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Student bills???
First ever post here so sorry if there are similar threads I haven’t found! I’m a second year student moving into a shared house with 3 others for second year and in all honesty I haven’t thought about the bills until today. One member of the household wants us to use a bill splitting service called Resooma which,…
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virtual / online freshers fairs 2020 - list
i've found some online freshers fairs that are UK wide due to coivd. great for picking upi freebies and discounts etc. https://www.yourfreshersguide.com/sign-up/ https://freshersfestival.com/tickets https://yourfreshers.co.uk/?kid=1B8R3F also if you are signed up check the local student union page. some student unions also…
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Retraing would be a dream
Hi, so I’m a 35 year old Mum of three, my youngest starts school sept 2020. I’ve always given myself this time scale to look in to further education. I’ve been in stable employment all this time but am starting to really feel like I’ve outgrown this. My only difficulty is I’ve already been funded for one, unfortunately due…
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Student Accommodation Nightmare
Hi, Firstly, I would like to apologise if this is not in the correct place. I am new to this forum so please re-direct me if I have accidentally broken any rules! Secondly, this is the situation: I booked a room with Unite Students for the 20/21 academic year in February, pre-covid for £216pw. Due to the pandemic, my…
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Funding an NHS degree as a career change
Hello! Today I accepted a place on the BSc Occupational Therapy, an NHS degree. I currently already have a degree, a PGCE and a Masters. I have been a teacher for 12 years. I understand that tuition fee loans are available for second degrees in health subjects, so that is fine, but I am sat here suddenly worried that…
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SAAS Bursary - Household Income, separate households
Hi, my girlfriend’s daughter is starting a year’s teacher training and has been granted a bursary. Her mum and I are getting married, however we will in the short term continue to have separate households (her daughter is moving out at the end of the course and her house will be put on the market). Her daughter is worried…
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Student loan for studying abroad
My son is wanting to study at Delft University in the Netherlands. However, although he can get a loan to cover tuition fees, he is not able to get a student loan for maintenance. Are there any loans which are available which wouldn’t require repayment to start for 3 years ie once he (hopefully) has a job!
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Can I use my student loans to buy a house
My boyfriend and I are tired of paying ridiculous amounts to rent sub par houses and want to buy a house instead. He's in full time work, I'm in part time and am also a student. Both our parents have saved money over the years for us to be able to use as a deposit for a house but both our incomes are fairly low (his is…
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Better to use savings or get a postgrad loan for Master's degree?
I'm thinking about doing a part-time MA while I work. I have a small amount of savings, enough to cover my MA fees, and I would still be earning and saving while studying for the MA. I think I would feel more reassured leaving my savings untouched and taking out a postgrad loan instead, but is that a stupid idea…
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Bursary for teacher training SKE pulled by DofE
I am in a Facebook group for aspiring teachers and a lot of people are saying mid way through their Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses for teacher training the bursaries have been pulled. Anyone know what is happening with this?
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PGCE / Initial Teacher Training Year - Should I take the student loan?
Hi, Tired to figure this out, and searched for other posts but have struggled so any help would be appreciated please. I'm changing careers to become a secondary school teacher. For this I will get a bursary of £26,000. The fees for the course are £9250. Paying the fees 'upfront' from savings will cause no financial…
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Student Finance Problem
My daughter qualified as a Children’s Nurse in 2011 after studying for a Nursing Diploma at UCLAN. This course was funded and required no student finance at all. Since this time she has worked on a children’s ward at Blackburn, at Derian House Children’s Hospice and within a safeguarding role in East Lancashire and…
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Child care grant and universal credit
Hi guys! I could really use some help as I've searched the web high and low but cannot find the answer I need!! I am a full time mature student with 2 children, both are in full time childcare. I have been given my award notice for the childcare grant. They've allowed me so much for the year to cover September 2020 through…
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Erduio
Hi. Anyone have any experience with these? Historical loan. DD set but accidentally defaulted and now have to pay it back even though I am still under the original threshold figure. Very old loan 20yrs +Any help gratefully received.
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Childcare Grant
Does anyone know if both parents need to be students in order to receive the Childcare Grant or not? I'm getting different answers from Student Finance England. One person says both parents must be students and then another person says only one parent needs to be a student. At the moment, both of us of students but from…
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SFE say I owe £5600
Maybe I’m dumb... but I don’t understand the email I received from SFE. This overpayment thing has been going on for ages, figures increasing each time, it’s now up to £5600. I can’t speak to a manager, I’ve been told their unable to transfer me as the advisors are working from home. I was part time till jan(90 credits)…
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Student Grant
Hi all, I would really appreciate some advice on this. I have applied for a Student grant to cover my living costs and studying materials. I am going to study in Denmark and the grant is through a charity. The total grant is 5K. Can anyone tell me if I have declare this as income? The grant won’t be available to me until…
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Moved: Item delivered twice - can the seller get it back
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Redundancy and maintenance grant already applied for and accepted on old wage
Hi, So, my daughter is starting University this year, tuition fees and maintenance grants sorted a few months ago. Obviously, based on what my earnings were. I was made redundant starting from July (three months full pay), so as of October, I will be earning substantially less, I have jobs lined up, but I am unlikely to…
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Student Emergency Fund
My daughter is off to uni soon and I was thinking of giving her a prepaid Visa/MasterCard topped up with a few hundred pounds to use incase of emergencies. I trust her implicitly, and know for certain that this will not be frittered away on general day to day spending. However, I have heard bad reviews about these cards,…
