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No contact from student loan company
A bit of advice needed for a friend please. She started Uni in 1998 her Uni fees were paid in full by the LEA and she was given a small grant. In 1999 her father died and she had no income etc she was re accessed again and the LEA said it would still pay her Uni fees. They also said she could have a grant to live…
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Student nurse bursary - can anyone help me with how income will affect it?
I get the student nurse basic bursary, which is nonmeans tested, plus two additional allowances and the childcare allowance (all of which are) I'm barely making ends meet and could really do with getting a job on top, but I'm worried that as I work, the additional allowances and childcare allowance will go down. (My…
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Increase credit score with Halifax Student Credit Card
I recently applied for a Halifax Student Credit Card, and was accepted :beer:. Let me first point out that I have no intention of ever using this card in a "non-money saving" way - Being the student type my credit rating is prett much non-existant, and I want to use this card to help get the ball rolling, but am I missing…
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mantenance grant
Can you apply for the mantenance grant if you are on a diploma nursing course recieving a non means tested bursary?
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Pizza express NUS discount
hi, my local pizza express has just started offering 20% off for Nus card holders. not just for the card holder but 20% off the whole tables bill!
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Access to learning fund
Ive applied to the access to learning fund throgh my uni and have been told that my application has been accepted and i have to wait for a letter to tell me more. Just wondering after your application has been accepted and you are told how much you will get when is it normally paid? Thanks
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HSBC Overdraft Advice
I am in my second year of study, at the end of last year HSBC raised my overdraft from £750 to £1500. I was not expecting this, especially as when I had asked for it to be raised then said they couldn't. After this it was rasied, then about a week later I got the letter saying it had been raised. I read the letter and it…
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When do Student Loans Co announce Interest Rate for 09/10 ?
Does anyone know when they will announce the new rate for the next academic year? We're currently being charged 3.8% interest up until the end of August 09 on our loans and saving accounts rates have gone down the poop chute and the base rate will be even lower by the end of today. Possibly just 1%. I want to see what the…
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College not sent University application yet!
My son is waiting to apply for his student grant but trying to link his grant application online to his UCAS application he just gets ' you have not applied!':eek: He did get his personal statement completed a couple of weeks before the Christmas break which shows as being done but his application is still awaiting the…
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EMA giving then taking away
does anyone have any experience of EMA and disabled students. My son (17) has been attending a special residential school for over 5 yrs, he has a statement of special ed needs and has always been taken to the school and collected, its about 3 hours away, by a contracted school taxi. Another pupil who is not yet 16 also…
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O/T- give me your school/teacher stories please!
Hey all I'm compiling some anectodal research for a short essay entitled, "Relationships are fundamental to good teaching and learning". (I'm applying for a place on a teacher training course.) Basically what I'd love is to hear from you guys what kind of relationships you had with your favourite/least favourite teachers…
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Sudoku Dissertation Plea
Hi MSEs! I'm in my final year of psychology, and in the midst of collecting data for my dissertation. I'm looking at how the type of person you are (optimistic, happy, reflective etc) affects how well you apply yourself during a task. I'm needing lovely volunteers to complete a personality questionnaire and play some…
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Loyalty Cards
Hello, Im an Honours Marketing student and am currently in the process of writing my Dissertation into the effectiveness of Customer Loyalty Card Programs. I have an online survey and would really appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes to complete it! The survey is pretty straightforward, will not take any longer…
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Halifax Student Account
Apparently Halifax can't add up, their student account terms say that £400 must be paid in each quarter on average. First quarter 08 - £1,496.13 (loan and grant for Jan) 2nd quarter 08 - £1,554.10 (loan and grant for Apr) 3rd quarter 08 -£1,468.60 (loan and grant for Sep) 4th quarter 08 - £919.21 (personal deposits,…
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What to say at meeting with senior disability advisor?
hi, I have a meeting tommorrow with someone (more) senior in disability services re my dyslexic who I have posted before about on here. I have been allocated two different ones in the past semester; the first was horribly patronising and the second refuses to do anything which relates to actual work. They both enforce…
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Ideas, opinions, advice Graded Unit - HND Tourism
ok so i have decided to do my graded unit this year on Shopping! haha i know, well its what i'm good at! And how the shopping in Glasgow has been effected by the credit crunch, and now we are relying more and more in tourists coming in to help keep our shops afloat. Anyway i just came up with the idea today, and have…
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Overdrafts to Savings accounts (litterally)
I've googled this and i havn't found anything so mayby someone here can help. When i started at this year i noticed that banks offered free overdrafts. I already had the idea to put all my student loan in a savings account and use it as i need it. As i live at home and travel to college and also have a part time job which…
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cheap ways to send Excess baggage?
I need to send some things ahead of me to Egypt. Can anyone recommend a really competitively priced Excess Baggage company? thanks, Gordie
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Student being made to pay council tax- advice please!
Hi all I'm posting on behalf of my OH, Mike. We're both students and we live with one other full-time student. Mike is resitting some units from his second year, so technically is in a repeat year (whilst myself and our housemate are in our third year). We recently got a letter requesting council tax payments, so we gave…
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Mature student with debts, can I get a student loan?
Hi there, I've finally decided to bite the bullet and apply for uni courses starting this year. I'm almost 25 and have now figured out what it is I want to do with my life! However, I'm worried that the debt I've accumulated in my working life will prevent me from getting a student loan... approx £6,000 on two credit cards…
