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Student Finances Help!?
Hi, I know this is a little bit late for my student finance but I am currently a second year undergraduate at university. In Year One I was living at home with my mum and brother who's household income was low enough to be able to apply for the maximum Maintenance Grant. So I got roughly £3,350 off Student Finance England.…
'A threat to the government on students' £21,000 loan repayment' blog discussion
I thought I would link to Martin's latest blog and thread on the Student Board as it might otherwise be missed. Thread here. Blog here. With thanks to poster agarnett for highlighting the blog in another thread.
House of Fraser Student Discount Problem - please help!
Hi, I usual get student discount at House of Fraser through my NUS Card, I study CIMA. I went to apply for a code as I have a birthday present I would like to buy for ~£300. When I tried to get my code, House of Fraser now only use UniDays, which doesn't accept CIMA as a valid student scheme, even though I study at…
deferring a mortgage style loan once started repaying
I was a student from 1996-99 and took out the full student loans, but so far have not earned enough to start repaying. I think two of the loans are now with Erudio and one with Thesis, and following the drop in the repayment threshold to around £26K, I will have to start repaying in April. Obviously the threshold is going…
OU students - do you actually like it? [disclaimer, quite negative post]
I'm in a hugely anti-OU mood today. I'm nearing the end of my studies in June (when I'll get my degree), but I really dislike the OU :( For background, I did a BA at a 'traditional' uni back between 2003-2006. I loved it - but didn't really gain much from the 'learning' experience. I did well enough, but I can barely…
ANPR Ltd Parking ticket
Hello I am new here :) I was issued a parking ticket today for parking my moped in a car parking space in a private car park. Although before going into detail I would just like yk make sure that this is a suitable thread for my matter. I am only 16 so I've never encountered anything like this before so any help is greatly…
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