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Advice please
Hi, I am hoping someone will be able to help me make up my mind whether I should start an open uni course. I have dropped out from uni when I was 21 without finishing it and up until now I have been doing lots of different jobs( support worker, admin, etc). I am almost 35 and for some reason I am starting to regret that I…
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Use PGCE bursary for mortgage
Hello, I've applied to do a PGCE starting next year in 2014 and have been informed that as I am doing it in the field of Computer Science with a Computer Science degree that I will receive a bursary depending on my degree classification. I've looked on the .gov website and it says £20,000 for a 2:1 or above and £15,000 for…
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Student finance and cash inheritances
Hi, Do cash inheritances have to be declared when completing financial details at the Student Finance England website? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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"Poorest students face £350m cut in grants"
A disturbing report in the 'Guardian': http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/22/poorest-students-face-350m-cuts
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Student load repayment guide is confusing and possibly wrong
Does anyone else find the MSE student loan repayment guide unclear? No offence Martin (I am a big fan of yours) but I find this one hard to follow. Also I am concerned that some of the logic might be wrong. In Irma Scholar's example (in step 2, section one), Martin talks about the interest rate being set at the rate of…
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laptop insurance
Hi anyone know what insurance to use for my daughter laptop :huh: she is just gone to Uni and I would like to insure the laptop for both hardware and software, THANK YOU
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MSE News: Government sells £900m of 1990s student loans
"Nearly £900 million of student loans taken out during the 1990s have been sold off by the Government..." Read the full story: Government sells £900m of 1990s student loans Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro Guide.
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Still no money from SFE - will son have to leave uni?
My son is a first year student at Uni and put his application in months ago. His SFE loan is based on his father's income (we are divorced) and his sister is still at uni. His loan has still not come through. He phoned up almost in tears as he has had a letter from his uni accommodation saying that he has got 7 working…
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students accomodation and water bill
Daughter getting debt collectors bills because of the water bill in a student accomodation... help needed She shared a house with 4 others, 2 have graduated, one has dropped out, one still living in the house and my daughter.. The landlord only named 3 of the students to Welsh Water, the bill has come, my daughter went to…
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Access to Learning Fund Help
Hi there, I'm a third year student who has had to generously part take with my remaining funding to help my recently unemployed (who the government is not willing to help) and disabled sister out. I have applied for a Access to Learning Fund and was wondering if i would not be entitled to it? any thoughts would be great
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University of Bath - cheapest accommodation £360 per month - currently not worth 1p
I was recently informed of what passes for adequate accommodation at the University of Bath. I was gob-smacked. I think they get 13 assorted freshers to move into a three storey terraced house with painted breeze-block walls inside and out, give them a room which might be barely 10m2 (could be less judged from photos I…
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CPR Student Finance Help Needed
I just want some advice on CPR for student finance is there anyone who has information on this?
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StudentFinance Advice Needed - It's a bit complicated
I wonder if anyone can help me. My son was a first year student last year doing Law. He failed one of the exams at the end of the first year, and also the resit. As a result he was informed he would be classed for the next twelve months as a non-attending full time student, and could resit again in the Summer of 2014 to be…
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Undergraduate medicine as a graduate
Hi I was just wondering if anyone knows of any financial help available for students who already have an undergraduate degree but have applied to start a 5-year undergraduate medical program. Unlike the specific graduate entry medicine programs (which are funded by the NHS and thus very competitive) the undergraduate…
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Increases on student credit cards?
Hey! Just wanted to know if anyone's been successful in getting a credit limit increase on their student credit cards? I currently have one with a £500 limit. I would at least like £1000 since I use my card a lot for things like hotel and ticket bookings. It's always paid off in full every month and I have a great history…
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change in circumstances for grant
I am a second year medical student in Edinburgh and I live in England. Because my parents are separated and I live with my mother who does not work I get a full grant and I also get an additional bursary. I think the additional bursary is because I am classed as a "poorer student" as I get the full grant. I have been paid…
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Parents refusing to fill in income forms
My boyfriend has had a 'falling out' with his parents before his third year of Uni. Their income allows him to get either a larger loan and/or a maintenance grant (looking at his first and second year payments the amounts stay the same but with a larger 'loan' in his second year) so this falling out was not to try get…
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PCDLS Postgrad study
Anyone have experience of applying for Postgrad loans...i checked out rate of interest and its 9.9% which i think is too high although they have the advantage of not having to start paying bak until you are finished your course? I'm thinking it would perhaps be cheaper to get a low rate credit card/loan instead? Mogs
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Student tax question
Hello, I worked full time over the summer from June to September, I was under the impression I was being taxed and could claim back overpaid tax at the end of the tax year - but on a spur of the moment check of my payslips I can only see that I only paid National Insurance. A few years ago I know that I got taxed on a…
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Funding placement year -unpaid internship
My DD is on an unpaid internship for 6 months. And is applying for another one to start in January. Her finance has finally come in. £853 per term. She is in London. I have supported her since she started in June.Now have no more funds left. This terms finance will keep her until Xmas. Januarys Finance will see her through…
