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Help needed for uni funding
I'm about to start graduate entry to medicine in european university and will have to pay fees of around £8000/yr. Is there any organisation in the UK that can help me to fund this course. So please give me some advice!!
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Graduate Account - Declined!
Hi I went into RBS to apply for a graduate account today, and was led into the back room to have the application processed. The result was 'declined' but in the list of accounts i'd been declined for, it was just one - "Student Royalities Account" I don't know what to do now! The details were all correct, and the person…
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Smoking study in London - £80
Hey all, just got below from a friend, it's a study about smoking, £80 for two hours and seems legitimate, not bad?! Email is [EMAIL="king1an@hotmail.co.uk"]king1an@hotmail.co.uk[/EMAIL] We are looking for males and females aged 30 - 39 for a study on smoking. We are recruiting for a 2 and a half hour focus group to be…
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Mature Student fees and previous study
Hi. can someone please give me some advice? I've been looking at the Direct Gov site at eligibility for a loan/fees paid on a University BA course. Regarding 'have you taken a higher education course before', I m not sure whether it means if it was government funded or if I just did it.? I left school with 1 A level, so I…
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PHd Opportunity
Just received an email from my university about 11 fully funded scholarships for PhDs in security and crime. As fully funded PhDs are relatively rare these days I thought I'd post the details here in case anyone is interested. BACKGROUND & VISION UCL SECReT is the new £17m national Security Science Doctoral Research…
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Law Degree time constraints help please
I'm after checking some info out on behalf of a friend. She is a graduate (2001) and now wants to do a law degree perhaps to retrain to become a solicitor. I understand that a Law degree MUST be completed within 6 years (that this is the Law Society rules) or, if you are a graduate doing a conversion course - you must…
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Grad Help Please!
Hi guys hopefully somebody can give me some advice!! Basically I graduated from uni last year and have had a job since September, however meant moving to London!! I thought I would have more disposable income that I do and my rent takes half of what I earn a month! This does not leave me with much. Part of my job is…
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SMA for healthcare profressionals - help required
I am due to be studying physiotherapy come September entrying at year one. I have applied for my funding and recieved a loan for living costs for SLC, my tuition fees from SLC and a SMA for healthcare profressionals, is this a bursary? I have been given details in my award notice on when im getting my loan for living costs…
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UCAS results and student finance
hey, the first question i have isn't particularly moneysaving but i couldn't find any info about it and wondered if current uni students could answer it. i met the conditions of my offer over a month ago but haven't as yet seen ucas update my results - does anyone know how and when this gets done? i'm anxious to confirm my…
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Will finish paying student loan soon - how do I stop PAYE deductions once I have?
Apologies if this has been asked before (sure it has) but I can't find the answer through searching. Got my Student Loan in 1998 and I make repayments through PAYE (comes off my payslip each month). I should have paid it off in full some time this tax year - hopefully before Christmas :) I've been using the online…
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Film and Digital Processing - Student Discount - thewholepictureonline
I have used this company for some time now, and all the photos I have had done have come out looking great; I have been around at least 5 different film developers and they have all had their problems, if not too expensive. By chance I cam across this company from a comment on these forums. Having been cheeky I decided to…
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EMA problems
My son is in his first year of a sixth form course. We have not been able to clain EMA previously as my husband earnt too much! Unfotunatly he has now been made redundant and our income has dropped significantly. My son could really do with some extra money but as the EMA is based on the previous tax year, we have been…
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student discounts
i have just finished my first year at college and was wondering, where do i go to get the best student discount deals. i made a quick little search on google, but couldnt really find anything "useful", most cards are only for uni students rather than people like me. any help will be appreciated. thanks
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Can studnets get a discount on Microsoft Office software?
Hi - I'm returning to full time education from September as a mature student. In preparation, I've just bought a new netbook and would like to install Microsoft Office on it. Someone on the Techie board said that it was possible to get a really good discount on it if you're a student. Can anyone help? I've tried googling,…
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FE/College & distance learning
Can anyone give me any info please? My 16 yr old son is due to start college in Southampton in September (we live in London). I have applied for a bursary (for accommodation) & EMA, but was wondering if there is anywhere he can get help for traveling, as to come home at the weekend will cost £35approx (with student…
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Desperately need more overdraft
I'm having to repeat my third year due to medical reasons. This has completely messed up my finances and I need to get my hands on more money some how. I'm looking for work but my university doesn't permit students to work during term time, so I can only work in the holidays which makes earning extra money very difficult…
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Help please? Trying to support son's application for student grant
Hi Our eldest son is starting Yr2 at univ, we are trying to support his application for a loan. His brother is starting at sixth form college and may be eligible for EMA but we do not know if he will get it yet. On the support for application for a loan, we have to declare the second son is in further education and whether…
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Sixth form grants
Hi, my grandson hopefully will be going to sixth form in September, his parents are divorced, his mother has remarried, but is not working, have tried to find the answer to this question but cannot see one, ie my son pays her maintenance only for our grandson, does the sixth form benefit be paid on her allowance , or is it…
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Student campus job
I will be going to uni from september. Has anyone had any experience applying for a campus job. I am think I will appy. Student Brand Manhttp://www.campusgroup.co.uk/about/jobs.htmlagers We offer students exciting opportunities to gain real marketing experience whilst at university and we are constantly on the look out for…
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Financial Support When Repeating Year
I am hoping to repeat the first year of my degree after problems last year. It seems to be all going through ok on the uni side but they don't seem to be able to tell me much about student finance. I'm planning to call the student finance people but thought I would ask here to see if anyone has experience with what happens…
