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Childcare Grant. Am I Entitled??
I am a single mother of two young children under 3. I receive Income Support and Child Tax Credits. I have recently returned to college full time. At the moment, my mum looks after my children but she can't do it for much longer. My college discretionary fund for child care is empty. I have found information for the…
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Open Uni - Do I get a grant?
Hi, got my registration pack today which I will send off later, and am happy to see that after I had sent off the booklets they gave me a few weeks back that both my 30 credit modules are being paid for (£380 each I believe) Dont get me wrong I am very happy with this but I thought you get a small grant to? Cant see any…
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Student Loan Interest rates - Present and Future loans
[FONT="]The current within-coalition negotiations raise some important points of principle. As far as I have been able to glean, the current favourite for raising additional revenue appears to be a higher (‘commercial’) rate of interest on student loans. What is so far unclear is whether such a scheme would only be…
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Cable rules out graduate tax plans
Business Secretary Vince Cable is on a collision course with his party after ruling out a new graduate tax to replace university tuition fees. Having previously promoted the idea of a graduate tax, the Liberal Democrat minister has accepted Tory criticisms of the scheme and admits it is not the answer. He said the…
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Student Finance AGRO!
my daughter applied for student finance, months ago way before the deadline, and she's STILL waiting on her money to come through!!! She looked on her student finance account today, and in the payments section it says that her tution loan and maint loan has been blocked but her grant is still approved,apprentley they still…
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Help with a student house
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me regarding a the contract for my student house. I paid a deposit and summer rent for a flat until July, but for various problems I am not returning to university. I contacted the estate agent to let them know, and they have sent me an email back. They have told me that I have…
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funding
I am nursing student in my second year i took a year out and was paid a bursary now that im back they have awarded me £135 pound a month because there taking back what was over paid i dont want to quit my couse ive worked really hard to get this far but how am i to live on that amout of money a month it bearly covers my…
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Graduated 5 years ago, postgrad now, can I get a student account?
Hey, The advisers in the banks near me seem surprisingly clueless about this so if anyone could help me here that would be appreciated. My brief story: - graduated from uni with a BSc in July 2005 - worked for a couple of years - have just started a MSc that will last 12 months. Q: Are there any banks that will give me an…
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free survey/questionnaire sites
I am back doing research after a long period away and things like survey monkey and other survey sites didn't exist. I am currently looking at research methods and am wondering if it is academically acceptable to uses sites like survey monkey rather than the hard graft of collating quantative data myself. If it is…
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amazon codes for study books
i'm looking to buy some books from amazon for my nursing studies,its going to cost me over £40 does anyone know of any vouchers or codes i can use. thanks scotty
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Can Santander do this?
Hello all! Slight problem here, I'm a student and have a £2000 overdraft with Santander. I've got myself into a little money problem this term as I've had to deal with a few unexpected costs, and have gone far into my overdraft! At the start of this term they moved my overdraft automatically from £1000 to £2000, which I…
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Aged 16-24? Take part in an online research community with CFEB
Hi Everyone I'm working with CFEB (the Consumer Financial Education Body) and we are recruiting for an online community aimed at finding out more about young people's attitudes towards financial matters. Participants will be rewarded with cash installments for completing the tasks we set, and our findings will be used to…
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Can Grandma pay off student loan?
My mum wants to pay off a large chunk of my daughter's student loan (£10k). She doesn't understand its not necessarily the best way to help granddaughter financially - but hey ho thats parents for you :) My question is can she make this contribution to my daughter or will it be taxed as unearned income? Is there some way…
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Student loan repayment question?
Hi im hoping someone can help... The the online system says the interest calculated to date is 31/03/09 which is to my knowledge the end of the 2008 corporation tax year , so with the 2009 tax year having ended in the March just gone (31/03/2010) should the system have been updated to reflect the payments made in the 09…
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Sending e-mail...?
Sending email to course director how should I start it ''Hello'' or ''Dear'' with first or last name?
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Multiple graduate bank accounts?
Hey, I am about to graduate in November and HSBC has already upgraded my account from a student account to a graduate account. I have enough money to get by until December, or March if I get paid the £1000 I am or will be owed for websites I have developed. I have just started job hunting and I am not sure when I will have…
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Help! I need to buy a new printer that wont cost me a fortune in ink!
I've had my old faithful Lexmark for years, but as a student I am printing every single day just now. The ink is absolutely extortionate for my printer so I'm thinking of investing in a new one that has dirt cheap ink cartridges and thus will be better in the long run! Any recommendations? I need a printer with a scanner.…
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PDF Parents' Guide To Student Finance 2010/11 discussion
This thread is specifically to discuss the content of the Parents' Guide To Student Finance 2010/11 PDF To discuss or ask a question about this guide: click reply
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Student Beans
Have you all checked out Student Beans? They've got loads of great offers for students :-) But you do need to submit your email address, I just hope they don't email me all the time
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NUS Extra Card
Does anyone have one of these? Is it worth getting one? From what I can gather, most places they offer you discounts with will give you discount with your normal student ID. I'm in two minds on whether to get one or not.
