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Information on Graduate Courses in Europe?
With the increased university tuition fees hitting us next year, I would like to broaden my University search and check if I could study Electronics / Engineering in Germany, France or the Netherlands without having to mortgage my future. Is there a central website that can help to avoid having to check every individual…
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Son Not Attending
Just had my sons lecturer on the phone asking why my son is'nt attending college. Apparently hes not turned up for 4 or 5 weeks. I assured him that I will be having words and that he will be there next week. I've been paying his bus fare & lunch money to attend and hes been gone all day. This is the first call I've…
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Part Time Student Loans
I've done a search and couldn't find any information regarding this - if there is a thread around anywhere please point me in that direction. I want to do a vocational degree, distance learning, and part time. As far as I can see on the Direct.Gov website, so long as its at least 25% the length of a full time degree I can…
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At full time college - Need a job. Ideas?
I'm 17 and currently at college full time. I'm studying level 2 CACHE childcare. I got to placement every Tuesday and Wednesday and don't finish until 3-4pm. I have been job hunting for about 9 months now but I haven't had any luck. I'm not really allowed to do any baby sitting or odd jobs because people aren't too nice…
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Parental income assessment
Somebody may have already raised this one but my daughter and I are getting a bit worried about the parental income assessment when she goes to uni in September next year. I'm a widow and currently receive widowed parents allowance which, along with child benefit and child tax credit, will stop when my daughter leaves…
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understanding ucs points
Hi my daughter and i are looking at uni's and are trying to understand entry requirements. One of them says the following:- 240 UCAS tariff points minimum achieved from at least two full A-levels or equivalent (including one Science subject) A BTEC National/Extended Diploma in Horse Management (Merit, Merit, Pass) or other…
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Facebook competition with the chance to win cash AND money to chairty.
Came across this competition on facebook.com/PaycareCorporate where if you have a mustache (i think a fake one works as well) and post an image of yourself or someone you know with a big hairy upper lip you can win £100 cash and £100 donation the mustache charity Movember! sounds like apretty good deal to me. let the upper…
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RBS Graduate account second year after graduating
[put this in the discussion thread for the graduate accounts aswell] Just applied for a graduate account at RBS and apparently the don't allow you to join if you are over a year out of uni [First tried online then called my local branch to confirm this as I graduated in 2010] even thought it doesn't mention this on there…
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Urgent Debt Collector!
Hi. Thanks for reading first of all. My friend at work had a letter today from a debt collector dated 21-10-11 telling her to pay £400 today (so 21st oct) for overdue tuition fees with a college. 2 years ago the college said they would write off the remaining £400 if she could pay £1500 when she was leaving the course as…
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Student grant over paid and rempayment being requested.
Hi My son finished uni this year, today we received a letter that he was over paid a grant of £3000 and demanding repayment now for this money whcih he doesn't have.I was unemployed 2009 and we assumed the additional grant was for this as the family income was done from the previous year. Anyone had a issue like this?
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NHS Bursary Question
When working out your entitlement to this is 'rent' paid by your partner seen as an expense? I think it is but am not 100% sure as ours is £5k per year it makes a big difference to what we would get. They are taking ages to sort my bursary out and just want to have a bit more of an idea of what we would get, Thanku
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I'm a student now....what can I get cheaper?
Could people provide a quick list of stuff you can cheaper when you flash your student card? Many thanks.
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cheap prom dresses? Any ideas where i can get one from?
My daughter is looking for a prom dress. Any ideas where we can get a cheap one from? All her friends are paying over £200 and my daughter doesnt want us to pay that amount as she wants to save it for her Uni fees. Can anyone recommend a good website?
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My Student Finance Nightmare
Hello all, I found this website by searching something along the lines of my issue and the person in the thread ended up being successfull in his appeal. So I figured I would make a post and see what you guys all think. Here in a nutshell though is whats what with my issue. Basically, I was born in england (as was all…
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Realgap.co.uk
My daughter is looking to do some overseas work in Africa during summer 2012 and has been told of the above website. Anybody heard anything/hand any experience of it. She has seen a couple of opportunities she fancies but has to sort the funds out to "pay to go on it". That bit isn't an issue, but with some of the other…
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Tahat's my girl !
Hi everybody in these extraordinary times of austerity, it was good to here from my daughter who is in her 3rd year as a student. She is in rented accomodation with 2 other students. All I assume get the same grant/loans etc. The girl she lives with has now 'o' in her bank account. The boy member of the household has just…
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More than one job and repayment
Hi, As a former student with a post-1998 loan with a salary of £18,000, I am repaying £22/month. I have recently taken up second employment which is paying aprox £500/month. I called the Student Loans Company about my second job and paying contributions on this income. They told me that because the job does not bring in…
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MSE News: Confusion reigns as student fees fear takes hold
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Poll results reveal lack of understanding over new tuition fees, as many expected to hit the streets today in protest ..." Read the full story: Confusion reigns as student fees fear takes hold
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£90 student loan repayment!?!??!
I've just checked my payslip and I am paying £90 per month back on my student loan out of £24K salary. I graduated in 2010. Is this right? It seems like rather a lot...
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How to survive on an absolute minimum income - Tricks I learnt :)
Alreet :) Although I am no longer a student, I'm practically as poor as one now [Poorer really] and I think if i've got anything to contribute here its tricks of moneysaving I learnt as a student The problem with a lot of moneysaving advice when you're a student is it all tends to be mortgage/loan based - when you simply…
