England: Hart, Smalling, Cahill, Terry, Cole; Walcott, Parker, Barry, Downing; Young, Rooney. Frank Lampard is left out. That's the team for tonight's game...
Sad day... I have work to do again now... You probably won't be seeing much of me in the next few weeks... don't cry for me too much though... you'll get by without me.
Derby beat Liverpool 3-2 in the u18s match. Quite a new and unexperienced u18s team though, think most of the 'bigger' lads played for the reserves vs Swansea.
Chris, are you recieving EMA, will you be getting it this year? I went to enrol onto a college course on Friday and at the end the finance section was deserted so I was left confused on whether or not we can still get it. I thought I'd ask you as you've already been through one year of college!
I got EMA last year but the government cancelled it! However, they introduced another version in which the people with the lowest household income still got something. I won't get anything this year but some people that I know will still get something. Here's a link which should explain it: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/14To19/MoneyToLearn/16to19bursary/index.htm
Hmm, I seen that before, I don't think I'll be getting EMA this year either.. The enrolment day was chaos, they had something like six stages and each stage had its own que of people waiting to get each stage signed/completed, in the end for one reason or another I ended up standing in something like 8 ques clocking up more than four hours! Its bad enough I have to make a long trip there everyday (20 minutes, just in the car) nevermind standing around all day.
Ask your tutor or someone at your college to see if you can get any money! You never know... Your enrolment day makes mine seem brilliant! I was in and out within an hour. All I did was speak to my tutor from last year and sign some forms and then go and fill in some more forms and get my college I.D. Nice and easy!
At the moment, i'm not planning to. However, i've got two years left at college so i've got some time to think about it.
I was just wondering what your views were on the massive increase in tuition fees. Makes when i went look as cheap as chips compared to now. I probably wouldn't of bothered if the prices were so much. What is it now £10,000.00 a year (ish)?. That is extortionate, considering you usually have about 5-7 lectures a week on a full-time course
That is the big problem for me. After this year, the fees go up to £9,000 a year! I've never seen that sort of money in my life and I don't want to owe the government about £27,000 in fees after you leave. It's just far too much for me. I guess it also depends on what's happening with the economy. If they are still a small amount of jobs available to young people in a couple of years, I might decide to go to Uni and get more qualifications. At the moment though, i'm not planning to go. A lot can change in a couple of years though!
Yeah the feeling around current employment levels doesn't exactly shout out to spend 30 grand and go to uni! The only positive is the loan deal is pretty slack. You don't pay back until you earn a certain amount and the amount they take per month is minimal anyway
