A levels once passed are passed forever. She would only have to do the again if she had failed (or passed, but not well enough) or if she wanted different subjects. You can take the exams without attending a school, but it's not easy to arrange.
I took (in 2002) 4 'proper' A levels and also 'General Studies' (which is rather pointless, and required no work). Many people I know took 3, but 4 is more usual now, 5 is possible, more would be unusual (but not impossible, depends on the school). People take more if they are very clever and very keen to study lots of things.
Fees - these days one pays fees. Fees vary depending on what university/course (consult Sheffield's website, it will say). You can (if you don't have the money, or have but don't want to spend it) get a Loan to cover the fees and also towards living expenses. Student Loans from the Student Loan Company are a very unusual sort of loan - repayments depend only on your income, not how much you owe, so if you never get a "well paid" job you never pay anything. Also the interest rate is low and the full amount is written off when you get to (IIRC) 60. So it's sort of a hybrid between a loan and a tax.
Failing - at a lot (nearly all) of universities if you fail a year you are permitted to retake it (sometimes you can just take the exams again a month later even). If you drop out entirely and want to re-enter university some years later it may or may not be possible to re-enter the 2nd year, depending on the university.
Running a company - well, it sounds like something marketing-ey would be a good fit there. But there are few jobs in the UK where you "have to" have a specific degree, and "running a company" is not one of them; it would be quite likely for such a person to have a degree in an entirely unrelated-to-marketing field.
I took (in 2002) 4 'proper' A levels and also 'General Studies' (which is rather pointless, and required no work). Many people I know took 3, but 4 is more usual now, 5 is possible, more would be unusual (but not impossible, depends on the school). People take more if they are very clever and very keen to study lots of things.
Fees - these days one pays fees. Fees vary depending on what university/course (consult Sheffield's website, it will say). You can (if you don't have the money, or have but don't want to spend it) get a Loan to cover the fees and also towards living expenses. Student Loans from the Student Loan Company are a very unusual sort of loan - repayments depend only on your income, not how much you owe, so if you never get a "well paid" job you never pay anything. Also the interest rate is low and the full amount is written off when you get to (IIRC) 60. So it's sort of a hybrid between a loan and a tax.
Failing - at a lot (nearly all) of universities if you fail a year you are permitted to retake it (sometimes you can just take the exams again a month later even). If you drop out entirely and want to re-enter university some years later it may or may not be possible to re-enter the 2nd year, depending on the university.
Running a company - well, it sounds like something marketing-ey would be a good fit there. But there are few jobs in the UK where you "have to" have a specific degree, and "running a company" is not one of them; it would be quite likely for such a person to have a degree in an entirely unrelated-to-marketing field.
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