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Tutudesigner

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    Classical Ballet, Contemporary, Musical Theatre and enjoy watching daughters dance, choreograph and have fun x
  1. Thank you All4dancers, my daughter has also got a place but her friend hasn't heard anything which is a bit awkward.
  2. Carrie so glad you have re-ignited this discussion, the gap in conversation from 20 April to 7 May was worth waiting for, well done! I will get on to my MP again.
  3. Does the Foundation Course audition contemporary, musical theatre and classical ballet separately? I know my daughter spoke about a number of different methods and Choreographers, asking about methods used at LSC, this may be what they are referring to. Good luck.
  4. I appreciate nothing will change on DADAs this year however pushing the petition will be the only way to lobby to change for the future. I am not sure if an Impact Rsk Assessment was done to assess impact on students and their families which woul have prepared everyone for a plan B or C
  5. It is interesting to skim read research by Warwick University search Dance and Drama Awards Strategic Review 2009 final report It highlights importance of DADA Awards on Arts industry and helpful to read background reports that led to the changes, this is part f the bigger picture.
  6. My daughter is not particularly academic however is on track for excellent results on BTech I am very interested in the comment about producing a 'thinking performer' as I wouldn't necessarily put her in that category. I will now be anxiously watching the mail box for the outcome.
  7. JH1611 I hope your interview went well? My daughter attended 2nd audition at LSC for contemporary this week, she enjoyed interview however there was one question she stumbled with and left feeling pretty down, she is waiting to hear outcome. Thy said it could be 4+ weeks till she finds out, however they were pretty quick first time round, so we'll have to wait and see. Good luck.
  8. I can only imagine the worry this is causing parents who currently have their child(ren) at vocational school to be faced with the new financial pressures. After adopting 2 children I worked hard to get qualified to ensure we had a reasonable income however this has backfired and in effect is now excluding my daughter from her DADA offer. Although my daughter says she understands the dilemma the finality of it all will break her heart. I am currently waiting for her to complete a call back to a second audition which will allow some access to student loan up to £6k pa and looking at all early retirement options I may just be able to scrape through. There is the dilemma of whether this is financially a safe bet, however I believe it is better to have tried and lost than to give up, so only time will tell. In the interim I am bringing the matter of DADA 2013 up in any arena I can to inform change for the future, true 'means testing' should take consideration of a families existing commitments as they may have more than one child to support. ''Equality of education' seems to have been lost in the new process and the lack of access to Student Loans Company for some institutions could be the key to lessening the financial burden for the future.
  9. Thank you Ecarte I am promoting the petition as It is only through pushing against closed doors that change can happen albeit this may take time. Despite praising my daughter on her achievement and she was delighted it is a bitter sweet pill to swallow at the moment.
  10. I find the new DADA situation soul destroying, regardless of income, the Government consider I need no support to fund my daughter who has been offered a DADA subject to means testing, I already support another daughter and the only way I could fund my daughter is to lose our house, these are exceptionally high payments. Try explaining that to someone who has worked their socks off, it is not easy. I spoke to my MP Robert Halfon who had no knowledge of this and was willing to look into it further. these changes appear to have been rail roaded in with little media attention and have caught most people unaware.
  11. Hello I was delighted when my daughter was offered DADA however the new rules around DADA make it almost impossible for the 2 parent average income families to get support, I did read about this somewhere on his forum however can't locat it at present.
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