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About to start a degree
Hi i am currently working full time for about 13.5k a year! I was offered the oppurtunity to better myself in my current role by doing a degree over 3 years at evening school 1 night a week (which is fully funded). I will gain student status again as I will be studying a degree. I am 24 and I live with my boyfriend can…
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I need a bigger overdraft ASAP
I am currently with Natwest, just finished my second year and I have a £1400 limit. This is the highest they will give me, they say they can't increase it until September. I went into the branch and said that there are other banks willing to give me more and I will close my account if they won't help me. But they wouldn't…
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Mum swapping from incap benfit to do a degree what benfits can I claim?
Hey guys, I wasnt sure where I should put this as its a bit of both boards. Im on incapacity benefit currently, and get housing/council tax benefit too as I live alone with my 2 daughters. I have been accepted on a degree course and had my student finance application accepted and I will be getting the following: student…
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Students wanting a double signature account
can anyone advise us of a bank account which we can use to manage household bills, which has a cheque book and which will accept indeed require 2 signatures?
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Gap Year funding/bursaries, any1 had/know any good/guarenteed funders?
I have looked all on the internet, looking through several years and copies of the Directory of Grant Making trusts and still, am finding it difficult to find people who would fund me. I am sending out letters tomorrow, so I am looking for as many addresses and potential funders as possible! Has anyone been on a gap year…
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MSc Information Studies
Has anyone else done this course? is is good/ fun/ challenging? what did you go on to do after you did the course?
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SLC money unused for 2 years - what to do?
Hello fellow moneysavers! Right, I have right royally messed up with my student loans. To cut a very long story short I've just finished my second year of university, with one year to go. I have both tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan, and it's with the maintenance loan that I'm concerned. I took out the loan really…
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Am I being Wise or Foolish?
Hey Guy's, I have people telling me I am being very wise, people telling me I am being very foolish, so i thought i would come here with people who know what they think. I'm 20, I left school at 16 with little GCSE's ( 2 C's, 1 D, rest E's and F's ). I went to college for two years, Foundation and then Intermediate in IT…
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London South bank uni
Hi Is anyone going this year? Do you know roughly what dates freshers week is? my son can't find it on their website. He's been through 'extra' (changed his mind about which subject & uni to study) has anyone experience of this and can tell us how long before the uni send a letter out confirming it all? and what chance…
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Just set up a Student Account online with HBOS...
Hi everyone :) As this is my first time here, i wasn't sure where to post this, but the Student section seemed as good as any. Anyway, i just set up a Student Account online with Halifax Bank of Scotland. It all went through successfully (surprisingly!) and the last page gave me an account number and sort code. So i was…
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Leaving full-time work to do full-time degree course - finance?
Hello, I've been working full-time for many years and want to change career. This will involve quitting a well-paying job and going to uni for 5 years, full-time (in either England or Scotland, depending on the uni I am accepted at). I'm single and will have about 20-25k in savings by the time I start. I don't own a home,…
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Jobseekers Allowance between college and uni
I am currently looking for a summer job between now and when I start uni at the end of October. As I've been on holiday for two weeks, most jobs have been snapped up. I've spent 3 days looking but it will probably take at least a week to find something. Child benefit and tax credits to my parents stopped about 2 weeks ago…
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confused now ive received breakdown of my results!!!
Just been through my first year of university and boy was it hard work. My tutor emailed me at around the end of june advising me that I passed all the modules and I could progress into year 2. About a week later, I received a letter from admissions advising the same, that I had passed and could enrol onto level 2. Now,…
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Studying GCSE's at Home?
Hey, Has anyone done this? I'm thinking of it, as I really want to improve my GCSE Grade's In English and Maths ( English this year I think .. and Maths next year! ). I had found a place which does it but it's in the next town from me, and it's a lil bad for travel! and as it will be 7:00 - 9.30 .. it puts me off a little!…
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The Great 'Student Discounts' Thread Part 2
MoneySavingExpert.com Official Insert: MoneySaver Smickan has compiled a fantastic list of discounts available for students at the moment so as the original Great Student Discounts Hunt was several years old and had grown long, we've hijacked Smickan's post and turned this into the Great Student Discounts Hunt Part Two! If…
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What financial help would I be entitled to?
I am 23, and on a low income and planning to do some courses equating to A Levels so I can apply for uni. During my time at college, I can NOT have a student loan, and am too old for EMA so what can I get?
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Mega-stressed - any advice.
Hi, To all those who have already been in this situation it will be as my mum puts it a case of 'welcome to the real world.' but any advice will still be appreciated. I'm moving in with my partner in September as both of us will be going to the same university (she's already completed her first year, i'll be starting…
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Scholarship Application Essay Help Required
Hi, I have just finished my first year at university and have achieved the grades required to apply for a tuition fee scholarship. I have to write a 250 word essay on what 'qualities I have that make me an outstanding student'. Can anyone give me any tips on what I should cover? - I'm assuming a 'state and display'…
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Boomerang Prepaid Card
I've just been on the https://www.yougofurther.co.uk site, which UCAS directs you to to make contact with people you'll be going to uni with etc. They are advertising this... http://www.boomerangprepaidcard.co.uk/ I was wondering if anyone had heard anything else about it, is it as good as it sounds? It could be really…
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Should I Pay Off My Student Loan? 2008/09 article discussion
UPDATE AUGUST 2009: The guide has been updated for 2009/10 so this discussion thread is now closed. Click here to discuss the Repaying Student Loans 2009/10 guide. This thread is specifically to discuss the content of the Should I Pay Off My Student Loan? Article To discuss or ask a question about the article: click reply
