just the under 25s dnt get that much money really! </p> <p>I realise i may have seemed harsh last night about it guys and am sorry.&nbsp; Just have spent that last 3 years with virtually no money and a crap load of debt so don&#39;t understand where people think under 25s get loads of money!!</p> <p>My final point would be this, student human nurses get a bursary of about &pound;500 a month to train up via degree route, would this work if vet nurse students were given a bursary whilst in placements and that&nbsp; obv still with the college route??</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73457?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:47:14 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:ecf954cf-2eee-4658-add1-5756d1193765StephSVN<p>[quote user=&quot;Deemus&quot;] <p>4) Work experience again. If someone is working effectively for free, will the level of commitment from the student be the same? I mean, the hours are long and the pay is poor when you&nbsp;<strong>are</strong> employed but that&#39;s not the reson many of us went into the job. Could you honestly do the job without <strong>any financial rewards?</strong> I know I couldn&#39;t.</p> [/quote]</p> <p>Just thought I would reply to this post as I am a degree SVN, currently in my final year. Format of my degre is 1 year full time at uni - 15 weeks placement in TP - 1 full time year at uni - year placement in TP - final year full time at uni.</p> <p>Due to breaking my leg<em>&nbsp; </em>missed my first 15 week placement - but I then did 18 months full time in one TP with no pay, reason behind this was that I was &#39;extra&#39; so they couldn&#39;t afford to pay me, except that for most of my time there we were so short staffed I often got no lunch break and rarely finished when I was supposed to.</p> <p>I got paid for any overtime I did and weekends on call, and I got &pound;100 per month towards travelling (did not cover what i spent on petrol), which is how I managed, but I still spent a year getting even more into debt.</p> <p>I have paid for RCVS enrollment, RCVS exams, bought my own uniform, have &pound;21,000 student loan already thanks to new tuition fees and my practice got free&nbsp;labour for 18 months. In contrast, the day release NVQ student in the same practice got a wage, all RCVS stuff paid for, milage allowance to and from college (she travelled less miles to college than I did every day).</p> <p>I was the most dedicated of the staff there, not that the rest of the team weren&#39;t amazing, they were - but I honestly believe I enjoyed my job more than anyone else there, was always the first to volunteer to stay after surgery if vets admitted something, volunteered to cover other people&#39;s shifts etc.</p> <p>I somethimes have moments when I regret doing the degree thanks to all this, but I originaly wanted to be a vet, and only narrowly missed out on the a-levels to get in - I didn&#39;t want all that time to have been a waste which is why I chose the degree. I absolutely adore my job, and can&#39;t wait to finish my final year so I can get back into practice and I feel so sad for all the people out there that desperately want to train but don&#39;t have the opportunity - and I do feel thankful every day.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73451?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:19:47 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:05faf748-6a5c-4c73-a534-8ff14b459f82Sal the 1st<p>just be a bit careful with &#39;we will find you a placement when the time comes&#39; - if that placement doesnt materialise you are screwed, but hopefully this will work out for you</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73447?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:38:09 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:d0fe9075-2a49-4288-9918-5036d7b302d2KirstyFord86<p>I seem to be about the only person that thinks this but I think the full time training is the best option for me. I&#39;m 23 and have been trying to find a placement for over a year with no luck, I have contacted all the vets withing 40 miles of me, offered to do voluntary work etc etc and no luck. I&#39;ve had a couple of interviews but been unsuccessful for various reasons. After contacting my local college regarding the new training they told me:</p> <p>The proposed training will run like this:<br />Full time two year course will run from our Edinburgh, Leeds and Huntingdon centres,&nbsp; you will not need to be working in a Training Practice as you will be at college full time and we will then find you a placement when the time comes.<br />&nbsp;<br />Day Release 3 year course will run from Leeds, Huntingdon and Potters Bar centres, you will need to be working in a training practice and will be released 1 day a week for college.<br />&nbsp;<br />I have attached an application form for you to complete if you so wish.<br />&nbsp;<br />If you need any further information then please do not hesitate to contact us.</p> <p>I have applied for the course and am currently doing a temp office job&nbsp;and saving every penny I can so that I can afford to not work for 2 years. I&#39;m in a good situation as my husband is able to pay all the bills on his wage so I just need to save enough for my fees and petrol so I know I&#39;m very lucky in that respect. But without the option for full time training I know there is no way I can train to be&nbsp;a vet nurse as there are just too many barriers in the way.