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Natwest student overdraft limits changed?
(sorry if this has already been mentioned/is in the wrong place) I'm about to go into my final (4th) year of my degree and need to extend my overdraft. I was expecting to go to £1800 (from £1600) but on the website I found the following: You can apply for an interest-free overdraft - up to £1,000 in your first year.…
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Work Experience
Hello, I will be going into year ten next year and I will be doing work experience. I am wondering if anyone could tell me what company's let you do work experience and if you could post your tales of work experience. Thanks:j
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Student Finance - Special Support Grant - Housing Benefit
Hi, I'm after some info for a 25 Y/O friend. Currently in reciept of Income Support (With Severe Disability Premium), Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. His Disability is completely mental health related rather than anything physical. He's got a place at Uni for September and needs to…
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Additional Study Incentives/Savings
I've just got back from a year studying on exchange in Canada and after spending so much time with other exchange students I was disgusted at how only 1 of the other English students on exchange actually knew a second language to a competent level (and he's half German!). So now back in Blighty I am wanting to take up a…
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help needed for student application looked after child
HI im trying to help my nice complete her student application she is 18 and secured a place at uni sept currently lives with foster carer, barnados are paying her fees , on the forms for student application there is no place to put she is a looked after child so does she put she lives with her carer as hermother? therefore…
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V festival help!
Hey just wondering if there is any good sites to sell my 2 tickets to the v-festival as we cant go anymore. Dont know if this is the right forum but most people who attend are students so thought i would post here :)
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Natwest: Converting a current account into a student account
Hiya, I'd like to hear from anyone who has done this. I've been with Natwest for over 10 years now but am aware that they'd do a credit check if I was to apply for a student account to hold in addition to my current account. They offered to convert my current account into a student one. I was wondering, can anyone else…
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Student Finance Change in Circumstances...
Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is classed as change in circumstances but I am hoping one of you have an answer for me at least! So I'm going into my last year (3rd) at uni in September and for the previous two years I have recieved the basic loan amount that you can get without being income assessed. This is how I…
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Advice re: tuition fees
Hi can anyone give advice. Daughter had applied online and has to reply to a student loan declaration form confirming entitlement to student finance (tuition fees only) for her first year, however she is now unsure if to go to Uni this year after being conditionally offered a place and recieving triple D's on her related…
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New House Share with 6 Other Students
Hello, I'm new to this but hoping some people can help... I'm going to be renting a house with some friends in September for Uni and can anyone give me advice on how to best deal with bills? How do we manage it all between the 6 of us. How can we manage it all in the most effective way? Any advice would be much…
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Flatmates spending money I don't have...
I've just moved flat to live with a group of friends who I thought were all generally quite careful with money. since moving, my flatmates have all gone rather spend crazy in buying things for the flat (some of which are really unnecessary). They all see something for sale and divide it by the number of flatmates and…
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photography in 6th form
can anyone tell me the costs involved as my son has been told £100 deposit for the camera and £25 per week for photographic paper, plus his travel costs to a different school as only a handful of students are doing it thanks julie
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Number to apply for increase in (Barclays) student overdraft
Hi everyone, I hope someone could help me. All I need is the phone number to call to apply for an increase in my student overdraft (Barclays Student Additions). I've looked on the website and can't find it anywhere, they just say to look on you statement! Unfortunately I don't have any of my statements with me as I'm not…
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Appealing results
Dear all, I am a 2nd year undergraduate at Hull University. I have just received my exam results and am devestated. I achieved mostly first class marks in essays, but failed the units with exams. This amounted to four in total. I have been offered the chance to have a reassessment in August, but the marks will be capped at…
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re moving back in together student loans and grants
Hi all,My partner and I split 18 months ago, in this time I have started a ft uni course. I get grants and loans etc i also have a job as i have 3 kids to support. Anyway..recently we have been getting along great and we are exploring the possibility of him moving back in. After discussing this with one of the women at uni…
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Student Eligibilty
Hi, I'm an Open Uni student in Leicester, technically full time. I've just moved into student digs with the council tax exemption as I was told I was eligible for it, but I can't find any criteria for being a full-time student online. I want to double check it myself so I don't get any nasty surprises later. Does anyone…
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Desperate for help - Student finance England
Please could someone help - I am absolutely desperate. It was partly my fault - I didn't send the evidence of mine and my husbands earnings in with my daughters application. SFE sent me an email requesting this, sent evidence by special delivery and they've acknowledged receipt. My husbands P60 and P11d was sent to us in…
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Uni demanding extra money, but with no reason given
Hi there, I wonder if anyone could give me advice. I transferred from one university to another between semsters a year and a half ago. Due to finance issues and arguments between universitys, £759 was owed, and eventually paid. However today I have recieved another letter from a legal agency, saying though the money was…
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compelling personal reasons for student funding help needed!!
Help needed! I left my course after 1 year and a half years due to my mothers and fathers seperation and the subsequent depression of my mother. Unfortunately i just left the course due to severe upset caused and had to take on the role of carer for my mother and look after myself too whilst dealing with the messy break up…
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Violin Lessons in Birmingham
As topic, i am in my mid 20s and am looking for violin lessons. not aiming to be a professional violinist.