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Student loan repayments to drop for many Scots by £500/yr from April
Read the full story: Student loan repayments to drop for many Scots by £500/yr from April
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Tips for making/saving money as a college student?
I'll be going to college next year and im realizing I'll need to be financially independent pretty soon and I'd like to get ahead of the curve. I already have a credit scor from 678-695 which good apparently but I can only do so much without money. I've been doing short term coin investing and have made like 50$ so far but…
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Student bank accounts and overdrafts – bad advice from MSE?
I have one child at uni already and another about to start. Both already had bank accounts yet both asked me if they should get a student bank account. A couple of years ago, we opted for one which had a £100 intro bonus, and this was to my mind the only reason to have it. If you read any guide to student bank accounts…
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Advanced Learner Loan + leaving course early
I'm thinking of leaving the diploma course I'm currently on, paid for via an Advanced Learner Loan. If I do leave early, what's the arrangement for repaying the loan? Am I billed all at once or is the repayment process identical to how it would be if I'd finished the course? TIA
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Understanding council tax bill when one is no longer a student
Currently my DS houseshares with 2 other students. 1 housemate is on yr2 of their degree as is DS, the other is on their third and final year. At the minute as they are all students they are exempt from council tax. My understanding is this will change when the 3rd housemate officially finishes their course and then the…
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Repayment Threshold
I have PAYE income and I'm self employed with my own business at the same time. On my last self assessment I input my PAYE income and what was a loss on my self employed business that took my income below the threshold for repaying student loan, or so I thought. I contacted SLC who said they only look at PAYE and so my…
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Does completing a 1 yr HNC or CertofHE affect student finance for a degree?
My daughter is currently applying for performance degrees eg BA Acting or Musical Theatre at drama schools (not universities). Most of them also run a 6-12 month long foundation course. In the huge majority of them these are not funded, you pay privately and there's no qualification for them at the end. Completion of a…
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Student loan changes 2011/12
So I'd really love some advice please. Basically I changed uni courses in 2012 (started a course in 2011) but was told I had to go on the higher fees because I was a new student and not a continuing student. I queried it at the time but that's what I was told. This was fine and I was paying the year I did on the lower fees…
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Student Loan Help Regarding Missing Payments (maybe my fault!!)
Hi all, I recently had a statement through from the SLC showing all of my statements for my previous payments. The statement showed that I had zero payments made in year 2013-2014. This is very strange as I was employed with the same employer from 2011-2015, and the statement shows that I made full payments in the years…
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Reclaim student fees
Good evening, Is there a template letter with the purpose of trying to reclaim a partial refund of tuition fees, due to recent events?
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QTS Elligibilty error now invoiced for bursary repayments
I am writing on behalf of my friend, who is Spanish. I am going to call her Sue. Sue has a masters qualification in Secondary teaching from Spain and came to England to pursue a career as a Spanish Teacher. In order to teach here in UK, Sue needed a QTS qualification and so applied for one in 2016. The department for…
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Student told to pay first year of tuition fees before end of term.
My grandaughter has been told she has to pay this years tuition fees before the end of this term. She dropped out the first course she was on and was told that she would have to start the new course in the following academic year. She did this and also changed from a 4 ear course to a 3 year course. As far as she was aware…
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Council pursuing student for council tax
My son is a full time student. He took on a tenancy last year with his friend who works full time. Their landlord misinformed them and said if my son took the tenancy in his name only they would not be liable for council tax. He now knows this is not the case. The council is now pursuing him for the council tax as the…
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Department of Education mistake
I am writing on behalf of my friend, who is Spanish. I am going to call her Sue. Sue has a masters qualification in Secondary teaching from Spain and came to England to pursue a career as a Spanish Teacher. In order to teach here in UK, Sue needed a QTS qualification and so applied for one in 2016. The department for…
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Childcare help on apprenticeship
Hi, I was planning on doing a full time course at uni and know you get 85% of childcare covered with this. I was hoping to instead do a police apprenticeship and was wondering if I would get the same or any alternative help as most of my wage would go to childcare costs and it would be quite difficult. My child will be…
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erudio drydens nightmare
I have just found out that erudio drydens have put a ccj on my credit file without my knowledge during lockdown. They have registered it to an address I lived at ten years ago and get this the amount of the original student loan has rocketted from 1800 to £ 4318.0!!!! The last correspondence i recieved from the student…
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Financial support for single student nurse with a mortgage. (Scotland).
Hi all My 21 year old daughter has submitted her application to train as a nurse up here in "bonnie" Scotland. She currently: - Works full time (earns 20k). - Lives alone in her own house. - Has a mortgage (circa £340 per month) plus all the usual household costs. - Has her own car (owned outright). - No debt. - has around…
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Student accommodation
My daughter recently had to withdraw from university after one term. She was living away in purpose built privately owned student accommodation The contract ties her into the rental agreement until either we or the company finds another tenant therefore she is currently paying rent but she has vacated the property. This…
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Eligability for student maintenance loan
Hi My daughter is due to go to university next year Sept 21. With this in mind, I was considering taking an assignment abroad. Would this prevent her from receiving a student maintenance loan as I would not be paying UK tax whilst on assignment. I read around the topic but no conclusive answer, I can see reliability for…
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Self-assessment student loan repayment
Hey, guys. Wondering if anyone could help with information here because I've hit a wall with HMRC and SLC. I'm self-employed and I've been paying my student loan back through self-assessment. I filed 2019/2020 return in summer last year and paid my balancing payment once I'd done that well ahead of the 31st January…
