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Further education grant
Hi there. I am 45 year old man living in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre. I am 3 years clean and sober, and am looking for a grant to pursue a career in Nutrition as it's been an integral part of my recovery, and would like to help others with life threatening illnesses. I have tried a few avenues but am yet to be…
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Freshersweek
So my daughter suddenly gets a text message 'reminding' her to buy a Freshers week wristband to get into nightclubs and events (including one with Ed Sheeran no less!! in Bath Spa!!) during her Freshers Week. Apparently, the message says, all cheap ones have already sold out (hmmm) and now the price goes up by £10 every…
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Salary sacrifice car and open university PT fee grant.
Hi, I work on a 30 hour contract and my base salary is £24,211 but as I do have to cover some weekends this takes me over the £25000 threshold for eligibility for the part time fee grant. My question is I have a car through my employers salary sacrifice scheme which obviously comes off my salary before the normal…
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UCAS application and listing schools problem
My daughter attended 3 diff schools during yr11 and is now worrying about what to put on her UCAS application about it. In the last few weeks of yr10 my daughter became a school refuser. This isn't truancy, it's where the child becomes too frightened to attend, usually due to unmet SEN or in this case bullying though we…
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Claiming Independent Student Status
I have recently attempted to claim independent student status for 20/21 post graduate teaching course. For this I had to provide 3 years worth of p60s/45s to show my earnings. I have been declined independent status. I first went to university in 2015. I moved away from home and got a job straight away to help fund myself,…
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Student loans
My wife’s daughter has recently come to live with us again, she is at uni but travels and lives here to save money. I don’t have her registered as living her on council tax as there already 2 adults registered so paying full council tax. I have discovered that she is still telling the uni that she lives with her dad, he is…
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should i take out a maintenance loan if i don’t need to
i know that may sound like a ridiculous question but please read on. i’m due to start uni this september 2020 i was very fortunately offered a £10,000 bursary for each of my years of study (totalling at £30,000 across the 3 years). So i initially decided i would use this for my living costs so i’ve only applied for the…
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Advanced Learner Loan or Student Loan
Hi guys, About 5 years ago I enrolled in studying part time for HR degree, applied for a loan through SFE, but quit the course after 2 years. I feel ready to go back to studying and found a part time evening course for CIPD level 5 (4hr a week). I understand that I can apply for Advanced Learner Loan, but unclear if this…
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Accommodation fee query
Hello folks Asking on behalf of a friend... My friend from Taiwan is at university in London studying for her PHD. She was due to be returning to Taiwan in May to continue her studies there, but obviously things have gone a bit crazy with travel restrictions/costs etc. So she's kind of stuck in her dorm room paying…
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Household income details to support a student loan application
I'm currently 'sponsoring' maintenance loan applications for two of my children in their second year of university. Having filled in the part where I list members of the household, I was then asked to pass on details of the household income for the financial year 2018 to 2019. My new partner moved into the property in…
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Tuition fee query
I have read that most universities are not refunding tuition fees as they claim they are giving online lectures/ tutoring and support , however, my daughter’s first year ( at Leeds University) finished abruptly the week before 23rd march and she was told that she would now automatically be a 2nd year student. Since the…
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Does student grant overpayment build interest?
Back in September I recurved a letter from student finance stating I had been overpaid my student grant by £1271. This was due to leave a course early, I then made a payment schedule of £20 a month. That was 8 months ago so £160 should have been paid off, making the remaining balance £1111. However, I am now in a position…
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Applying for a student loan but I have lived in Asia within last 3 years
I am applying from NI for a student loan for a PGCE, but in the last 3 years I have lived for 1 year in Spain and 9 months in Vietnam. Does the fact that I've lived outside of Europe affect my eligibility for a loan?
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Old style loan/new course
I went to uni when I was 20 and I'm now 45. I have an old style student loan of £2300 which, because I didn't fill in the forms for a couple of years when my life was a disorganised mess due to MH issues, fell into what they class as "arrears" - even though I never came close to meeting the income threshold which would…
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Plan 1 and 2 student loan
Hi, I have a plan 1 and 2 student loan. If my salary is 43,000 what would my student repayments be?
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CYI Student finance help
Hello, My son is going to Uni in Sept this year and we are going through the student finance application. There is a big difference between our household income for 2018-19 (£43,000) and 2019-20 (£27,000) Due to my husband going self employed but all I can see is you can ask them to take the current year into account…
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Do you repay student loan on capital gains?
Lets say for example you make £25,000 and are repaying on plan 2. You also sell some stocks for £6000 which were purchased at £1000, with a net capital gain of £5000. In terms of student loan (plan 2) repayments, would your capital gains be counted as income making it £30,000?
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HALLS LICENCE AGREEMENT (offer of accommodation)
My son is waiting to receive his A level results and find out if he has high enough grades to be accepted at his first choice university which is a conditional offer. However due to the university requiring him to reserve accommodation before the 18th of June and therefore before he receives his A levels, he has accepted…
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Advice on funding, returning to uni after being overpaid by SLC
I left university just over 2 years ago, about 1 year and 4 months into a 4 year engineering degree with a foundation year. According to a letter from SLC I got overpaid £5199.40 because I left early. I'd like to do a different degree starting 2021 over 3 years, either computer science or cyber security probably. Would I…
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Postgraduate masters students and tuition fee recompense
For undergraduate students, tuition fees will not be waived due to the provision of teaching materials online ( yet the cost of an Open University degree is remarkedly cheaper). Anyhow, for postgraduate research students who were in the middle of their research projects as part of an MRes or MSc have had to halt their lab…
