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Mature student with family- tips on organisation?
Good afternoon everyone! Sorry, this isn't a moneysaving question, but maybe this thread will help others too! I've started uni this week, has been brill. I have a partner and 2 young children and a house also.My course is full time. I was really good last week and got the house in order, all the washing done etc etc ready…
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Home learning college
Hi all, Just had a guy round a few hours ago from home learning college and my partner who too soft sign up to the course she dont really want to do. She couldnt pay a deposit at the time so he set a one off DD payment for it to come out next month (Oct 22nd). I want to canacl it as she not happy but sign all the DD…
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LEA assessment..what the...?
Sorry long post. In short What year financial info are returning students assessed on? I believe it is 2007/08. BUT What if you were assessed on 2008/09 tax year info due to a drop in income? Is it 2007/08 or 2008/09 Lasy year I applied for student support online, with my partner submitting financial details from 2007/8…
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Access Course in Scotland - Highers & Core Subjects
Wonder whether anyone can help me on this one. I started an Access to Humanities course at Perth College 4 weeks ago. The course consists of three highers plus a number of core subjects, such as numeracy, working with others, IT, etc. The course lasts 20 hours a week but the highers are only taught over 12 hours. In order…
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Question about Open University course
Hi, I'm thinking of doing the Open University course db123 - You and your money. I've received a financial support booklet to fill in but I'm stuck on something on the first page!! The booklet says - 'Each application must be linked to a course of study that counts towards an undergraduate qualification' and also '...be…
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Is EMA Fair???
I'm biased to the answer to that question as you can probably tell by the way I've posed the question. DD2 came home quite miffed last night. It would appear that the majority of the people in her year receive £30 per week for turning up at school, and will be receiving £150 at Christmas as a bonus! I read somewhere that…
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Student Loan Problem
Hi, I have received my payment schedule letter that says I will receive my first installment of my loan on 28/9/09. Online it says that my application has been approved. I am doing a Foundation Degree, doing the second year, and although my course is through my local university, I am doing the first two years at my local…
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Address
I'm moving into student accommodation this weekend and was wondering whether I need to change my address to the student accommodation address for my credit card, savings/bank accounts etc. or can I keep it as my current address where my parents will still be living and where I will probably be staying during holidays?…
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Special Support Grant
I'm so confused about this, if someone can tell me whether I'm entitled or not I'd be thrilled. I was originally told I am, because I am on Housing Benefit. Sent evidence of this to SF, who said it had to be dated after I started Uni. However, my HB will stop once my loans come, unless I get the Special Support Grant. I'm…
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Medical Student Elective Funding
Hi, Was wondering if anyone can help me - I have query on behalf of my boyfriend. We both have to do a 2 month elective next year (June/July), and he needs to borrow some money in order to do so. He needs to borrow about £5k (the figure is relatively non-negotiable), and a regular bank loan will cost around £9k to pay back…
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Car Share to Leeds
Hi, Im looking for anyone to car share between Mansfield NG19 to Leeds. I will be travelling up four days a week. All im looking for is sharing the diesel cost. I have a safe car and i dont play no crazy music and insurance ;) . Let us know Gareth Ps. I am no crazy murderer.
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Funding for 2 courses in same year?
Hi, just wondered if any knows the answer to this before I attempt communications with the useless student finance. I've applied, and got funding for, a postgraduate teacher training course starting January. However the place is conditional and as my degree grade won't be confirmed until december (OU) I've decided to start…
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Warwick Uni Open day
Have been doing the rounds of Uni open days with youngest for entry in a years or so. Over the summer he decided he wanted to look at Warwick so in mid August I booked train tickets for the open day, this Saturday 26th Sept, the uni website did say they weren't taking bookings for the openday until Sept 1st so I planned to…
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still no news on my grant...anyone else?
Hi all, i sent the last bit of evidence off that they requested at the end of July, i have had some of my evidence back ie kids birth cetrs but not the rest. Does anyone know how long its taking to process? I was told 6-8 weeks but they got what they needed over 8 weeks ago now At least my loan has been sorted i suppose…
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Student Finance Information
I'm not sure if this is common knowledge but I may have found out the system Student Finance England are using to clear the backlog. According to a customer service person they are currently working through assessments in date order (i.e. the date they were received) and they are currently working on the early to mid July…
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Desperately seeking advice urgently
I am 39 yrs old and a widow ( my husabnd died in 2006) I have 1 child still at home (16yrs old) DD decided to go to college to do hair dressing and while she was deciding upon which college to go to, I made up my mind to do something with my life. I left school at 16 with few exam results ( main low grade CSE's). Anyhoo, I…
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NUS Card..
So I picked up my NUS card from uni today... Im just confused as to whether this is the one you can use to get discount at Topshop etc... It's not an NUS Extra - it's got my student union's logo and the NUS logo on the top, with my photo and details.... Does this entitle me to discounts at the cinema etc? Also...I tried…
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GP wants to charge excessive fee for Medical Form
I have just started a PGCE course which requires me to fill in a medical questionaire that is then countersigned by my GP. The portion of the form that the doctor has to fill has a total or four questions to answer. For the privilege of doing this he wants to charge £59, which I feel is excessive. As I understand it, they…
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Not been paid loan...
Hi I should have been paid my loan today but it hasn't gone in to my bank. I have received full confirmation of my payment dates and everything has been approved. I've tried to get through to SL Company but as you can imagine it's impossible. Anyone know if it's a common problem? I know many are not getting them paid but i…
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Did I miss something?
There seems to be a lot of knowledgeable people on this forum so I thought I'd ask this question here. Firstly, I'd like to point out that I'm just asking now. I've already turned down the places offered to me because I just couldn't get a straight answer! I'm 38 years old and have two Bachelors degrees, one in Maths and…
