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Archives for May 2013

Please help student finance trouble!
Hi everyone i am in my first year at university and have found myself in a major problem. i have maxed out my overdraft and owe the university £1,000 otherwise i can not go through to second year. i also have a £1,500 to pay in august towards other accommodation next year. I have the maximum loan i can have from student…
Distance learning Foundation Degree?
Hi all, I'm really keen to apply for a foundation degree which is distance learning - nowhere near me offers the course, but colleagues have done the course and say it's good. They got funded because they were managers, but I am going to have to pay myself. Can anyone advise me if there is ANY funding available from…
Housing Rent for University student over the summer help please ?
Housing Rent for University student over the summer help please ? Help please.. I am a disabled single mum with a 18 year old university student. She has finished halls residence and has found a house to share with four other girls for the remaning years at uni. Problem is that the landlord wants the rent over the summer…
Funding a postgrad?
I have been accepted on an MA Journalism starting in September after having been unemployed for the last four years. I feel that this is a major positive step forward as it will get me out of the hole I am currently in. The thing is, I am starting to get seriously cold feet about the cost of it all. I know there are Career…
So confused about what to do during the summer
I'll try and get down as much info as possible and hope someone can give me a definitive answer. I started my degree last year (2012/13) as a single parent and got a single parent grant, an independent student's grant and the usual loan. During the academic year I got married and at the time husband was working but only…
ds going to uni advice pls
Hi my ds is off to uni this sept as a single mother i am getting very worried about the finance he has applied for his grants but can anyone answer a few questions for me will he get the finance before he starts or will i have to send him some money to go with also he is going to sunderland uni and staying in halls will i…
Possible to limit student loan repayment?
Hi, What is the the minimum payment required to student loans co?. I have a loan from 2009 when i finished university, i am now in full time employment and my repayment is £250 per month. I am aware the repayments are based on a percentage of your salary over an X amount but just curious if it is possible to say cap the…
Moving from Scotland to London university?
Hi, Looking for some advice, i have been offered a promotion which involves relocating from Glasgow to London. My partner is currently starting her last year of university - 4th Year (Hons) at Glasgow university in Sept. I am moving in August this year and would really like her and my son to move with me, has any one had…
Student loans scotland
Is their an easy (preferably online method) of finding out your loan balance? - what I have left to pay? Thanks John
Student Loans Repayment from Abroad and effectivly 'off the gird'
Hi, I was paying off my student loan slowly but surely through the tax I was paying. Then two years ago I went travelling the world. One year ago I settled in Indonesia - I have decided to stay for the forseeable future. My parents address is still on the SLC accounts and they've just got a letter telling that I have to…
Student Loans Repayment from Abroad
Hi, I was paying off my student loan slowly but surely through the tax I was paying. Then two years ago I went travelling the world. One year ago I settled in Indonesia - I have decided to stay for the forseeable future. My parents address is still on the SLC accounts and they've just got a letter telling that I have to…
Student loans - income
I hope this is the right place to post this. Hubby is hoping to start uni in September but he's a late applicant (badly timed career epiphany lol) so we don't yet know if he definitely has a place. Nevertheless I understand the deadline for applying for student finance is the end of this month so I figured he should get a…
Isle of Man student no student loan...
Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of my sister, she has been living with my mum in the Isle of Man for the past 5/6 years, and with the island not having a uni the government pay for your uni fees. This is all well and good but it means she doesn't get any accommodation or maintenance loans. And with being a student is…
PGCE Conditional Offer Question
Okay so this is just a hit and miss question. Not so much to do with funding but there are people here are knowledgeable regarding HE courses and so on. No big deal if no-one on here can answer. Obviously no-one can tell me with total certainty what would happen but perhaps just for piece of mind (or not). I've been…
What is an acceptable monthly amount for university students to budget outside london
My daughter is planning to go to uni. We are planning what we can loan etc. basically i am trying to get a considered view on what in essence is a basic monthly income for a student, so after maintenance loans etc i can see how much bank of mum and dad have to stump up. This will exclude accommodation costs as this is a…
Student finance help
Sorry to double post but I put this on the slc thread but no one seems to be reading it at he moment. Hi all, when I logged onto the slc to enter the parental support details for my son's second year I realised that I had entered the wrong details last year :sad: I entered the 11/12 p60 instead of 10/11 which would have…
Confused with 3rd year student finance app
I've applied for my student finance for my 3rd year. However today I had the declaration with breakdown of entitlement come through the post and am confused. On this years application it doesn't say I will get any maintaince grant? Just the maintaince loan ? Does anyone know why this is, as on this basis I won't have…
Best Extra Student Insurance?
Hello DD needs extra cover as she has quite a lot of expensive gear for her course. The basic contents won't cover anywhere what she needs. She has an Imac, Macbook Pro, Iphone, printer and quite a lot of other stuff. She will be living in a kind of halls where there will only be 4 including her where they all have their…
Student Finance and Joint Accounts
I'm trying to fill out the forms to support my son's application for Student Finance and am a little confused how to record interest from joint savings accounts. I understand that myself and my husband need to complete separate forms for our wages, but how do we declare interest on a joint bank account? Do I divide it and…
Incorrect student loan repayments on P60
Hi all, just had my p60 and student loan repayments showing £386 I presume this is for the year? However i pay about 140 a month. Do you know why this would happen? Or anyone had experience of this?

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