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I'll edit it then...

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but my uncle was in the same year, and some classes as Nilson at academy.

Unlucky. Hope he didn't talk to him. :S

My grandmother used to know Dennis Nilsen's mother. Not sure if they were friends or not, but she lived close to her. Poor woman.

As a kid I went to some wax museum, can't remember whether it was the Edinburgh Dungeon or what, but his figure was there and my granny scared the shit out of me by telling me she knew him, where he was and that he liked to dress dead people up... That's my contribution to this thread, lol. Watching documentaries on these things creeps me the fuck out, chopped up limbs being found in the plumbing and when they found all these bodies buried under his house. EUGH. :S

In other news, some bat shit insanity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XREnvJRkif0

I admire your ambition to become the most know hair metal band in Aberdeen.

 

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HAHAHAHA

A gimp

Men with rosy cheeks and a brown eye

No

Quick questions

Yes.

HND consists of: year 1 (also known as HNC, you will get a higher national certificate after first year) and Year 2 (aka final HND year, where you get a higher national diploma once completed). You apply for HND even if you want to do one year - HNC. Scientific is best for the maths unit because of fractions and things there's not time to fuck around with in exams. You get those in ASDA really cheap, so.

Aberdeen College does not have an HNC Accounting Course only HND although my lecturer (she is female) is very confident that you can go from NC to HND she said if you find it fine and do well in the assessments you should find it quite easy. One problem I have found about Abcol is lack of paper they expect you to print everything out at own even 50 page booklets and all that. The lecturers although have printed out booklets to save us money but they get there printing allowance strictly monitored. They are also cutting down on keys by replacing locks with code lock systems. They are selling the south block of the gallowgate campus and are becoming North East Scotland College in November after merging with Banff & Buchan College.

 

No HNC could work as an advantage to speed it up.

It does - you apply for the HND which consists of two years (first year being HNC) and if you leave after the first year with an HNC and move onto uni or a job if you don't wanna do any more. Yeah she's right, you're usually meant to go from NC to HNC/HND directly.

I remember hearing about that... No clue about it though. The printing thing is fucking annoying 'cause we used to get vague handouts that needed the lecturer to explain in order to write in extra notes. It's worth getting some books, maybe they will have a recommended reading list this time around.

Cool Thinker - just another tip... The auditing units actually bored me shitless and tbh if we're speaking literally, to tears, so I'd recommend reading up on that one in particular in advance (I say this because I'm meant to be reading a book called "Modern Auditing" atm, had all summer to read one chapter but I end up getting high *cough* I mean drunk instead of looking through it, it's that painful). Auditing is the necessary evil of accounting.

I am getting my course funded assuming by them so if I use them I will be funded until the end of BA which is not bad and I can fund it after that.

 

One worry is what if I fail and need to use a year to resit the course although the course I am doing right now I have no worries about and neither do the lectures very rarly to people fail. Last year only 2 people failed and did not get the NC one because of getting drunk the night before an exam and another because they took a months holiday during term time.

 

Someone on my course has been on holiday for a month now and have never attended a class. One lecturer told me that being there for 10 years they have never seen anyone who has taken a holiday that long been able to catch up and pass. I have a holiday planned for a week but that is during College Holidays.

Okay, I wasn't aware they only funded HNC and above! If it comes to the worst and you don't pass the year, you don't have to attend the classes you already passed when retaking. There are a mix of core and optional units, but unis require you to complete ALL core and optional ones, whereas if you fail one optional for example, you can go and start your job and come back to college to finish off when the lecturer has time (not the best way to do it, but it's doable). People rarely fail because it's all assessment based other than graded units 1, 2 and 3 (1 is an exam end of 1st year, 2 is a project in 2nd year and 3 is an exam in 3rd year) and you can do corrections on the papers if it wasn't a major fuck up (not in exams though, they're strictly resit only).

Honestly don't ever miss classes, even being ill is annoying since you can't just read the info from a book - stupid handouts and lecturer tends to ramble. I think they might actually be asking students to purchase books this year since so many papers were lost...

And no, you won't have used your four/five years until you start the HNC if it's another organisation funding it.

Thanks for the advice . The reason why I am doing NC Business right now is because I was not sure what area of Business to go into and when I looked at the timetable and seen Accounting I was like "oh" but I am finding it really easy and fine. It gets me ECDL and other useful qualifications meaning if everything did go wrong I could at least work at an office or something like that. I am finding it all easy right now but am struggling a little bit in Market and The UK Economy but I know I will pass that with constant revision. After thought I have decided to peruse Accounting. The highest qualification I have is Intermediate 2 although I did start Higher Maths I struggled and did not complete it nor complete a unit due to leaving after S5 meaning I could not go straight into HND. My lecturer seems to be very confident about Accounting and getting a job she basically said that when she did RGU 97% of the class got a job at the end she also said all you need really is a big button calculator and that will get you through. I was not sure if you are allowed to go from Level 4 to Level 8 but my lecturer seems to think you can. 

 

The fees for my course have been paid for by the government but there are some people who have come back to college after being there before.

You're welcome - I was in the same situation where I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do, hence starting in art/design and realising I didn't have the patience for it. I was choosing between law and accounting and ended up opting for accounting because there's a lot more in the practical side of things (less reading than law, as it seemed that's the majority of what it involved). If you're set on accounting I'd just go and apply directly for the HND at the college and if you're worried about not being able to handle it, you can walk away with an HNC and get further training in your job, or just get a job full stop.

