Today I applied to Midlands Technical college to get onto a course in Radiography. Chatting with the people at work, several of them are studying and some are also at Midlands Technical college. I had some very useful advice about where to go to get it all sorted out and that's a trip for tomorrow.

It's not going to be cheap but I think it's going to be very worthwhile even if - for the very first time - I have to apply for a loan to do it. I detest the idea of owing money but... I think the end result is going to be worthwhile.

The people at work studying there have a high opinion of Midlands Tech. I'm glad about that. It does bode well for the place. When I studied in Swansea University and Swansea College, people had fairly low opinions and this reflected in the general atmosphere and the quality of the courses as well as most people's final grades.

I really like the forms Midlands College has. The verification form for non citizens has 5 things to fill in. I'm all in favour of simple forms. I've seen some truly horrendous forms that ask just about every question the form designer could imagine and most of them just weren't directly relevant to the purpose of the form. What Midlands Tech does is to make form filling almost pleasurable.

I have to trot that form down to the campus and while I'm there I plan to ask plenty questions. Finances are going to be pretty darned tight on this so the faster I can get it done the better - even if it means loads of loans.