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student finance foundation year help
I'm currently in my foundation year at univeristy. I'm not happy at the university and want to change unis i want to do the same course but somewhere else. If i have to start again on a new foundation year will student finance cover all 4 years of my new course. please help.
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repayment plan 2 fluctuating Salary
I am paid a basic salary that is under the repayment threshold(plan 2 student loan years 2016-19) . I receive extra salary in bonuses some months Is the repayment worked out on your yearly salary or can earning (£3000) trigger repayments even if your yearly salary is still under the threshold?
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Where to begin- student daughter?
Looking for some advice please: Daughter currently doing AS levels, so looking to go to Uni September 2022. We live in Wales, but she's thinking of Uni in England- maybe Exeter or Bristol. 1st in family to go to Uni, so after all help we can get please I've had a look on finance, don't think she will get much help-…
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Student loan
hi my daughters grandparents have very kindly put away some money in a trust for my daughters education. Looks like it’s about £10k per year. Does she have to declare this in the student loan application and will it affect her overall grant? She will get the minimum loan because of family income thanks
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Finding A Foundation Degree
I applied for my dream drama school and although I didn’t get on to the full course, I was accepted onto the foundation course. The full course is funded by a student load however the foundation course is privately funded paying £9250 for the course and living costs on top of that. I’m desperate to go but I don’t know how…
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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…
