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Senior lecturer in Public Health, Senior Fellow of Higher Education MSc, PhD Public health | I talk scholarships | applying to the UK for MSc and PhD programs.
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Both my big sisters watched me receive the masters certificate that they paid for. I ensured they both came to witness it. Expenses paid, God made it happen
The university came to beg them to snap pics with the VC, the only African attires at the event 😆
I hope I made them proud
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On Saturday will make exactly 10 years I stepped into UK. My first international travel in my life. It has been a journey, I thank God for.
In that time, I completed
Masters
PhD
got lecturer job
got promoted to senior lecturer
supervised masters and PhD students. I am grateful
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Do you know how much it costs to come to the UK on study visa. I have done a breakdown of what will be needed to spend outside the bank statement here. This should give you rough idea of the cost
As we have been having money discussion recently. I thought to put this out. 1/n
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2014- I invested £10,000 for Masters
2016-Got full PhD scholarship
2020- Got lecturer job
2021-Got promoted to Senior lecturer
I paid to come to UK
I got scholarship from UK
I am now getting paid to stay in the UK
Depends on how you plan, investment can give return. Mine did 🙌
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A cute moment on stage when a child screamed "daddy" and the man said "i love you" and child replied "i love you daddy"
Too sweet, I for born before graduating 🥺, no pikin screamed "i love you mummy" when I was walking the stage 😭😭😭
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I forgot to update on this, both sisters in this pic are now living in the UK with their families
Their masters investment in me ten years ago, have replicated for them to be in the UK with their families
It has paid countless times over, I thank God 😊
Both my big sisters watched me receive the masters certificate that they paid for. I ensured they both came to witness it. Expenses paid, God made it happen
The university came to beg them to snap pics with the VC, the only African attires at the event 😆
I hope I made them proud
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Following my new job offer which would sponsor my skilled worker visa. I thought to share UK universities that will pay for your immigration fee for you only or you and your family members. About £2,500 for 3 years visa.
1. University of Edinburgh
2. University of Durham
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Good news fresh out of Nigeria
My friend turned sis just got a job as head of department with a massive company 💃🏾💃🏾,official car given too
No formal experience, this is her first employment ever. Graduated almost 10 years ago, no job. She been dey hustle business and stuffs
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The UK have hundreds of scholarships open to international students every year. See list of 30 of them here. This is inspired by our IG live with
@wakawaka_doctor
1. Clarendon
170 scholarship available (automatic)
Tuition and accommodation covered
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I saw how UK changed a child, from a normal happy child brought into the country. Only after a year or so, she has made friends in school etc... everything changed. Parent could not control him, fear of social services too. Even the child was threatening them with abuse reports
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Exactly what happened to me. Got declined by uni. Ilorin for MPH because I had not completed NYSC. Got admission for MSc Public health in the UK,got PhD scholarship even before completing my masters. Got 2 jobs immediately after my PhD, got promoted just over a year of working
At 28, finished first class, BSc in Finance from Unilag but couldn’t qualify for a grad role in Nigeria due to age factors. At 32, Now working at Bloomberg London office as a sales analyst covering Europe and US corporates. If Nigeria doesn’t value you another country will
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Guess what?
I got the job o, them give me the job. HOD said 90 people applied, they decided to give small me 😁
I've been away for few days because I went to interview for this role and I got the call this morning
Wonder what I said at the interview 🤔 My friend is over the moon
See my friend trying to steal me to his university where he is doing his PhD 🤣
I'm to apply for senior lecturer o, he already looking for accommodation sef. Thanks for looking out for me dear,
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I used my
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NYSC allowee to pay for my international passport around this time 8 years ago with hopes of coming to the UK for just one year masters
Years later and I'm still in the UK 😁
Thank God for that allowee, congratulations to all that just passed out, see you soon 🤞🏾
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Finally get to update my university profile to senior lecturer on the website after over 6 months of promotion 😃
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Scholarship season is here, start to target for next year
30 UK scholarships that you can target, make sure you try several of them for increased chances
A thread
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It's taken exactly 10 years and one day to get here. From one student visa came
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Masters
PhD scholarship
Lecturer
Senior lecturer
My sisters and their families in the UK
It's been a long road to get here.