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73444?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:32:16 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:99494c35-f36b-421d-bc66-694c79a6c3d1Mrs Dot Dot<p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] <p>I think the govements should concentrate on under 25s so they don&#39;t end up 26 with no qualifications and no real job prospects, fixing that problem will mean funding for over 25s wont be as needed!</p> <p>anyways i wait the replies on how wrong i am!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>I really think that people of all ages should have the opportunity to train as a VN.</p> <p>From my personnal experience, I would always perfer to take on someone slightly older or older as a student VN for a number of reasons.... mainly because they usually have life experience outside the vet world, which counts for alot, they also know what they want... haven&#39;t gone into things lightly from a financial side / working conditions etc. They know what has to be done to qualify and accept that this is what you have to do.</p> <p>I will be very sad if people over the age of 20-25 will be excluded from training..... there is alot to be said for you all.... in attitude/ work ethic etc etc and if this happens the VN world will be a poorer place!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73443?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:57:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:133b07e9-4bb1-44fd-9552-1728e85f8740Deemus<p>Specifically for Vet Nursing, it&#39;s under 19&#39;s that will get guaranteed funding. VN&#39;s are seen as a &quot;non-essential&quot; area. Non essential? Try telling that to an owner with a sick animal!</p> <p>It&#39;s all geared so that the unemployed statistics look better on paper. Never mind everyone else who has fought so hard to get into practice and would study hard given half a chance.</p> <p>I ask everyone again to write to both their local MP and the RCVS to point out that the new scheme is discriminatory, ill thought out and generally rubbish. The colleges alos think it&#39;s a bad idea and are crying out for people to write and get their voices heard. I don&#39;t think my one letter (allbeit strongly worded) is going to carry much weight on its own.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73439?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:22:45 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8fc4bf8d-7393-4e6d-9aab-328dad3cfc89ginny<p>Our&nbsp; 2 students are both too old to receive any funding.&nbsp; Our boss has so far paid for everything (but not paying for resits).&nbsp;&nbsp;Training is &nbsp;seen as a benefit to the practice and good for the morale of staff. What might be nice is some sort of help from RCVS or VNACs to encourage more practices to do this.&nbsp; Our students have been employed for several years and its unlikely that they will&nbsp;leave after qualifying.&nbsp; </p> <p>I find all this under 25 funding rather bizarre - are they not trying to push through some loony left wing equality bill?&nbsp; Surely this is ageist??<img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Winking_smiley.gif" alt="Wink" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73432?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:29:19 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:15200a22-f601-4be4-9e3b-830e0459f076Kim Buckley<p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] <p>[quote user=&quot;Kimbo1985&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] </p> <p>[quote user=&quot;Kimbo1985&quot;]</p> <p>No offence Loopy but why did you quit the degree if you want to be a vn so much? I know you said you hated it but surely if it&#39;s what you really really want to do then you would have been better off sticking with it instead of doing something different? I&#39;m not being nasty, just curious. </p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Secondly, money! akthough have not had a job for a while, placement used to cost a fortune with travelling and things!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> <p>[/quote] </p> <p>Did your uni not cover your travel expenses? I did the degree at Middlesex and although it did have it&#39;s problems (like when we turned up for an exam and they had forgotten to print off the exam papers!) I found it an overall good experience.</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Uni didnt pay for anything for us!! All on our own!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>That&#39;s rubbish! As placement is part of your course, surely they should cover your costs! It&#39;s what you pay your fees for. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73431?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:27:18 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7655fad7-28c2-4326-8c10-9e04755e8244loopylou711<p>[quote user=&quot;Kimbo1985&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] </p> <p>[quote user=&quot;Kimbo1985&quot;]</p> <p>No offence Loopy but why did you quit the degree if you want to be a vn so much? I know you said you hated it but surely if it&#39;s what you really really want to do then you would have been better off sticking with it instead of doing something different? I&#39;m not being nasty, just curious. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Secondly, money! akthough have not had a job for a while, placement used to cost a fortune with travelling and things!