In the same boat...
Edgehill - I feel you... I had my assessment day March 31st and am still waiting for a course date.
I call my referencing lady twice a week to see what I can do - she said she would get in touch with my last referee (that same day, by email), but 4 days on my referee has heard nothing...
In the meantime, like you said - time is running out very quickly! (Especially when I think that there's only a course every 6 weeks - and with them already offering Jan 5th spots, if that fills up - then looks like mid. Feb before I may get a spot, thats IF they finally get my referencing done...)
Congrats to Dicegirl and to Kernowguy, though!
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