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are gap years good ideas
my son is taking a levels at the moment and is talking a bout a gap year before going to uni i am against as he isnt always the most committed of people , once doing something he sticks at it but its getting him to do it and i feel once he has a job and full time money then he wont want to go he wants to do all this travel…
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Helping our student daughter
We are careful with money and not wealthy. Our daughter has just started an arts degree. My husband is a teacher and I am self employed in the arts. We are within 5 years of retirement age (though I'll probably go on working) and would like our daughter to have the opportunity to offset her student loan with the equivalent…
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Not doing a dissertation?
So i'm in my 4th year at uni, got my degree last year but decided to stay on for my honors year. The only reason i am staying on is because we have the option of not doing a dissertation, instead we are doing a hosted project in groups. Only 3 people (out of a class of 21) are opting to do a dissertation. I was just…
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Open University Grant
Hi there, I've recently started M150. In a letter it says 'Your entire course fee has been paid for by your approved fee grant of £415.00. Your total grant entitlement for this academic year is £650.00, and you have £235.00 remaining to count towards future 30 or 60 credit point courses starting before 01-Sep-2011.…
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Switching Courses
At the moment I am 'taking time out' from an English degree due to mitigating circumstances, which are now under control, though I haven't yet returned to the course as I decided I'd chosen the wrong course. Bascially when I began an access course a few years ago, I initially wanted to do Nursing but was (perhaps unduly)…
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Maintenance grant ?
I have just looked onto my online student finance. It shows my maintenance loan, but it doesnt say anything about maintenance grant...? I selected everything when filling out my student loan... what reason would I not be getting the maintenance grant? or is this just an error? or is it because I selected "staying at home"?…
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Post-1998 loans charged at pre-1998 rates - HELP!
Hi, Really need some help and advice here! I found out today that my 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2005 loans have all been grouped together as ‘Fixed Term’ loans (i.e. pre-1998) and are therefore all subject to the same pre-1998 interest rate of 4.4%. This is really unfair. I also have one other loan from 2006 that is…
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Evidence
Just a question, when you filled in your student finance form on line, where you informed exactly what evidence is required. I wasnt Im sure of it. When I applied for the parent learning grant it didnt tell me I needed to send in birth certificates for all 3 children, so I didnt takent them 4 months to inform me and when…
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grant moan
B@@@@@@@dy Student finance, load of !!!! and b@LLOCKS THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE DOING. why couldnt they 3 mths ago told me they need Cal and Jakes birth certificates, oh and they need me to write on a bank statement my outgoings as they are so thick they didnt see it IN BIG RED PEN on the last one,. once again…
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Advice needed on the definition of a Full Time Student
Hi all, New to the site, but haven't been able to find a non-contradictory answer on google for my question. At the moment I am on a Foundation Degree course. This started a few weeks ago. It's a brand new course and so obviously some things are a little up in the air, however, on our introduction day we received a booklet…
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Need help/advice with potential student finance for college and uni
ok.. long start Im 30 yrs old, single mother of three children aged 6,5 and 3. Im looking at an access diploma for health and social care professions at my local college which is a full time course. Then.. a uni course for 3 years also full time. At the moment I work about 18 hours part time for the local wetherspoons, I…
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transcription of interviews/focus groups
do any of you have experience of any companies that charge a reasonable price to type up tapes of interviews/focus groups that can be used as transcripts for research? Given that time is so precious and that I am working F/T, am self employed part time and undertaking an Masters I am thinking I would prefer not to spend…
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Student Finance Grant
HI, I am pretty new to these boards,although a long time lurker, my son is in his second year of a uni course. Last year he claimed as an independant adult, producing three years of P60s , he is 21 by the way. He was told that only one year had to be for £7,500 or more to qualify for grants. After he produced every…
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Loophole for free tuition fees?
Martin and the MSE team. This seems like it might be a loophole for free student fees for those who are English, Welsh or from NI. From reading immigration sites, a lot of Brits are getting around the laws of the UK by taking the more favourable EU laws. It seems you can’t use EU law to overcome laws in UK countries, if…
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No student loan statement this year?
Has anyone receive a non-graduate student loan statement this year? The most recent entry on my account is this: 17/09/2009 Post Non Graduate IC Statement Also, the interest on my loan hasn't been calculated since 30/06/2010, whereas this was previously done monthly (even when the rate is 0%, the date still updated). Has…
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MA ruined!
I was made redundant at just under 30 years old for the 3rd time. No fault of my own, simply employers going bust. So I decided to go back and complete my degree. On completing my degree, along with other class mates, we were immediately pushed towards the Masters (slightly different subject area). I raised my concerns…
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MSE News: University fees could rocket after funding review
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Students could be forced to pay thousands of pounds more, with the prospect institutions could charge £12,000 a year ..." Read the full story: University fees could rocket after funding review
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SFE Incorrect Assesments
I am finding it increasingly difficult to get the calculations for my sons Grant/Loan. On the SFE Website it advises that Dental and Medical Students can qualify for a bursaryvia the NHS in Year 5 of their course. My son is in year 2 of his dental course and SFE in their infinate wisdom have decided that my son should have…
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Student Loan Any Experience's
I have paid off my student loan in full last week, i now have a balance of £0.00. I have not worked since the beginning of the year 2010, so have not paid any other monies back in this period. I am going travelling for a year or two, campervan, no fixed abode, so no postal address. I am going in around ten weeks. Will the…
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Help
Hi Everyone, I am feeling a bit confused about the direction of my life at the moment. As a 'traditional' student, I have the usual collection of GCSEs and A-levels, but was disappointed with my results. Crucially, I don't have a C grade in Maths and Science. My A-levels were mainly vocational and I registered on an…