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> [/quote] </p> <p>Did your uni not cover your travel expenses? I did the degree at Middlesex and although it did have it&#39;s problems (like when we turned up for an exam and they had forgotten to print off the exam papers!) I found it an overall good experience.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Uni didnt pay for anything for us!! All on our own!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73430?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:26:18 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:cc145933-b331-40d8-9ef6-8be6bb42cbe5Kim Buckley<p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] <p>[quote user=&quot;Kimbo1985&quot;]</p> <p>No offence Loopy but why did you quit the degree if you want to be a vn so much? I know you said you hated it but surely if it&#39;s what you really really want to do then you would have been better off sticking with it instead of doing something different? I&#39;m not being nasty, just curious. </p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Secondly, money! akthough have not had a job for a while, placement used to cost a fortune with travelling and things!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>Did your uni not cover your travel expenses? I did the degree at Middlesex and although it did have it&#39;s problems (like when we turned up for an exam and they had forgotten to print off the exam papers!) I found it an overall good experience.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73429?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:25:01 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2cc69d39-4aea-4ad9-973d-9feec73bdf18loopylou711<p>[quote user=&quot;sal the 1st&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>anyways i wait the replies on how wrong i am!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> [/quote] </p> <p>cant be bothered - I dont think you are interested in anybody elses opinion</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I am interested sal! everyones situation is different i get that but i just really disagree! The support i get is not that great and i cnt understand why people think it is!! <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Confused_smiley.png" alt="Tongue Tied" /> </p> <p>Between may and september am usually screwed with no money!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73428?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:22:07 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:ddf1a594-3381-4c8a-9017-f43e4d2379efloopylou711<p>[quote user=&quot;Kimbo1985&quot;]</p> <p>No offence Loopy but why did you quit the degree if you want to be a vn so much? I know you said you hated it but surely if it&#39;s what you really really want to do then you would have been better off sticking with it instead of doing something different? I&#39;m not being nasty, just curious. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>ah so many reasons where do i begin!! </p> <p>Firstly, i was in newcastle for 1st yr! For obv reason that was not good at all!! But i got thro it! And it was alryt!</p> <p>Secondly, money! akthough have not had a job for a while, placement used to cost a fortune with travelling and things!</p> <p>Thirdly the uni! Badly run course and just was losing the reason why i wanted to be a vn!</p> <p>And a few others! I would rather stick to doing animal biology and going into teaching! For a start the moneys better and i can at least be a teacher anywhere in the world!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73427?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:21:50 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:400b96b1-83eb-4431-831f-4c1054756ddcSally Seddon<p>Great, thanks. Think it will give it a go, got nothing to loose <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Thumbs_up.png" alt="Thumbs up" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73426?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:19:24 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6f2a1575-3b96-4bfc-bbf6-71f6a8fb9c00Sal the 1st<p>contact your local MP - maybe ask to make an appointment at their &#39;surgery&#39; - you should be able to find the names, contacts etc through an internet search. Write down what you need to say if you think you will forget any of it or get flustered and see if they would be able to help you in any way. If every single trainee did this with their MP it may draw attention to the problem. And dont be fobbed off - if one side isnt interested try another - dont forget its coming up to an election&nbsp; - they want your vote! <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73425?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:18:57 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:53e3e462-0aa2-48ab-8c86-39031d7cdffePhrin Vernon RVN<p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;icklesal&quot;]I agree its great that the government as finally doing something to help get younger people out working and studying but what about us over 25s? Dont we deserve to be able to study?[/quote]</p> <p>Not saying that you dont deserve to stduy but the funding is not that great!!</p> <p>My 420 is the max you can get, i live with my bf also a student! so my 420 goes like this 225 rent, 80 for bills cats food etc and easily another 50&nbsp; for travel to uni, and then theres the fact am 2 grand in my over draft!