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Student MoneySaving

Archives for October 2010

Best Bank Account for a 16 year old
My 16 year old son would like to open a bank account which will give him a debit card. Does anyone have any recommendations.....any with incentives etc at the moment ? Thanks
Student loan overpaid - but can't reclaim without a P60?
Hi, really need advice claiming back money I've overpaid on my student loan, for the tax period 2009/2010. Details: Paid my student loan via PAYE at a rate of £104 per month, from April 2009 - October 2009, after which I left my workplace and returned to university. However, last statement states student loan balance was…
changing uni and course
Can anyone give a mum some help as her daughter has presented her with a situation which she did not see coming.She spent 2 years at college studying interior design and got top grades for it.Started applying for uni but to study her other love of photography. Was very proud and relieved when she got in.Moved in September…
Train Fare Help
Hello Forum hope someone may be able to help. In 2011there is a possibility my 11 year old son could attend a London Theatre School and we are trying to sort out the finances now so there are no nasty shocks. As this is a private school he will not be eligable for any free travel. We live in Whitstable Kent and he will…
refused student finance as lived abroad- please help!
Hi i have just found out i am not eligible for student finance as i have been travelling in Australia for the past 3 years. I have already started my uni degree and yet to pay the tuition fees. They say i have not been resident in the uk but i was not resident in Australia. I am a uk citizen and have lived here all my life…
Student tuition fees on the rise
I started university only one year after tuition fees were first introduced by the Labour government, but after all that's going on with the cuts and talks of uncapped tuition fees I feel like I got lucky. I personally think it's outrageous that future and current students are firstly being denied learning opportunities…
Applied, It's Gone, and now we wait
RELIEF! My PGCE application went yesterday after a struggle to sort out my reference because my tutor was a bit useless. Still they've given me a good one in the end (sent it to me to see) and I paid up, sent it off and now have to wait. I hate the waiting game :( anyone whos done this before know how long before you hear…
Rough idea of weekly student food budget?
I have two new students of my own & I'm involved in supporting a third, whose financial arrangements have become totally unstuck through no fault of his own. A bunch of us have set up a fund to help tide him over until the mess is sorted out but we're having trouble agreeing just how much he "needs" for food. He's…
Some Open University Questions...............
Hello everyone :) OK firstly I am an active member of these forums under another username, for the sake of anonymity as well as a few other reason I though it better to have my new found student profile under a separate username :) Right where to begin................... My circumstances I suppose might be a logical start,…
Student Christmas Jobs!
Hi Im a 16yo student, currently studying full time but im looking for a job throughout the Christmas holidays (and maybe I'll take it up on weekends/Part time after that too). Can anyone recommend any places that could/would take me on? Or does anyone have any ideas that could help? Please help in any way:oI really need a…
Student Account; available for someone going to university again?
I went to university in 2005, did the full 3 years but did not gain the degree, instead received a diploma. I have now returned to a different university, doing a different degree. Does anyone know whether Natwest will allow me to have a student account with them again?
Notifying SLC of move abroad - late fines?
Hoping for some 'tricky situation' advice please. I have a second generation student loan dating from around ten years ago and have just downloaded the form to notify the Student Loans Company of my emigration to another EU country. The timing On it, they ask the date when I moved or intend to move abroad. This was…
Final Year students, start applying now for jobs!
Hi I hope most people know, but now is the best time to apply for graduate jobs if your in your final year! Most of my friends completed their degres last year and didn't start applying for jobs till after. Seems bonkers to me! With some smart thinking and hard graft, you can apply now. The top graduate schemes are open so…
some help with accounts please?
Hi there, Hopefully I'll explain this properly - when I joined Uni, I wasn't aware that you could get a student account (no idea how I missed this) and had racked up an overdraft of £1300. When I got the student account, they refused to let me transfer the overdraft to the student account so that I wouldn't be paying…
Food budget...
Don't think I can cope with commuting to Uni for much longer - so thoughts are turning to finding a flat share with someone. So... trying to find out the minimum amount of money I could spend on food in a week without spending all day every day in the kitchen - I can cook and don't mind doing so, but don't want to spend…
My student loan payments
How do Student Loans catch up with you? I had a loan about 11 years ago, ive paid back a bit, but i changed employment a few times in the last few years and they dont seem to have been in contact or be deducting anything off my wages, do they "maybe" write it off after so long?
student finance calculated over 43 weeks-why?
Hi, I am in my first year of a foundation degree. Because of family circumstances we are entitled to housing benefit, however, having tried to figure out why my income on the HB calculation was much higher than my personal calculation, I have just got a letter saying that student loans, grants and bursaries are calculated…
Uni Drop Out Student Finance Help Needed
I hope someone can give me some advice on my situation? I've been at university for 4 weeks but I am going to have to drop out due to heatlh reasons. My problem is that a large portion of my student loan and grant was spent on paying for accomodation up front. Will Student Finance want all of this money back in one lump…
Student Loan Repayment - Just to warn you you may overpay
Wanted to let everyone know that rather than assuming that the student loan company will stop taking payments out when you have cleared your debt they continue to take payments out. You have to call them yourself and put a stop in.
Gift for hard up brother!
My brother is a student and is feeling the pinch at the moment (loan must have ran out!) so I would like to get him something to help him out or cheer him up a bit. Whatever I get would need to be posted. I was thinking of getting him a shopping voucher for food or clothes but I know he does most of his food shoppong at…

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