The thought of having to do all those exams again, just gives me shivers. I suggest that you just borrow the money and get on with it. If you do the SE IR you'll probably have to cover the course more or less entirely again anyway. The problem with IR training is that you lose the skills so quickly.
I did an unapproved IR and it cost me £6500 £1000 of that was due to a required retest, a lot of the approved training can be done in the sim so if you shopabout you might get a deal.
Fwiw try LFS at leeds, they have a FNPT1 with good availability Stuart Anderson did my course and he's absolutely a no nonsense bloke and unusually cost conscious.
Borrow 10k its difficult enough without having to worry about not being able to afford to finish the course half way through.
Besides the cost of borrowing has never been so low and you would need to borrow probably 5 grand to do another set of exams that dont forget you have never seen before (ie JAR).
egg.com for you I suggest
Last edited by G-SPOTs Lost; 23rd April 2002 at 06:00.