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Student Loans Co. Admin. charges!
Hi, The Student Loans company are charging me £200 worth of admin fees for reminder letters worth £15 to £20 each. I've heard sometimes these charges can be claimed back, What do i do? Thank you.
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How many points go towards honours?
Is this different for each university or the same, and how many is it? I've just finished 3rd year and can find no information on my uni website, Next year is worth 120 points (40 dissertation, 4 subjects at 20 points each) but i know that part of the honours classification comes from your best so many points from the…
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Graduates due to get stuffed on Student loans
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/saving-and-banking/student-finance/article.html?in_article_id=421549&in_page_id=52
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PRINCE2 Exams
Hi all I’m intending to do PRINCE2 (Foundation + Practitioner together) sometime over the summer. Current employer won’t pay for it so going to study it myself and do the exams. I work as a Business Analyst with minor PM duties and really want it to give my cv a shot in the arm to move into PM fulltime. What time should I…
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exams in 50 days - 70 credits worth - eek
Hi, No real reason to start this thread other than to be able to say it (or type it) out loud. For one reason or another I have not taken my uni exams and although I went to most of my lectures this year I did little work, not through pure laziness I might add. Anyway, I need to pass them in the summer; I have 4 exams…
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Social Work Students - mental health unit?
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graduate student accounts 07/08
Is there an up to date comparison anywhere of the best student accounts, i.e. interest, overdrafts, etc., not freebies. Students applying for this autumn are being pushed to give account details but banks seem late with this years deals. Nat West has details of theirs which seems the best but would like to compare.
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Student Account
I am going to start college after the summer holidays and have been told that i may need an student account if i am able to get EMA. I was wondering if there is any good offers around, any freebies or good interest rates with any of the banks such as Natwest, HSBC etc. thanks
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Do students pay prescription charges? And how should students save
Hello people- I hope you can help answer my query! I have a continual aim to become more money savvy whilst a student so I can cope a bit easier when I come out of Higher education My question is- do students over 18 in full time education have to pay for their prescriptions? I was talking to my boyfriend the other day,…
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help with costs of research? (postage/stationary etc) any ideas appreciated!
Hi, I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know of any financial help available to masters students for dissertation research costs?? - just worked out that postage/stationary etc of my research questionaire is going to cost me nearly £500!:confused: (most of the cost is for stamps for sending out and return s.a.e's)…
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Will I be entitled to any benifits?
Ill post this here and the benifit section. Currently im on a yr out from uni and living back in N.ireland as i just had a baby. I am able to claim some benifits at the moment, but wondering if i will be able to claim anything when im in Liverpool as a student, single mum? if anyone can help that would be great :) it would…
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Provisions
Morning all, My wife is about to go back to university (full-time) in September. She's about to invest in textbooks, a laptop and a railcard, etc. Is there any way she can get student discounts before she gets her NUS card? If not, does anyone have any advice for her regarding these purchases...... Cheers a lot
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Choosing Uni course
My son has just finished exams and needs to start choosing a Uni to go to. He is a bit vague, 'English or History' and needs a way to start the selection. Any advice where we can get some guidance? TIA
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Tax back, how do i go about it??
Hey there, as a student who has only worked a few weeks this past year and earned under the tax limit, i should not have payed any tax (i think) and i have been on earnings and savings. How do i go about sorting this out and getting my tax back, i am not sure how much exactly i am owed, do i need to work it all out? or…
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Paying for CV advice
Yes, I have been a complete fool and a few months ago I paid to have my CV done. I was rung on my mobile and completely caught off guard, I was also allowed to believe that I was guranteed an interview, which I wasn't. It was fish4 that contacted me and then passed me on to CV selector, what I want to know is, is there any…
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Courses in Money Saving
Hi - I wondered if anyone was aware of any courses in Money Saving. I think it would make a great night school course and have considered approaching my local college about it. The initial response is that they want it to be approved by an awarding body - does anyone have any information in whether any courses have been…
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Review your course and get a FREE USB memory stick
Get a free memory stick if you visit https://www.hotcourses.com and click on the link which says "Free memory stick: Write a review & win a memory stick!" You just have to write a review of any course you've ever taken at school, college, university whatever. You then e mail Richard and ask for your free memory stick. The…
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Careers Advice, where did you get yours?
I haven't got a clue what I would like to do and was wondering how did anyone else on here decide what career they wanted. How do you decide, what helped you to make your decision? Where could I get advice?
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Student Loan not collected by employer
I took a £3000 student loan out in 2001 for a PGCE course. Since then I have worked as a full-time teacher earning well over the threshold. However, while the student loan company send me a statement each year, no money has ever been withdrawn from my wages. (Even though I told my first employer about the loan). However,…
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HSBC scraps free overdrafts for this year's graduates
Last year, HSBC was in the news for its new policy on overdrafts, stopping customers from permanently living in them. This year, it looks like they will be extending this to graduates. The Graduate Banking section of its website says: Clicking on the ‘interest rates’ link in the current accounts ‘useful links’ box, and…
