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Archives for January 2013

Help And Advice For Son Please
Hello Everyone I wondered if anyone had any good ideas or advice to help my son find a job, mainly in the summer when he's home from university. Last year, he applied for loads but kept getting the same reply - no experience. I should also say that he has Aspergers, but very mild, no one could ever tell he had this,…
Hooray got my offer!
Super excited today! I got my offers from my first choice uni! :j:j as long as I get 30 credits at level 3 merit on my access course I am in. Over the moon!
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Are you concerned about youth unemployment figures?
“The latest figures show youth unemployment remains largely unchanged with the total number of young people out of work rising to 957,000. Similarly, the youth unemployment rate has stuck at 20.5%. “Stubborn long-term youth unemployment shows no signs of easing with 265,000 16-24 year olds having been jobless for more than…
How my son is saving for a trip to Ecuador
I wanted to post this because I think it is an awesome way for anyone to make extra money. My 15 year old son wants to go to Ecuador on a 'let's go build a school' type trip in Summer 2014. The problem was, as I saw it, the cost is £4800. I didn't even want to go to the meeting because I knew I couldn't afford it even if…
Looking for funding advice /=
Hi all Bit of a re-occuring problem I imagine but my partner and I are really struggling to get our heads around funding. Basically, my partner currently works full time in a retail job he really hates. He got it as a "saturday" job type thing, but then had a child and has stuck with it to support. However, he really wants…
Very confusing! Childcare grant etc?
Hello! Could anyone hlep me with some student finace questions? I currently work for the NHS and am being seconded in March to go and do my nurse training. I know this makes me inelgible for the bursary as I will still be paying a wage. I have applied through Student Finance England for a maintenance loan, childcare grant…
Course Funding Advise
Good Afternoon, I am looking to study on a part time course in September, however this course is not a government funded course; it is an Advanced Certificated course. Is there any way I can: 1) Get a student account whilst I'm studying? 2) Get any aid with funding? 3) Am I able to get a student loan for a course of this…
At what levels does income affect student LOAN amount??
I currently get student finance. Have it on a £0 household income basis, and so my payment breakdown sheet shows the following- Maintenance Grant= £3,250 + Maintenance Loan not based on income= £3,575 Plus Maintenance Loan based on income= £2,672 Minus loan replacement with grant= £1,625 Equals loan available to you=…
Any funding available for uni placements?
Hello, I am 26 and on a 4 year part time degree doing teacher training. I started in 2011 so was the last year of getting the fee paid for before all the fees went up and loans were introduced. The only amount I get to help pay towards costs of the course is £265 a year from student finance. Alongside my course I work 13…
Disabled Student Allowance
I have been told I can have a taxi payed to bring me to uni. The taxi ride will be about £60. Will I be given the money to pay for the taxi or have to send in proof to claim the money back? Will the DSA cover a taxi to take me back home?
Career change at 36! Terrified!
I'm now 36 and have been a hairdresser since leaving school. It wasn't what I wanted to do but at the time it was the only career that I had any interest in and confidence to do. I'm now freelance which has been fantastic especially as I now have two children , so my hours work around them. But I've now decided its time…
Dropping out and signing on?
I graduated from University and started signing on in July. I was sure I would get a job quite quickly but it wasn't to be and by the end of September I decided the best course of action was to return to Uni to do a post graduate course. I signed off the dole. The fees were covered by student finance but there was no loan…
Repay Uni fees
Hello really hope some one can help with this My daughter applied and got a student grant for her uni course but withdrew in Dec 12 and has now received a letter from the university asking her to repay £4,500 tuition fees for year 12/13!! She has already contacted the student loan company and they said she should only be…
Student loan abroad. Yearly payments?
Hi, I am moving abroad and have to pay my student loan back, but all I can see is doing it by monthly repayments. This means I will incur transfer fees every month. Do SLC allow you to pay a year (or six months) in advance in one go? Then pay again the next year? Do they check the regularity of the payments or just the…
Already getting anxious.. and still a year to go!!
Hi everyone. I been nosing through the threads on here and I've just been on my prospective uni's website and tbh I am now freaking out big style. I'm a prospective mature student (when I hopefully begin my course in September 2014 I will be just shy of my 34th birthday) I am applying for one single choice at one uni - not…
university trying to claim fees
A few months ago I had to suspend my studies from university after a few things happening, including having to change my work pattern which unfortunately clashed with university. My Student loan in Scotland gave me a max of about £60 a month, so I wasn't able just to quit my job. I therefore had to suspend my studies…
Open University - Openings courses
I was wondering if anyone had experience of doing an OU Openings course? I have a vague idea of moving into working with children / young people and I was wondering about doing an initial course before trying to find a work/volunteering role where I could study a course which requires a work placement. I was looking at the…
Career Advice
I'm hoping this is the right place for this. When I was 16 and heading to college, I had no idea what I wanted to do and enrolled on a Early Years course that I just wasn't 'into'. I also suffered terribly with social anxiety at this time and I ended up dropping out after about two weeks. I've spent the years being plagued…
Help with University project
Very sorry if this thread is in the wrong section. If it is, I'll remove it and place it in the correct one. Hello. My name is Nathan Ingle, and I am studying Graphic Design at Staffordshire University. For my current project, my client is a celebrity chef, and he/she has asked me to create a restaurant based on the Bush…

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