PS - written by hand or not?

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Hello everybody!

I am an EU student and, even though I had to do a PS for the first time in my life, I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.

I am applying for some Further Education courses, directly to Universities/ Colleges.

Could you please advise me on whether it would be better to write the PS by hand on a separate sheet of paper, or type it in WORD and print it?

Also, do I have to limit myself to the space provided in the Application letter, should I start there and continue, or just write it on separate pages altogether?

Being a mature student, I had quite a few things to write about. Do you think 800+ words might be too much? I just hope it is not as strict as UCAS...

Thanks a lot to whoever might be as kind as to answer my questions.

Cheers and good luck!