5 years on student visa, 5 years tier 2 visa. 10 years ILR, thanks all
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One of my PhD students who is a Nigerian has just gotten skilled worker visa in the UK. As a fellow Nigerian, I am happy for her and the move. However, as the supervisor, am super upset. The student want to go part-time, doubling years of completion. My completion rate in the mud
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Final graduation ceremony with my students at UEL, moving on to acquire new students in another university. I wish them all the best for the future 🙏🏽 ❤️
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Good news!
My brother who came to UK just over a year ago has gotten visa sponsored job 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Skilled worker visa loading, he paid to come to UK, worked hard and now UK will pay him all he spent and more
Super proud and happy, we going on to the next person 😀
Money making 💷
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I came to the UK with only 25% scholarship off my masters, i was lucky my family was able to support with the payment. I got 100% fully covered PhD scholarship after that. I also got lecturing job after.
I came to UK paying them
I am now in the UK being paid
That's a win!
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Dear Nigerians that have gotten or working on your PhD, MRes, MSc and even BSc abroad (UK and others) and in Nigeria too. Be proud of your achievements,display anywhere and everywhere possible. It is not easy, people worked tirelessly for years to get them. No degree insults abeg
It is only in Nigeria a Phd holder from a UK university can’t even understand simple English and they will put PHD gadagba on their twitter Bio like say PhD Dey cough money from Bank.
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Dear Japa community. Following deep thoughts and considerations. I have listened to requests of all and would like to submit myself to the post of japa custodian, your fellow japa in the abroad. I hope to help you achieve your dreams, just as I did mine.
Let's move together 😁✌🏽
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See me at work, calling graduands for their awards
From my widow mother not able to pay for nursery school and needed to wait at home for a whole year to get the 50naira educational level and uniform fees to a primary school, here is her daughter on a UK university's stage 😀🙏🏽
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Search for UK jobs with visa sponsorship in any field
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Let me rep my alma mater, no be everyday to bash Nigeria. Thank you for laying my foundation 😁🙌🏽
From Bsc Nigeria, MSc UK, PhD UK, lecturer and senior lecturer UK, all less than 10years after unijos, thank you 🙏🏽
Who knows maybe I will get to teach there someday 🤔
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Go through this link to see sponspored roles available in the UK.
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I remember my first time in the UK, I did not have even one phone number starting with +44 on my phone. No UK number on my phone, I slept at the airport as I landed late at night and no money to book a room. Years after, I picked my sisters and their families up from the airport
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This may be your chance to get fully funded scholarship
Mastercard scholarship for African students is now open
Full tuition
Monthly stipend
IHS
Visa fee
Laptop
All paid for
Deadline: 5th December
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I maxed out my credit card for the trip but I was happy to pay it. The joy from them was enough for my months of working to cover the expenses. To me their life savings did these, not me
Immediately they came, it was prayers, I am grateful I could get them to the UK for the event
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I just went through someone's transcript from Nigerian school.
Schools still having 10-13 courses per semester or even more.
My UK students need to see this, ordinary 3 courses per semester and they complain anyhow
We should review the curriculum,I think 10-13 is too much
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University of Leicester are investing over £9m for 100 new PhD scholarship
Open to international students but at UK fees rate. You will be paid £15,000 stipend.
Deadline: 11th March 2022
RT and share
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Neighbours and friends around saying the same thing. This country strips parent of all disciplinary rights to control a child. The outcome is what we have, children with no fear or sense of responsibility. You can't tell them nothing. Worse case social services will take them in
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To reduce cost of learning to drive, over £1500 for some people. Buy a cheap car.
I learnt with £0, got a car £200 (😁), friends taught me. I watched endless YouTube videos ahead. I booked 4 hours with instructor for £25/hr. Passed on first try, sold that car for £500 😁
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My first baby 😁, I miss driving this.
