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Nina Heidelmann
Faculty: Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care
Course:
BSc (Hons) Nutrition
Category: Sciences nutritional and pharmaceutical
8 November 2016
Today I want to talk to you about the option of having a job while being a student, something that will always look great on your CV.
After I secured my room in Writtle, it was time to face the horrendous rent charged in the UK for rooms and how I am able to afford it. Due to being foreign and just having lived in the UK for two years at that time, I was unable to apply for a Maintenance Loan as five years is the minimum time of living in the UK to qualify. A grant was even less of a topic (thanks Dad for earning so much, but where is my share of your money?). Of course my parents offered to help me with the living costs, based on me getting a job to pay for part of the rent. So for the first time in my life, I had to sit down and search for jobs (babysitting and tutoring in Germany worked out due to knowing people…way easier!).Disclaimer
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