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do we get half terms or 'reading weeks' at uni?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    kool! I know some thats going this year! he's a genius!

    What's he studying?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    either maths or physics, possible both! his name is Steven Jones from north wales
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    either maths or physics, possible both! his name is Steven Jones from north wales

    It's a good physics department.

    Poor bastard though!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah my bf applied for phsyics there aswell, but couldnt be sure he would get grade A in maths so he chose Bristol. I hated physics!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    yeah sorry silly mistake with arts!
    Yeah im going to manchester met, which is part of manchester uni now, they have joined together!

    Not the same place though. They have different entry requirements and things, as far as I recall from when I was looking to apply.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah they do, but they have still joined together they have exactly same dates etc thats why its biggest campus in britain. people who study there , come out with a degree from manchester!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ginner wrote:
    Personally I found GCSEs, A-level and my degree a pile of piss. I think I probably worked hardest in Year 7 to get into the top sets for everything.
    I wish all our important exams happened in Y7 i worked so hard
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    Considering the majority of people that have completed a degree say that a-levels are the hardest qualification to get, I dont think it will be that difficult to fail. Let's face it, most a-level students skive at some point!
    That's utter shite. You talk utter shite.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well Iv heard it from many, I dont know yet do I!
    first year is a doddle though!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I know I wont find it easy, but the people that have phd's maybe they meant in different ways it easier.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    Considering the majority of people that have completed a degree say that a-levels are the hardest qualification to get, I dont think it will be that difficult to fail. Let's face it, most a-level students skive at some point!

    well you certainly infer things
    billybob87 wrote:
    I didnt say a-levels were easier
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No I said that SOME people that I have spoken to, say that degree's are not AS hard as A-level
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ginner wrote:
    Durham has reading weeks for some courses.

    I've never come across them.

    Perhaps it changed. Perhaps I never came across them.

    Excuse me whilst I care.
    In other news, you're a cock.

    Why, thank you my dear.

    Given that you are a self-confessed homophobe and misogynist, I am actually really grateful you said this. As you're wrong about everything else, it therefore follows that all right-thinking individuals think I'm great. Which is what we all knew anyway.
    TheKingOfGlasgow wrote:
    Bit of a generalisation?

    Nah, something said in jest.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm at The University of Manchester doing BSc Biology - I think most courses at Manchester Uni have a reading week.

    It isn't only "shite" Uni's that have them, nor are they restricted to Arts courses.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    why are people on here always making sarcy remarks, and usually go off the topic i.e. most of the people that have posten in this topic
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    By the way Manchester Met is not part of The University of Manchester.

    UMIST merged with Manchester Uni forming the largest campus, Manchester Metropolitan is a seperate entity entirely.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah I know it has diff entry things, but they have joined making it the biggest campus
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ~*Girl_Interrupted*~ wrote:
    Kermit, most people studying Law don't get reading weeks.

    I didn't just study law, and I tended to socialise more with the history, politics and philosophy people.

    I never came across them, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

    They certainly appear to be far more in vogue now than they used to be, particularly at universities with longer terms. Durham's terms are only nine weeks, where at many other unis the terms are twelve.

    They also seem to be more in vogue because it allows the tutors to cram in a week's research.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    yeah I know it has diff entry things, but they have joined making it the biggest campus


    No; Manchester Met has not joined with Manchester Uni - UMIST has.

    Together both Unis (Man Met and Man Uni) make Manchester the largest density of students in the population.

    Man Met and Man Uni has different entry requirements because they are two different Universities. There were three Unis - Man Met, UMIST and Man Uni, and now there are two. Man Met, and The University of Manchester.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I know they are two diff uni's!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    I know they are two diff uni's!

    That haven't joined.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I heard that together they make the biggest campus, not that they were '1' uni. other wise they wouldnt have seperate entry requirements etc
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    yeah sorry silly mistake with arts!
    Yeah im going to manchester met, which is part of manchester uni now, they have joined together!


    This is what you said. I was simply clearing it up, don't try and make me look thick by changing your story!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lol okz, but every time iv said to people where im going, they tell me they are together now. does it matter anyway? iv always known im not going to manch, im goin to manch met.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm guessing it probably has a reading week.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    billybob87 wrote:
    No I said that SOME people that I have spoken to, say that degree's are not AS hard as A-level

    no, this is what you said
    Considering the majority of people that have completed a degree say that a-levels are the hardest qualification to get,
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    get over it MrG, seriously is this all u do, come on and correct people never actually saying anything? any one would think that these are actually important matters!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    MrG wrote:
    no, this is what you said
    and yes the majority of people that I have spoken to in person have said that, but then they went to top uni's and would naturally find anything easy.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No, my dearest brother is correct, you said the majority, not 2 out of the 3 people you know who have taken a mickey mouse course say it's easier than a-levels. Just accept you're wrong.
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