Bodie,
You say that Bristol "say 3 days for exams after each brush up." Where did you get this from? The exams are spread over 4 days - Monday to Thursday. You could possibly get away with taking just 3 days off work if you take 1/2 days on those days when you've only got a morning exam, for example... but I wouldn't recommend it. And you'll probably need the Friday off work to recover from the anxiety, too!
(LGU do all the Monday/Tuesday exams in Mod 1, and all the Wednesday/Thursday exams in Mod 2, I think, which is why you need less time off for the exams with them than with anyone else.)
I think BlueRobin already has quite a few hours, which is why he only needs 50 more to meet the requirements???
Apart from that, I agree with everything you say - apart from the training in the UK bit, which is open for debate.
FFF
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