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Submitting EC's
hi, I have to submit Extenuating Circumstances for uni and I have written a letter to ask to be allowed to do the year again next year. This is it - Dear Sir/Madam. I am writing to you to apply for Extenuating Circumstances. I suffer with Clinical Depression and this has seriously affected my ability to function over the…
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overdraft advice please
Hiya. I have recently quit university and have a £1000 student overdraft with HSBC. I was just wondering what people think would be best to do with this debt? I have heard that HSBC are not very good when you leave uni charging high repayments and interest rates. Would it be best to get an overdraft with someone else and…
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phone, broadband and TV....who's cheapest?
Just moved home and we need a phone line and broadband. We'd also like some extra TV channels. What's the cheapest way to do this? Should we get a 3 in 1 package or 3 separate things?
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CV help
hi, Just trying to improve my CV. Not sure whether to include a personal profile and objective bit or not. So if you guys can have a look through my CV for me http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cvfu6.jpg The left hand side one is my current CV, it is all on one page while the one on the right hand side is the same but…
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Should i pay off my student loan
Ive got £3000 saved up, should i use this to clear up my £10000 student loan debt? I havnt started working yet so i have no obligation to pay anything back yet
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Letter confirming dates of employment/amounts earned
Hello. I'm in need of some help. I'm 21 (22 next week) and because of this I applied for student finance as an independent person last year (just finished). Anyway, I didn't end up getting any non-paybackable maintanence grants because firstly I couldn't get suitable proof of my income for the whole three years. This was…
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socail work text books
hi any selling any social work text books please. i start my last year of uni in september and i have just chosen my elective in children and families uni has given us a list of books i need to buy and its going to cost me a fortune. if anyone knows cheap sites i can buy books from or selling any books id be extremely…
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Halifax student account - application declined
I am heading off to university in September and have had halifax accounts of various shapes and sizes since I was about 10. Atm I'm a current account customer with an overdraft of £2,000 (which I should reduce as I don't need it) and there's an option on the website that allows me to extend that to £2,500 if I need it. So…
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Student loans
When I was a student, I was living off £84 a week studying in Central London. That was my maximum entitlement being a full-time student in London. Now, five years after graduating, I'm paying back £100 a month, and still owe about £16,000 because the interest is much more obscene than they seem to make out. When I was…
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Student Loan: applying without Mum
I'm sorry this is a double post, and the moderators can remove it.
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ILA Scotland making changes. (Individual Learning Account)
Hi, I received a letter from ILA Scotland (Individual Learning Account) saying that they are making changes to their rules. The scheme is being broadened to include 16 and 17 year olds. People earning over £18,000 will no longer be eligible for the £100 fund from June 30th and individual funds will need to be used before…
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Student Loan: is applying without Mum possible?
My son is now 21 and lives mostly outside the home, since he decided to study for his degree course in a different city (and county alltogether) . He could not get through the 1st year, so he had to re-take a couple of modules and he hopes to be in 2nd year in September 2008. However, he has applied for student finance but…
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Access course completed
I'm so pleased. I've finished my access course. I've been in today handed in my research project, and the rest of my work ready for moderation.:T So that's it for me now... until September!!!:eek: Yippee SL X
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HELP!! Student left in the lurch!
This doesn't actually regard myself it's concerning a friend of mine but she doesn't have internet access at the minute so i offered to do some investigating for her! A friend of mine has just completed her first year at university. Her parents decided to tell her suddenley that her dad has been offered a job abroad and…
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Open University - BA in Business Studies 2!
Hey all, I wasn't sure where to post this, so if it's in the wrong place please move it (you will anyway lol!) I've already posted this thread in a different section, but have been advised that posting here may attract more replies! I was just wondering if anyone has done or is doing the OU's BA in Business Studies? If so…
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NHS Student Bursaries Reclaim! HELP!!
I am an Irish Student who came to London to study nursing over 2 years ago. When I accepted a place in Uni I received letters to my Irish home address from the NHS Bursary informing me of my bursary entitlements which was over 7K per year. At the end of 2nd year I chose the Degree pathway even though I knew I would loose…
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Job Seekers allowance
I was wondering, if I just finished my last exam, can i claim job seekers allowance until I get a job? just for a bit of pocket money :o
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may as well just pay the minimum until I'm 65
I started univeristy in 2004 so I'm classed as an old system style student. I will graduate 2009 with about £16500 amount of debt, before interest and just before I'm 25. I'm I right in thinking that I might as well just pay the minimum repayments each month right up until I'm 65. The £16500 plus all its interest, just…
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question about student account overdraughts
i have a student account with barclays. i recently (about 4 weeks ago) requested the overdraught be extended from £200 to £700 (max is £1,000). when would i be able to ask for it to be extended further to the £1,000 as i need to put a deposit down on a house that i move into in July and i'm skint at the minute. I am…
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Need laptop now. Student Cards? Loans? Help
Hi, i'm new here. I need to buy a macbook pretty quickly. i tried to buy it with Apple's finance option but got declined unfortunately. Now i'm looking for alternative ways of getting my laptop. I'm 18, a college student, got a conditional offer for Hertfordshire university in Sept 2009 since i'm finishing my BTEC this…
