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Thanks everyone - needed the support.



Well I've spoken to the people who organise the hardship fund and they have advised me to apply when the book next opens in October.  Guess that's the best I can do for the moment. Oddly enough as I was talking to them on the phone, I got a call from someone for an interview, which was good news.



It is so worrying though and I have done no work all day.  It was only three weeks ago that I told my supervisor I wanted to go full-time as well. Scary how things can change so quickly - especially seeing as this is the second time this has happened to me this year.  I thought I'd had my quota for bad luck.



Thanks for your help and I will talk to supervisor, when I settle down a little, and see if the damage is fatal or just serious going forward.



Good luck everyone else   (up)

I've just been told that our family income is going to be cut by half (again !) due to the credit crunch. I'm going to talk to the finance department tomorrow at my Uni and see what they suggest but it looks like I won't be able to continue my course. If by some miracle I can cut it down to one module a year just to keep it going, how will it look when I apply for EPSRC funding? I'm sure someone is going to look at and just see it took 5 years to do a masters .'. how long is it going to take me to do a PhD? Anyone else self funding and feeling the crunch or got any good luck news (I could really do with some about now). :-(

So you collected data before you knew how to analyze the results?

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Have ordered 70.

Have you looked at the Open University? They are quite geared up for online learning and may have something available.

I've done a bit of scouting round this morning and the terms and conditions of such web sites is amusing. 

I was particularly interested in my "guaranteed first class" essay which, under the terms and conditions, if I didn't get a first, they would rewrite it for me until I did. Cost would be £800+.

Somehow I just couldn't see my supervisor agreeing to multiple submissions until I got that first

;-)

Actually that was something that crossed my mind. Thanks Zurpher.

Sleepyhead has hit the nail cleanly on the head.

There are many free services available either at your Uni or on the net which should be the first port of call.  Why pay for something you can get for free for the effort of a bit of research?

These are post graduate courses; we earn the right to wear the initials. 

Hello Java and so sorry I couldn't respond to your reply earlier.  My ISP thought it could have a bank holiday as well!

That is very positive to hear and especially when we seemed to have a run on threads starting " I'm thinking of quitting", "is it worth it anymore?" etc...etc...

Shall keep my fingers crossed for you and look forward to the day you start THAT thread :-)

On looking around, I have now decided to go for the traditional route so thanks everyone.

Love or loath them I think they are here to stay and feel there is a growing market here. I've always considered that providing my own work is an extension of myself. Strong or weak work, I'm still very proud of it.

But pride doesn't count if you're in competition with other students for funding and if they're participating in this service, you may feel you have no other choice but to follow suit just to keep up.

The concept of cheating to better ourselves is not new but the blatant advertising is.

Java - is that drop out rate for new-route students? 

It must be very hard to keep motivated if you are continually working on projects which are not in line with your aspirations.