Has anyone had a career development loan from one of the banks that offer them?
I've heard mixed reviews about them was wandering what people thought.

You can only get them for very specific programmes, like postgrad. law medicine accountancy etc. You can't get them for general masters or PhDs

Ok, thanks

Thats not true, you should be able to get one for most courses where there is'nt a compulsory loan or grant, and is regardless of what subject it is (phd or Masters).

I have one for my Masters in computing, which is not the medical, accountancy lists.

I took out a CDL for my MSc!

It really helped. I was also allowed to 'top' up my loan at the end of my course to tie me over until I started receiving my studenthship funds for my PhD. The high amounts coming out of my account each month aren't that fun though! It will take 3 yrs or so to pay it off (something like that) so hopefully it will be paid off by the time I get a mortage after my PhD.

By the way, my MSc was in Research Methods in Psychology.

Im not sure whether such a course would be defined as a 'general' course. I think I said that the MSc in Research Methods was an important degree to have for progressing into research into psychology, and to gain access to a PhD and clinical doctorate courses....

Ok thanks.
Im doing a MA in Social Work and the GCSS pay £3000 towards tuition fees but ar Warwick they cost £5000 so i need to find the extra money so i'll look into it futher.

I meant the GSCC not the GCSS!

I couldn't get one for my Masters

To be honest the terms of the payments/interest was MUCH worse than the standard loan I took out instead. The repayment holiday was less than the CRL, but the interest I pay back is several grand less

I've just found out im not eligable one anyway!
As i get a bursary from the GSCC which is a government body i cant apply.

Oh no, I was going to try and apply for one too. Do you know of anywhere else we can apply to?

Haven't looked into anymore since i found out so im not sure!
I haven't heard of any others that start repayments after the course is finished which was a advantage of the CDL!

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Thanks, will have a look at that

Hey there, apoligies for dragging up this old thread but I was wondering pineapple: any chance this was the MSc at UKC? As I'm starting that in 2 weeks