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Help!
Hi all, I am 24 years old and contemplating going to University in september. I have an offer of a place at UCL to study for 4 years MEng. My only worry is I dont know if I will be able to afford it. I should be considered an independent student from what I have read, but I am unsure how to work out what I will recieve in…
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the earliest you can open a student account?
Hi, was just wondering a few things about student accounts? last year the halls at the uni i want to go to were full, so when i start in september i want to go into private rented housing with other people, so i will need quite a big deposit (obviously im going to have a bit saved but nowhere near enough) - i was hoping…
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UCAS Points
Hiya, I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with the UCAS points system from BTEC Diploma's, I cant really understand the UCAS tariff, Thanks
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"Mature" Mature Students (past, present & future)
I know a mature student, for Uni purposes, is anyone over 21 but what about "Mature" mature students? I'm 46 and will be going to Uni in September. Now that the offers are coming in I'm starting to think about what life at University will be like for people such as myself - the Mature, mature's :D Who did it? Who survived…
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Bank error in my favor!
Hey guys, I was hoping you could help me. Like a lot of students I just got my student loan. Because I had overdrafts elsewhere, I moved some money from my halifax into two of my other bank accounts and also to my brothers. However as I moved this money, it appeared to double when I received it in my other accounts and at…
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Rejected by Halifax, anyone else had problems?
Hi Im in my 2nd year at uni, and have had Natwest's student account since i started, as i had one of their accounts before uni it was upgraded to a student one. I've taken out the overdraft with them (£1400), and have it put in a savings account. As Halifax offer the biggest overdraft, i wanted to open an account with them…
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Does student income for parent count as income for child's student loan?
I am trying to work out why my DD's grant has been withdrawn. ON Studentfinancedirect.com it states that to be eligible for a partial grant, the residual household income of the parent's must be below £39, 305. OUr household income for the last tax year was not that much - let alone when you take off the allowance of £1k…
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How do the LA work out means tested part of student loan?
We are confused. My DD has just been told that her grant has been withdrawn, and that she is now expected to live on £1021 less - which is impossible for her as she was already struggling and now doesn't know what to do!! Does anybody know how the LA work out the thresholds for assessing for the other 25% via loan (rather…
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being a single parent student!!!!
hi all, i am single parent that has recently returned to education and am doing an independent research project on the above subject and wondered if anyone had any experiences they would like to share!!! Thank you
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confused student.......help please!
can anyone help my confused daughter? she is in her final yr of psychosocial studies degree, desperate to be a special needs teacher. currently has a voluntary place in a special needs school gaining experience. as kids in the school range from 2-19yrs, she doesnt know whether to focus on primary or secondary pathways into…
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Theatre and Performance - foundation degree
My son is currently in his 2nd year at college studying a BTEC National Diploma in performing arts. This September he is hoping to do his Foundation Degree in performing arts which will be 2 years full time, and I am wondering what financial help he may be able to claim. He is currently receiving EMA payments. He will turn…
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Dissertation Stress
Hi everyone, Long time lurker, first time poster on this part of the board. :money: So my final year dissertation is due in next Friday and I am really worried.:o It’s not that I haven’t done any work – it’s just that I haven’t done enough. I honestly don’t think that I am going to be able to get 10,000 words done in a…
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procedure with student overdrafts
I will be moving from uni into full time employment and as far as I know my student overdraft account whichis currently free will become a graduate account and continue to be free for some period of time. Obviously £2k is £2k no matter whos money it is and the longer I can hold onto it for free the better. How do I go…
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Help with graduate accounts
I will finishing university this year (May) and i know i am thinking ahead a bit here but i like to plan!! I dont really know much about graduate accounts and wondered if someone can help me. When i finish i wont be going straight into a full time career, i am planning on taking a few months out, carrying on with my…
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Too old for EMA, not allowed ALG, what do I do?
I find threads like this one http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1098489 when searching myself, but they don't fit my situation completely so I'm still a bit lost. About me, I'm 24, studying 25hours a week (+ countless hours at home, the course is hard!) I live at home with my parents paying rent/board…
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OverDrawn on my Student Account, Help!!
I've gone £82 over my £1000 over-draft limit. My accounts gone to collections and after speaking to the woman who pretty much shouted at me for the whole conversation. She demanded I pay it in by Monday but I have no money & I can't borrow it from friends or family.. She said "well you better find a way" and I asked about…
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Barclays Higher Education Account
I am interested in the Barclays Higher Education Account. I have no credit history before, so my credit score won't be that good. I hold a savings account at another bank, and never had a 'bank/current account' before. I don't need overdrafts and other credit facilities. Would I still be accepted? Besides bringing in ID…
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Student loans
I took out my first student loan in the academic year of Sep 2004, my second in the academic year of Sep 2006, my third in the academic year of Sep 2007 and now on my fourth starting Sep 2008. So will the first years student loan get cancelled when I'm 65 and my 2nd, 3rd and 4th years get cancelled in 25 years? I ask this…
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Equivalent or Lower Qualifications (ELQ) Latest
Does anyone know what is currently happening? I contacted some universities sometime ago and it was under review. I did a google search and also a google news search but could not find anything recent.
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financing a 2nd degree
Hi I am in my second year of a physics degree but have recently come to realise that my real dream is to be an optician! However this would mean doing another degree after this one. Would I be able to get a student loan? How would the financing work or would I just be on my own, as it would be my second degree? If anyone…