</p> <p>The fundings there like it should be but sadly its basic and its not that great!!</p> <p>I think the govements should concentrate on under 25s so they don&#39;t end up 26 with no qualifications and no real job prospects, fixing that problem will mean funding for over 25s wont be as needed!</p> <p>anyways i wait the replies on how wrong i am!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I don&#39;t neccesarily think you are wrong, but I am well over 25, and have been doing this job for the last 12 years. Stuff happens - I fell pregnant at 25, halfway through my training - I just got back into practice last year, and am probably one of the last &#39;mature&#39; svn&#39;s to get goverment funding.</p> <p>If I hadn&#39;t have been able to get funding, my practice would have been unable to let me train! I am one of those long time unqualified desperate to become RVN, and I am glad I got my chance at L3 and therefore qualification before all the rules changed!</p> <p>However, tbh I haven&#39;t looked into the age vs funding thing very closely at all, but I understand (perhaps wrongly) that uni&#39;s look quite favourably on mature students. Presumably the VN degree will still be running? I know the post grad debts will be a *beep* as well as living on a student income, but there is still a way to get qualified if you are over 25 surely!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73424?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:18:08 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:4b0a6f4c-c0a4-4601-b717-d7033188a752Kim Buckley<p>No offence Loopy but why did you quit the degree if you want to be a vn so much? I know you said you hated it but surely if it&#39;s what you really really want to do then you would have been better off sticking with it instead of doing something different? I&#39;m not being nasty, just curious. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73421?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:15:16 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:51b1cc8e-72bc-48fe-9b14-ddb43e3bf770Sal the 1st<p>[quote user=&quot;loopylou711&quot;] <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>anyways i wait the replies on how wrong i am!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>cant be bothered - I dont think you are interested in anybody elses opinion</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73420?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:14:00 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6fba66a9-08b6-4ac8-9b01-53a521976056Sally Seddon<p>well im 26 with no qualifications or real job prospects so the goverment really has messed up with me!!!!</p> <p>How would i go about that sal? sorry to sound dumb i just dont have a clue on that one <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Nerd_smiley.png" alt="Geeked" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73419?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:08:04 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:5c7ddaa6-e355-4e82-b7c9-55948aa71ccbSal the 1st<p>cant help thinking that if everysingle person who had a gripe about training took it to their MP there would be a bit more done about it. - we pay for them so use them <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Winking_smiley.gif" alt="Wink" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73418?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:05:27 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:09653d65-adca-4711-8966-a2996d11a187loopylou711<p>[quote user=&quot;icklesal&quot;]I agree its great that the government as finally doing something to help get younger people out working and studying but what about us over 25s? Dont we deserve to be able to study?[/quote]</p> <p>Not saying that you dont deserve to stduy but the funding is not that great!!</p> <p>My 420 is the max you can get, i live with my bf also a student! so my 420 goes like this 225 rent, 80 for bills cats food etc and easily another 50&nbsp; for travel to uni, and then theres the fact am 2 grand in my over draft!</p> <p>The fundings there like it should be but sadly its basic and its not that great!!</p> <p>I think the govements should concentrate on under 25s so they don&#39;t end up 26 with no qualifications and no real job prospects, fixing that problem will mean funding for over 25s wont be as needed!</p> <p>anyways i wait the replies on how wrong i am!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73415?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:00:39 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:043b958b-a43e-424c-82d2-ad13dbbb6f6eSally Seddon<p>&nbsp;Im 26, still living at home with (if im honest) absolutly no chance of moving out anytime in the next few years. If i could get qualified i could earn more money and might just be able to move out. Wheres my goverment funding??? I cant afford to put 2 new tyres on my car nevermind pay for training. 10 years of trying to get a training position, i think ive finally given up. Dont think i can take it anymore, ive worked my a** off to get where i am now and i still am not being given the opportunity to train (my employers just wont take me on as a svn).</p> <p>I agree its great that the government as finally doing something to help get younger people out working and studying but what about us over 25s? Dont we deserve to be able to study?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>