Got from auction for £100 and paid another £100 as service charge. £200 in total, learnt to drive with it and sold for £500 after passing. Got a new battery and antifreeze. Still gained from it, the buyer was super happy
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@thepoetpreneur
She's too demanding, always tasking me for money..... leaves her
She's independent, does not depend on me for money.... leaves her
Wonder what men want 🤔
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Open day ready, I went recruiting students for our program over the weekend 😀
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Global Masters Scholarship
Application Form | 2022/23
£10,000
Deadline: 30th June
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Graduation ceremony done! Congratulations students 👏🏾👏🏾
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How to plan your PR route after entering as international students. UK's PR takes 10 years legal residency or 5 years on worker's visa.
So how can you plan as international student to get the PR
1. Study for 10 years
a. Do Bsc for 3 years
b. Msc for 2 years (best type)
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Our japa investment don pay off, my UK pikin don graduate, collect certificate and collect sponsored job to be paid all they money spent on the masters back and more.
Na your business if you no know say japa na investment to collect your money back hundreds of times over ✌🏽
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Part 2
Following my promise to discuss the student visa for international students. So lets assume you have gotten the admission from your selected university (unconditional offer). Here is the next part focusing the student visa itself.
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@chidi00775
Am not ashamed of course, this is social media. I know my sis are not into social media, let alone pasting their faces all over it. Respecting people's preference is important
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Apps that international students need upon arrival to the UK this month
1. Citymapper- For transportation
2. National rail/trainline- For trains
3. TFL- For London transport
4. Olio-free food and household items
5. Too Good To Go-Food from restaurants
6. Good on you-Clothes
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Assuming you are going to a university with a cost of £14,000 for masters program. This is the cost for one person
Deposit = £3,000
Visa = £ 348
TB test = £130
IHS = £705
Flight = £400
1st Instalment payment = £5,500
Accommodation (2 months) = £600
Spend money = £500
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I would like to have a breakdown of student visa in the UK, the conditions, requirements and more
What do you think? Is this needed 🤔
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Part 2 of our PR route for couples with one partner as an international student. Another permutation 😁
As mentioned, UK PR takes 10 years legal residency or 5 years on worker's visa or Spouse visa or 3 years for global talent visa
Open for my breakdown below 👇🏾
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Possibly, make plans well enough before you can work within the allowed 20hours to add to your maintenance.
If spouse comes with you, he/she can work full-time as you study. That helps significantly if you work together as a team.
Praying for those looking into this, bless!
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When someone is always going out of their way to do something nice for you. Don't always take it and thank them. Beyond appreciation, think of something nice you can do for them too. You don't have to always be receiving, do something nice too even if not as often as they do.
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A massive "thank you" to everyone that has reached out to me or just thought about my wellbeing and absence from twitter street. Na sickness wan show me pepper o, i hardly fall sick but once i do... lol, but thank God I am better now. E se o, Daalu, Nagode, thank you 😁
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I asked ChatGPT to write a personal statement for a commonwealth scholarship application
Write a personal statement for a Nigerian applicant to University of Oxford for masters in public health with focus on commonwealth scholarship
See output below
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In a class of 40 students, 27 graduated with first class honours.
Nigeria professors laughing 😃 😀
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I was told not to apply for PhD scholarship because I should return to Nigeria to find husband after my masters. Not that it was a bad idea but I think one does not stop the other. Afterall, i lived in Nigeria all my life till i left, marriage no come before travelling 🤷🏾♀️
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What's up lecturer and outstanding students ✌🏽
Congratulations people 👏🏾
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Bournemouth University payment plan
Taught masters cost: £15,000
Scholarship: 25% if you have 2.1 upper
Possible fee with 25% discount: £11,500
Payment plan: Deposit, 33, 33, 34%
For example
You pay £3,000 deposit before coming to UK.