I just spoke to the guidance tutor for that course, told him how passionate I was and I was let in after the interview (everyone else in my class had done Higher maths except from me - I still got in). The HND has one economics class in second year, so I wouldn't worry too much about that part with regards to the HND. You'll be more likely to start with business and company law as extra classes tbh, but they could have changed it. The college takes Int 2 maths into account as well... I actually struggled with maths at school and also English (walked out of my Int 2 exam because I couldn't answer anything) and it's all irrelevant to what you do at college other than the one unit I mentioned (again, unless they've changed the class combo).

It's a great course for jobs afterwards - there's an office or firm on every corner. One thing I will say is that there is one lecturer at Ab Col who has been a big problem for the past two years (many complaints) and I won't discuss it on here but if you're concerned you can PM me! Because of this lecturer I was doing a lot of the coursework alone and it was tricky getting the grades I wanted because mock exam papers weren't being handed out at the correct times in preperation... Got there in the end though. Also lack of books! It's all handouts. Just saying be prepared for a lot of self-study and minimal guidance, especially for the graded units.

I'd also like to add the fact that as an accountant after your HND or even HNC you can typically get a firm to hire you who could train you through ACCA or any other thing they're offering (they do tax ones as well but tax is such a thing that changes drastically and is a bitch to keep up with, hence why specialists in that area are paid more). You will have to do exams after the BA (Hons) A and F if you want to become chartered but the more you complete the more papers you're exempt from. It's very competitive so the best bet is to complete the HND at a minimum...

Edit: Try and get into RGU as quickly as possible if you want to go... Not trying to put you off at all but my guidance tutor was informing me that because entry requirements can change you could end up needing a combo of As and Bs in your graded units to get in instead of just three Cs as it stands now.

NC Business Level 4 (1 Year) ----> NC Business Level 5 (1 Year) ------> Maybe a bridge course -------> HND Accounting Level 8 (2 Years) -----> BA Account & Finance (2 Years due to RGU Unilink Year 3 entry) ------> Potentially More

 

There is more to it than that and it could take longer or go nowhere because it might not work out. I am good at Maths it was one of the only subjects that I was good at school that and English.

I feel like I have to tell you it's not necessary to do all that! I left school with three irrelevant Highers (art, music and Russian), fucked around doing an HND in art and design for two years (2009-2011) and decided I didn't wanna work as a graphic designer, started my HND in Accounting in 2011 and am going to RGU (2+2) literally next week into third year through the taught route to get my BA and then do my honours year after that. Why would you need to do all those levels? With no qualifications the maximum you would need to do is the NC Business course and move onto your HND and I mean literally no qualifications. With anything else such as even one or two Highers you can go straight onto the HND. Feel free to ask any questions as maybe it'll make it a little clearer for you. You don't need to be good at maths (calculators are allowed for every exam), there's more theory to the RGU course especially for the Auditing module and more practical stuff in college (unrelated to maths - you will do one unit in first year of the HND called "Maths for Business" which is just Standard Grade level and can pass with just a pass or a merit).

You do know I was taking the piss about forgetting the 0 I didn't actually I just did not like the way the conversation was going. You know a little bit of comedy. My calculations are never wrong and I am willing to do what it takes to become an accountant if I keep on going and don't take any gap years I should be at completed BA Accounting & Finance Level by 2019 and that is using Aberdeen College's RGU Uni link meaning I get to skip 2 years of University. It is a long way to go but I always work my hardest and do homework alot.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. Since when does that BA in particular take six years? It's three, or four if you're doing your honours year... Two years at college, then two at uni if you went via 2+2 link.

PS Accountants make mistakes too.

Thank you, will check them too. All of that seems worth it but a hassle starting up. I need to take one, possibly two animals and was unable to find anything privately that allowed it. It's annoying 'cause all the flats I saw before I wanted the washer but not the furniture that takes up too much space. Cheap rent -  trying to figure out if I'm staying in one place for 2-3 years if it's worth buying all the appliances or better to pay higher rent with stuff already in it...

Holy shit, bluetack just did it for me, sold on that information alone.

fatboy, thank you for the instant neighbour suggestion, there's a section there saying they do low cost carpeting - awesome. Will be contacting them at some point.

CARPET

It's just a council/housing association thing. my old upstairs neighbours moved out and left all the floors down. nice laminate. nice carpets. nice kitchen lino. council came in and ripped it all out. what happened with us was we moved in, then we got a letter saying we were getting anew kitchen. and the ripped up the lino we put down and put down newer (and nicer) flooring haha.

So it's normal to have no carpet? Wait... are Langstane flats owned by the council? In that case is it possible to apply for the furniture scheme for like one thing? Wow, they took it out for what reason exactly?! Ok so really when you had no flooring that wasn't acceptable and that's why you got a letter saying stuff was being put in? Or just the kitchen? So damn confusing as I thought flats y'know had flooring...

Yeah there was no flooring, apart from in the kitchen. which had god awful lino which we put nicer lino over. haha.

 

Apart from making sure the power for the cooker is off, the main thing to remember is that old buildings will have old coloured wiring. and you'll need to actually buy the wires from b&q or whatever to go from cooker to wall. so you'll have brown blue and earth. but your wall might be red black and white or something. a quick google search tells you what's what though and it's just a case of having the power off and screwing in the wires. 

Pretty sure something's wrong if you're offered a place with no carpet or any kind of flooring? Surely the person before you wasn't living like that in which case I don't want to know why. You're saying the floors were actually fully bare? That's strange! Ah, I wouldn't touch the cooker, knowing me it'd explode when I put the power back on. Not worth it. Plus I don't even know if it has gas and electric connections or just electric... Need to wait and see. If I walk in and there's no flooring I will actually question why in the name of fuck they have not told me this. Is it a case of "you get what you pay for"? Seemed unreal with the rent rate...