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Student Finance won't send money to Uni
Student Finance are just not sending the tuition fee loan money to my University. It started last year when some idiot at Uni told student finance I'd withdrawn from my course - I hadn't. I had lots of problems with SF saying I owed them money etc, and it took 8 months to get sorted out. once it was sorted, they were due…
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how to stop people stealing your food?
right, this is slightly mse as it is costing me a fortune in lost food. basically i live on a corridor of about 35-40 people, with a shared kitchen. we have cupboards that can be padlocked (and mine are) but the fridge and freezers are communal. someone keeps stealing food, and i've had 3 meals pinched in 48 hours. i…
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Self-Employed & Full-time student - Taxable income
Hi Could anyone help me in regards to Student Maintenance Loans, University Bursaries, Special Support Grants and Parent Learning Allowance. I just finalised my 2010-11 accounts and was speaking to my accountant in regards to the student income for when I complete my 2011-12 accounts and she believes I got to declare all…
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What would you do - opinion needed please?
Bit of background first ..I am 33, single and have no children and wanting a change in career ( i have worked in administration all my working life ) and hoping to move into the social work area. I left school at 16 years old and started working straight away, so i never did any A-Levels or college. Fast forward to a…
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Sooo confused :(
Please bear with me ... 7 years ago when I was 18 I went off to uni and due to personal reasons I left quarter way through year 2 of the course. I had the student loan through the first year and part of the second year. I didn't get my degree. I'm now in a whole different position and I really really really want to go back…
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Student overdrafts
When and how is it best to start paying the student overdraft back and what happens when I graduate in July this year with the 0%int.?
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Deposit to secure place on Uni course.
Hi all I've just been accepted on to a University course starting in September, I need to pay 10 percent of the £7000 fee to secure the place. I am on ESA might have to go onto JSA, any ideas how to get the ten percent, grateful for any ideas.
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Childcare dillemma/costs
Hi thinking going back uni as mature student. but have 3 kids 1 in school a todler who gets her 15hours funding jan 2013 nearly 1year old. dont get tax credits for childcare as only hubby works we have been doing nursery vouchers through hubbies work which saves us a little as toddler does 1full day nursery. 1st year uni…
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Student living costs - Bath
DD is moving out of halls into a shared house later on this year. Has anyone got any idea as to how much should be budgeted for living costs such as electric, water, gas central heating etc. She mentioned c£8-£10 per week per student, but I have no idea as to whether or not this is reasonable as we live overseas so our…
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Student Overdraft
Hello, I am a mature student at university and a couple of years ago in my youth built up some bad credit. I am slowly building up my credit and i have applied for a student account with natwest 2 weeks ago and have only recieved a welcome pack but nothing that states anything about an overdraft. My question is, is it…
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Study abroad travel grant- mileage allowance
Hi, does anyone know the correct rate per mile you can claim on the travel grant forms for study abroad( this is for journey to airport etc) my son has claimed at 0.24 per mile - taken from direct gov fact sheet but has only been allowed 0.20 per mile. Wonder if there has been a reduction in allowance. Thanks
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Incompetent Student Finance - Help!
Well this is the final straw....many many problems with Student Finance, far too many to go into here (including not understanding that my maiden name and married name do not mean I am two separate people, but hey) Completed my postgrad course last year. All evidence sent in when requested. I received a childcare grant to…
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Helping Uni friend with her access learning fund application... Questions
Hi all, I am part of our "university buddy scheme" and as a result assist vulnerable students with whatever it is they need help with. This can be things like meeting new people, tours of the area etc. One of my buddy members asked her would I help her fill in an ALF form, so I said of course I would. I know nothing much…
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Free Uni Accommadation via Unihomeswap
I'm not a student myself but I have just accidently come accross this website while reading an online newspaper article so thought I would post it here. I did a brief search to see if it had been posted before and nothing showed up so thought it was worth a post. The idea is that your family offer a room to a student and…
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hi So confused over p/t fees-HELP please.
Im 32 this year. Thinking of returning to uni to do undergraduate ba hons in social work. part time over 5years as have kids. can see local uni now charges £9000 fulltime fees a year cant see any part time fees? I live in england with hubby who works. The snag is I laready did a degree after leaveing school 1999-2003 got…
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What figure to use as income (parent)
Getting tied in knots as to what figures to put for my income as a Parent. I got divorced in 2008, remarried 2009. My new wife has 2 children still living with us and both are at Uni. 1 Started last year but swapped courses so still in Year 1 this year. Other started this year as well. I have 2 children from previous…
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cheap laptop insurance
hope this proves useful. We have been looking for reasonably priced student contents and laptop (all risks) insurance and have managed to get £2,500 possesions and all risk laptop value up to £5,000 for a yearly price of £21.76 at a company called E&L insurance. website ,eandl.co.uk,. ive looked at loads.this one is the…
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Advice for mature nursing student who's son is soon also starting university
I am currently in my second year as a mature nursing student (and single parent) and up until now have been eligible to claim dependants allowance for my son through NHS bursaries. My son is due to start university himself this coming September and I am worrying about available finance in my final year. Will I still be…
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OU announces Tesco Rewards partnership to end
just logged into OU site and seen this posted today: OU announces Tesco Rewards partnership to end The Open University has today announced that it will be ending the Tesco Clubcard Rewards partnership on Tuesday 31 July 2012, due to the cost associated with maintaining the scheme. Currently, students are able to exchange…
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SLC Deferment: Supporting documents - rant!
:mad: I sent off all my supporting documents as usual to SLC for deferment, which they returned to me saying they had taken note of these .... only to then be phoned up to tell me they were still awaiting my supporting documents!!?!! A tad annoying since I was up country dealing with a sick relative at the time and…