Then pay 33%= 3,795 in September
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University of Sunderland has introduced key measures to recruit international students from Nigeria and Ghana specifically, these include
1. Reduction of initial deposit to £3,500 instead of 50% of fees
2. Increase instalment plan
3. Introduction of £2000 scholarships
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We have agreed final viva date for one of my PhD students. I feel like a proud mama 🙈
I came to the UK for my masters o, and here I am supervising PhD to completion... small girl, big God 💃🏾💃🏾
I am anxious and hopeful at the same time, hoping for the best outcome 👏🏾
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She felt it was too high, head of department. She was asking for lower rank job to apply for sef, not knowing God has already prepared this one for her. She does not know anyone at the company too, just advert she saw. Good step in the right direction for Nigeria, super proud 🥰
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First class of the semester done 💃🏽💃🏽
Plenty more to go 🥹
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Research assistant in UK to work in African countries
Deadline: 12pm on 30th June
University: Oxford University
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UK universities with higher Nigerian students registered for 2020/21 academic session.
1. University of Hertfordshire- 1,155
2. Coventry University- 935
3. Robert Gordon University- 855
4. Ulster University- 690
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As usual, I forgot to take EID pictures 🙃 . Only took this days ago, can it pass 🥺🥺
Eid looks are my favorite genre on Twitter. Post all lovely Eid pictures.
You all look beautiful Maasha Allah🥰
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In total = £11, 183.
So if you apply to a university with £14,000 fee and payment plan of £3,000 for deposit and 50% payment requirement before enrolling. You will need to prepare this £11,183 which spent/paid before you start classes.
You can convert using exchange rate
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Part 2: Money saving tips for international students
📍Buy clothes from third party sellers
There are several third party websites. They do not manufacture clothes but sell clothes at cheaper prices. Main one is
I bought the jacket, trouser and shoe at £5
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Hope you find this helpful, e no easy but i pray God help all thinking about the approach to travel abroad.
You can use Form A to pay tuition fees, so that it is reduced using bank rate.
Remember to calculate all payment required before you start working in the UK
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As an international student, please speak up. You have spent thousands of pounds on your studies. Don't let any lecturer or even other students bully you o. This may affect your degree outcome and experiences, speak up. Report lecturers if needed, raise formal complaints 👌🏾
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You may need to pay for dependents as follows
Visa: £348
IHS: £470
Maintenance in London = £7,605
Maintenance outside London = £6,120
Remember you may be required to rent 2 bedroom for bringing children, if coming with them.
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See my video, for more 👇
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On this app, many have either directly blamed me for not getting married or insinuated it despite not knowing my story
Not knowing that I would rather be married as a Muslim should but not lose my mental wellbeing in the process.
Do you know how many 'visa love'? Na God save o
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MD insisted on her, she wanted her. The woman said she liked her skills set on her own small business and confident she will deliver in this multi-arm company. They promise to train her, more qualified people applied o, but God's grace just shined on her. Interview was only once
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I am super proud of our Nigerian students. A meeting report shows that our MSc and MPH students that are over 90% Nigerians have almost 100% attendance for the whole term and excellent engagement. Even with other commitments, all lecturers are praising their dedication, kudos 👏🏾
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International students when they come to UK university
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No exams 5,000 words essay
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Now lets discuss how to answer these questions.
1. Why do you want to study in the UK?
>To answer this question, you need to highlight the following.
>High academic standard in UK
>The diverse learning community in the UK
>High standards and career prospects.
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Let's talk about credibility interview for international students coming to the UK. Many would have either had it or will have their interview scheduled soon to meet the September intake.
