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Post by gus2 on Aug 24, 2006 20:29:05 GMT
I have today signed up for 3 courses at my local college. Adultery made easy, pick your own melons, and how to handle sausages.
Now joking aside the three courses that i have chosen cost me 150£, so you can imagine my surprise to see that one course was free. It is called "english for speakers of another language" Hello, they get a course for free, why I ask. If they are here I presume they are working (why else would they be here) so will someone explain why an out of work 50 year old woman who has no IT skills would have to pay full or reduced enrollment fees for an IT course and the foreigners get a course for nothing. or is my 150£ paying for it?
Answers to Hungarians, Bulgarians, Romanians in waiting R US.@ EU.co.uk
gus
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Post by Pipparead on Aug 24, 2006 23:41:06 GMT
The government has "priorities" for funding - these are skills for life (basic literacy and numeracy for people who are below level 2 ESOL counts as this). Any first level two qual (ie any level 2 qual provided the candidate doesn't have a level two qual - ie 5 gcses at grade c or above, nvq L2 etc). These are all free.
Other courses are free provided that the candidate is (and can prove it) on benefits - these do not include invalidy/incapacity or pension.
Anyone else has to pay - that includes unwaged partners of wage earners.
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Post by purple joggers on Aug 25, 2006 13:48:51 GMT
I have today signed up for 3 courses at my local college. … the three courses that i have chosen cost me 150£, I couldn't believe 3 courses at evening class could cost as much as you say, but I checked a website and it's true, you can easily pay that much. At least there are some interesting classes, like 'Banjo (or Saxophone) For Beginners' - £40. Nah, for half that price I can learn 'Afro-Oriental Rhythmns On Djembe and Conga Drums'. Or maybe I'll do 'Cooking Autumn Vegetables With Garden Herbs'. I can post photos of my dishes. |
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Post by Pink Betty on Aug 25, 2006 13:51:26 GMT
Or maybe I'll do 'Cooking Autumn Vegetables With Garden Herbs'. I can post photos of my dishes. I'd almost pay for you to do it... for the fun of those pics! |
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Post by gus2 on Aug 25, 2006 13:56:49 GMT
I have today signed up for 3 courses at my local college. … the three courses that i have chosen cost me 150£, I couldn't believe 3 courses at evening class could cost as much as you say, but I checked a website and it's true, you can easily pay that much. At least there are some interesting classes, like 'Banjo (or Saxophone) For Beginners' - £40. Nah, for half that price I can learn 'Afro-Oriental Rhythmns On Djembe and Conga Drums'. Or maybe I'll do 'Cooking Autumn Vegetables With Garden Herbs'. I can post photos of my dishes. I never lie, never? well hardly ever. I have took Tai Chi, Indian Head Massage and the third one will remain a secret till the day I die. When was the last time you went to evening college was it when the dearest course was half a crown? ;D gus |
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Post by sandywinder on Aug 25, 2006 14:05:11 GMT
Didn't the Indian get pissed off after a while?
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Post by gus2 on Aug 25, 2006 14:13:12 GMT
Didn't the Indian get pissed off after a while? Well i should think that if your idea of a massage is rolling on cobbled stones after 8 or 9 pints of Old Sweaty Socks best bitter you will not have much of an idea what IHM is will you now. gus |
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Post by sandywinder on Aug 25, 2006 14:44:01 GMT
Didn't the Indian get pissed off after a while? Well i should think that if your idea of a massage is rolling on cobbled stones after 8 or 9 pints of Old Sweaty Socks best bitter you will not have much of an idea what IHM is will you now. gus I was just joking Gus. We all know it is filling your face with a hot curry. |
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