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MSE News: Students promised loans and grants on time this year
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The Student Loans Company (SLC) has vowed to ensure all university entrants who applied on time will have their loans and grants available by the start of the academic year..." Read the full story: Students promised loans and grants on time this year
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Student Loans and Grants
Hi there Can anyone tell me if the Maintenance Grant and local postcode bursary are classed as taxable income for tax credit purposes ? I know the loans probably arent.... Many thanks
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becoming a home economics teacher?
Hi, Been lurking for a little while, just getting up the courage to post here :o I was wondering if anyone could help me. I would love to become a home economics teacher but I left school at 16, with 8 standard grades (5 x credit grades & 3 x upper general) and no highers. I have an HND, though it's in a totally unrelated…
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JAVA's SCJP certificate
Hi. Two weeks to finish my IT degree.....:j Anyone will know if getting the Sun SCJP Certificate will be beneficiary? In terms of employment, salary etc. Hopefully someone may know about it (not very popular topic). Thanks.
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Do students pay tax on interest/income from savings?
If you're a full time student - do you pay tax on interest/income earnt from money in a savings account? For normal savers it is 20% is it not?
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SLC holding up a Bursary
Hi all. My DD started a Uni course at Surrey Uni last October, at which time she applied for and was awarded a bursary. They said that she would have a short wait as Bursaries were not paid out until Jan/Feb. Feb came and no bursary, ther student loan comapny said she had not filled out the form properly - they said a…
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Personal Statement
Come on guys, help me ace my personal statement for my UCAS application. Any hints/tips/suggestions? I'm good at writing, just want to make sure I do it right. :p p.s oldernotwiser, tried to PM you but your inbox is full.. you must be popular ;)
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student loan worries
My parents are worried sick. My niece started uni last October and dropped out in the Jan. but she has not told anyone and is still getting her student loan and rented out her room to a mate. So, she pays for the room and gets some money. All she is doing is going out and partying she is 20yrs and her mum is also worried…
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Going to University - need financial advice!
I’m currently waiting to see if I have a place on an Access to Higher Education Course with the view to going to University to study Occupational Therapy. I’ve had a look into what burseries are available to me as I have 3 children, but could do with further advice about things like whether I can claim housing benefit (I’m…
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Student loan repayments
Ouch. Anyone else tempted to disappear to the jungles of Africa for 5 years to escape it all ;)
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Warwick Uni halls - what to take?
I know there are other threads about what to bring and there's some fantastic advice there, but one consistent message seems to be 'it depends which uni' so I wonder if I can be a bit cheeky and ask if anybody can advise specifically on Warwick. My son is hoping to go there in October. I'm fine with reading through posts…
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Full time student and OU study - am I eligible for OU financial assistance?
I am due to start uni in September on a BA degree, but I am only in classes for about 10 hours a week. I appreciate that i will have further studying to do, but having studied with the OU previously I would like to do another course with them starting in September/October to enhance my qualifications. My income is around…
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Student loan form filling problems
Is anyone else having trouble with the government forms for student loans? Basically we've filled in the extremely long forms to apply for a student loan for our daughter but after reaching the end and pressing the" save " button it now appears to have been registered but not submitted. We received this info in an e-mail…
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Help - Extending Overdraft
Hi, I'm a second year University student and I currently bank with HSBC. At the moment, I have a £750 overdraft limit and I am pretty much at the limit. When I signed up with HSBC I was told that when I was a second year student I could increase my loan to £1250 if need be. Up until this moment I have not needed to extend…
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Student Finance unearned income
If I wanted to financially help children whilst they were at Uni (although not legally required to help) would they need to declare it as unearned income? If it was put into their ISA account would they need to declare it? I know that they do not have to declare interest from these accounts but what about deposits from…
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Advice re Adult Dependant Grant overpayment
Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and have searched site re my enquiry and did not find any answers so decided to start a thread. I applied for Adult Dependant Grant for academic year 07/08. I had not applied for any type of grant before and this was the only year since I got married in April 07 and my husband was…
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Leaving Uni at the end of the first year then joining another?
Hi, I wondered if anyone here could help me. I have applied to go to university in September and have accepted the place. I’m really happy with the university but it’s quite far away from where I currently live (6 hours by train). I have recently just discovered something that could mean I am needed at home a lot more in…
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Open Study College?
Has anyone used Open Study College? Are they any good? Has anyone done the NCFE Fiction Writing course? Or Certificate in Confidence Building? Or Dress making and Fashion Design course? I'm looking to do a home learning course. I definately want to do a fiction writing course and maybe something else. If Open Study College…
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Studying - Republic of Ireland
I'm going to be studying in the republic and therefore paying fees in euros I'll be setting up an account in Ireland so I'm wondering what would be the best way to exchange the money, be it setting up new accounts or using cards. Its a large mount of money so exchange rates would make a big differences Thanks (Think this…
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Interest Free Student Overdraft
Hey, I'm a mature student in Leeds and was just wanting some advice about student interest free overdrafts. I currently have a £525 overdraft with Yorkshire Bank (which I'm about £30 into atm) but i noticed just before xmas that YB seemed to hike up the interest charges. I'm thinking about opening up another account but…
