University of Edinburgh sent the invoice and payment instructions — finally?! So we followed the instructions for bank transfer. It involved filling out 4 pages of forms with the typical stuff (student number, personal email, phone, person paying's details, etc.).
Result? All the data from that form went into a PDF of "final instructions" that we're supposed to print, take to the bank, and authorise.
Why they couldn't just say "Transfer Xtortionate amount to <account> with your student number/invoice number in the comment field" like they did in Paris is beyond me. Unbelievable waste of 10 minutes.