charlie

原帖由 sky_manchester 于 2007-5-11 15:15 发表
6 ]2 J; f$ B7 G; t& i% u+ }拿到MBS的ORS和Bursary，加上老板给的一点，一年的生活费4000P，没有其他任何经济来源，在曼城可以生活么？

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恭喜你！！2 u. W1 L& f5 t

5 l/ F$ w5 Q1 h商学院的ORS很难拿。 商学院博士拿到奖学金的太少了。 你是哪个研究组的？老板是谁？
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4 ?" L1 ]5 |) E' V3 D" |4000一年可以活。住外面便宜房子可以，住宿舍有点呛。

charlie

Intorducation
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原帖由 sky_manchester 于 2007-5-12 06:26 发表 1 k9 \9 m) j3 W! @# M
老板说4000P可以survive，不知道这个survive是什么概念。。。。1 n+ V" i6 M9 x* n
我还看有的帖子说一个月100P就够吃了。。。不知道这个100P是咋算的。。。6 N" ^+ R5 ]4 V! E! z$ ~9 X- Z
另外，英国大学一年的假期有多长阿？

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if you eat, 100 pounds is ok for you to cook by yourself per month.
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the university accommdation fees is at least 3000 pounds per year.(the cheapest one) You can not live in Universities halls of residence!' W$ p  S) P  j& @
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other halls of residence is more than 4000 pounds per year.
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: T& d1 M' i' N# OAccording to University's offer, 8000 pounds is the average cost living in manchester for normal people.
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: I) f4 v7 c/ u& xSomebody said,5000 pounds per year is the lowest life guanrantee in manchester per year." x, m: s6 w% D- ]1 G7 t* f

! Z- X$ d1 O7 ?& F- v4 T, OSomebody said,  if you want to live better, you have to use more money. You need travel, you need shopping, you need going home to meet your parents and friends in China as often as you miss them.: b( m( k. b. t# p7 W* Q
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However, Some PhD said, I am taking 12000 pounds bursary per year, but I still take part-time jobs, because I need more money to live better, no one will think money is enough for him.7 l! \  @% J' E! L$ z

) @0 P* N+ `/ |0 |: O# _8 nOtherwise, some PhD said, I will save the fourth year money as I know few people can graduate from his PhD in three years.
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Some surperviser said, I give you money, you should work hard for me. you need follow me .3 w5 S* q- F/ h  u7 M  j# ?7 L+ j

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if you take 4000 pounds, you must live outside, find a far place from university, a cheap room, it is not easy. You may find that. But if it is 50 founds per week include all bills(means 40 pounds per week doesn't include any bills), you still have to pay 2600 per year for accomdation, so, just think about that, 2600(live)+1200 (eat), =3800,  do you travel? do you do any other things?do you buy any other stuffs?  do you go back to China during 3 years?  
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1 t$ I% K- M' W4 x1 @; P5 ~It is really really hard to survive, yes, you can, but just focus on finding a cheaper place to live(if you can find 40 pounds per week include bills which means 30 pounds per week no bills added, that will be ok(2080 per year), but it seems IMPOSSIBLE for you to find that kind of room in manchester now. Even that, you still find life needs more money.  If you want live with 4000 pounds, you MUST find rooms which are 40 pounds or 45 pounds per week include all bills( the later one is difficult but not impossible).
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If you want a little comfortable life, you must do part-time jobs. Just let you know that PhD don't have more than one month holiday for you.  Your superviser will force you to work as well. Exclude the one months holiday which you may apply from your superviser. We do have easter holiday which means three weeks, Xmas holidays which means 3 weeks as well. But , no summer vocation for Phd students.
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If you have 5000 pounds per year. Which means your university room costs about 3000 pounds per year. eat costs 1200 pounds per year, rest of your money you can send on travel, on buying stuffs, any other use. That will be ok for you to live.
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It means, you have to work outside the Teaching Assistant to earn extra 1000 pounds per year, means 187 hours work in one year, means, 16 hours work per month. You can do that.
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Conclusion and future work:
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$ l' I/ P$ `8 l. N6 Q# k/ i+ dIn the future, you need focus on  ticking out the cheapest room in manchester. Or just go here first, and find your part-time job later. + K' A1 \3 ^1 e8 ]/ H- J! f
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Some superviser
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charlie

原帖由 sky_manchester 于 2007-5-12 15:35 发表
6 J$ ]& R! I2 z7 p% ^What an excellent paper. Thank you very very much. I will consider it seriously.

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You are welcome.
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anyway, you have got a good opportunity, as you know, most MBS PhD have no funding.

charlie

楼上的很强。。。又申请到钱了。。。7000，已经可以过的很富裕了。每天你可以出去买饭吃。不用做了。你在香港也是拿奖学金读的？

charlie

又一个强人，在城大做RA是吧。你该不是浙大毕业的吧？哈哈。
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+ p5 [; s3 E& M- u牛人。。。MBS还能要这么多钱。

charlie

原帖由 sky_manchester 于 2007-6-3 04:48 发表
. M  S5 }4 s) K. d2 G  s' N. ?还想问一下，我看签证的时候要提供资金证明，还要什么银行存单之类的，貌似很麻烦。& I5 {3 V; O( E" h* K  h
而我这种情况，只有上面提到的奖学金，7000Pounds，签证的资金证明这一块只提供这个奖学金证明可以么，签的过么？3 u8 K6 F+ X( F
谢谢。

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没有问题。提供奖学金证明，和导师的信。7000磅没问题的。你的FUNDING是分几个部分的？（似乎你的FUNDING源比较多哦）
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如果你第二，第三年没有老板给的信的话。还是最好借点钱放银行里存着比较好。当生活费签。也就是说，最好能拿一点银行的存单过去。不要多，我以前有朋友是5000磅生活费，为了签证保险，还拿了家里存款。实际上，来曼城，5000磅生活费一年签证就已经没问题了。4000磅也应该问题不大。。。
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charlie

现在应该改成， 7000磅在曼城怎么活。。。

charlie

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are your funding is three years funding? three years letter ? 0 j0 L7 C3 j1 [3 U) ^

) o) X7 B; L5 G4 V& q% U, VThe visa, needs your funding letter which can cover your three years' living expense.
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8 H7 l% Y1 E4 G. u# Q! ^! q: `) DOr, if it is not enough for 3 years, you can mention that in your application and they will give you one year visa (mphil) and could be renewed in the UK.