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Council tax benefit / exemption / wrong assessment?
Hi hope someone can help. Was on disability benefit and then went to university to study fulltime degree. Assessed for housing and council tax benefit and was paid this for year 2007/08. At the end of 2008 was then told this was incorrectly assessed and had to repay both. Relating specifically to council tax benefit if I…
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Question re student loan repayment
I graduated in 2007 and have been faffing around in a load of fairly random jobs since. I am now working for an organisation on a casual basis, and I get the hours that are given to me. Its busy at this time of year and will quieten right down in the summer. (Perhaps I should be more ambitious but I am trying to sort out…
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MS Office - home/student edition only £54 in PC World!
I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but I've just gone to look for the student edition of MS Office in PC World, and although it is showing on the main page as being £98, if you reserve online to collect @ store, the actual price is just £54.03! You can only collect @ store, and not have the item delivered, as you…
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St Andrews living costs?
I've got an interview at St Andrews for medicine and i'm looking at the cost of living. The tables on their website are quite confusing because their hall prices don't include subscriptions so i'm not sure how much my rent will actually be. Does any St Andrews student know roughly how much this fee is? Also i don't drive…
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I need motivating
Hi, have you guys got any top tips on how I can motivate myself to do my uni work. I've applied for a deferral on my course work due to extenuating circumstances but really want to make a start on my work but just can't seem to gets going. I've applied for EC's 'cos in the last 6 months i've been in hospital twice for…
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International Student Costs
Our Son decided he wanted to go to University in America some years ago, so when the time came, we had planned our finances and sent him on his way. This was August 2007. The exchange rate then was in the region of $2/£1, but being realistic we planned on the rate dropping to a worst case scenario of $1.75/£1. Since then…
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No money- Any suggestions
Hiya, Im a student and have had to defer from my course for academic reasons for 3 months, and am now struggling financially to cope. Since leaving the course my bursary has been stopped and have had to pay a large amount back to them. Also I found out that i am not eligable for my universities student hardship fund…
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PHD Funding
Does anyone know how to go about applying for masters and PHD funding? I was wondering if I could appeal to my local council or something? I need funding for a PHD in Psycholinguistics and don't know of many places which could offer me support. Can anybody help? :confused: Thanks
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SAAS/SNP to turn loans into grants?
Hi all you fellow Scottish students! Back in December when I got my email from Milkround it had this link to BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7784333.stm Basically the SNP want to help us out a bit more by cutting student debt. I've been waiting for more news but have heard nothing since then. Anybody got an…
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Mature Student and Money
I hope this doesn't sound a stupid question - so here goes. I've just finished a 10 point OU course and signed up for a 60 point course. However my dream has always been to study English at uni, and I'm tentatively thinking of applying for 2010. However, I'd be 40 by then, I'm single, how on earth would I support myself?…
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Student Tax refund, advice please!
Hello I have a question about reclaiming tax I paid as a student, but without needing a P45 because I still work for the same company. I firstly did a full time BTEC National Diploma course for two years which led me on to a full time Foundation Degree for 2 years & then a 1 year full time BA top up to get my degree,…
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Perceptions of BA without hons?
I thought I'd resurrect this thread to thank everyone for your support now I have finally finished my dissertation!! :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j I wasn't convinced I ever would if I'm honest and it's not how I'd like it, but it's done, and I will hopefully graduate with an Hons after all! :D I'm very glad I didn't give up on it…
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ADVICE PLEASE! - Im 22 single have a mortgage through the government homebuy scheme
ADVICE PLEASE! - Im 22 single have a mortgage through the government homebuy scheme. I recently got a 25% mortgage and the rest rent which is 550pm. I have now decided I want to go into fulltime uni in September. Can i get student loans to help cover my mortgage? If i can get 450ish pm that would be good as my current full…
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confused about some tax, grant and loan info
ok heres the story in short. im in the 2nd yr of my degree. its a 3 yr course. In september i plan to move in with a long term girlfriend as we live quite far away. I currently dont receive any support in the form of grants or busaries because my family income is over the boundary. When i move in with my gf however, the…
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PGCE - "Declaration of Health"
information found thanks.
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What to do?
I'm fully overdrawn on my HSBC student account, and am now basically emptied of money, i underestimated the cost of accommodation and havent managed my money very well! I asked HSBC to increase my overdraft from 750 to 1000 just to give me money to live until i find work, but they denied my request! Now i don't know what…
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Can i get out of my student loan?!
Several years ago, while travelling, i had my wallet stolen. Upon return i requested my national insurance No. from the benifits office. By some mistake the sent me out a very similar no. with only 1 digit difference. I now use that NI number for work but my student loan is under my old NI number. The Student loan Company…
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Get paid to Search the internet
I have been using this website for just over 6 months and have been paid £20 and have a further £15 oweing. Basically you sign up to this site and use it to search the internet instead of using Google etc... Each search makes you just over 2p and whats more, if you refer friends you get 10% of the money they make too. The…
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2nd undergrad degree - N.Ireland
Hi, I'm planning on going back to university either this year or next to study Speech & Language Therapy, which is funded by the NHS. I already have a Bachelors degree so know I'm not entitled to another student loan but I was wondering what exactly I would be entitled to? Not having to worry about fees is great but I'll…