Key things to know as follows
The interview is part of visa application process for students
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All in one day
Published systematic review protocol
and
abstract accepted for diabetesUK conference
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UKVI personnel in class to take students attendance 🙆🙆🙆
Fresh of press, I just got information from my darling sis doing her MSc in the UK
Abeg, attend your lecturers o, not shift/work all the time. This may extend to other universities 🤔
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Scholarship nuggets
1. Be open to several countries, don't get too stuck on just one or two (US and Canada 😂)
2. Get your documents ready (Academic qualifications, transcript, Int'l passport, Referees etc)
3. Contact potential supervisors and have confirmed interest from them
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My first academic job interview, I saw the list of candidates as the secretary was looking to cross my name. I was the only person without 'Dr' prefix before my name, I told my friend that i am not as qualified as others. HoD called me, I got the job 9am the next day. God win 😊
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Money in the account for 28 days will be maintenance + rest of tuition fee after deposit paid.
Maintenance London = £12,006
Maintenance outside London = £9,207
Fee left after deposit = £14,000 - £3,000 = £11,000
Bank statement (For London) = £11,000 + £ 12,006 = £23,006
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I'm at Teesside University o, proud mama is here to celebrate with my pikin wey tall pass me 🤣🤣
#teessidegraduation
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Bank statement (Outside London) =£11, 000 + £9,207 = £20,207
You will use to covert the bank statement to naira. Remember to add extra money in case exchange rate increases slightly. Hopefully, no extreme rate change.
Current exchange = 543
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Lecturer pay breakdown in UK
Salary avg: £37-40k/year
£3100/month
Tax & NI:700
Pension:300
Rent avg: 800
Council tax:100
Electricity:50
Gas:40
Internet: 30
Food avg: 200 (one person)
Car: 150
Insurance:100
Micellenious: 200
Extended family: 200 (N/A)
Total deduction: £2,920😭
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I was gaven 'outstanding' in my appraisal this year, the highest possible outcome 😁
I deserve to take chilled coke✌🏽
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We have conquered Teesside o, CAS has arrived. Baby girl coming to UK on a one way ticket 💃🏾💃🏾😁
If you want us to help you with your UK school application for free
email: abroadnetconsults
@gmail
.com
Note: Have your funding before contacting, scholarship support is not free!
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Wrote this a while ago, forgot to post
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This is the best news 🙌🏽 I have been fortunate to help others come to the UK,having my own sister join that list is beyond amazing. I feel thankful
When I was coming here as a student, she was the one that followed me 6am to the airport
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PhD Studentships for October 2022 start
Deadline: 6th March 2022
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@IamSocialMallam
I completed from unijos in Nov 2012... served NYSC 2013, came to UK 2014, completed masters end of 2015, started PhD early 2016, completed PhD end of 2019, got job as lecturer in jan 2020, got promoted to senior lecturer Aug 2021
Less than 10 years from graduation
See how 🤔
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I am being spoilt here o, another gift from postgraduate students🤩
Thank you 😊
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@AramideOlubiyi
If as PhD holder, you think I no get sense. Talk about that, not my qualifications. Having a PhD does not mean I know everything in the world. In fact, it is the opposite. Having a PhD shows I know a lot about small space of knowledge. Focus on your issue with the person
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Let's talk about credibility interview for international students coming to the UK. Many would have either had it or will have their interview scheduled soon to meet the September intake.
Key things to know as follows
The interview is part of visa application process for students
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My tweets on this issue are not to disregard the need for marriage as early as possible. People that know me personally know I am 'Ruth aboko ku' 🤣
I love love, since my teenage years but will not feel less of human as God has not approved it yet or stop my progress in life
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I just saw my old diary
I started lecturing by Jan 2020 and I actually wrote to become senior lecturer by 2025
I got promoted by 2021
I planned 5 years to be promoted
I got it 20 months after.
See me making plans while God had even better plan for me 🙌🏽
Believe in you 🙏🏽
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I'm up o, make 8am no catch me for bed as per wife material, 100million yards 🤣🤣
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Do you know you can get visa for part-time study in the UK? With interesting conditions sha 🤔
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UK now allowing more than 20hrs for healthcare employers mainly the NHS. They are not worried that you won't be able to focus on your studies 🤣
My point: They only look out for themselves, they need you, they increase hours. They don't need you, they reduce it. Focus on you too
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