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Moved: Student University Accomodation during Coronavirus
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Covid and student rent
Hi I pay rent for my son who is at uni in Liverpool - uni has been cancelled for rest of year and he will be home this weekend indefinitely. Can I claim any of the rent back that will be taken over the next 4 months anyway ?
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Student loan interest calculation
Can anyone clarify how interest is calculated on a student loan, and when repayments are allocated against the balance? I'm on a plan 1 but can't seem to recreate what the SLC is charging.
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Student loan repayment and Salary sacrifice
Hi, I have several loans, both the old mortgage style, now owned by Erudio and newer income contingent loans. If I used salary sacrifice to contribut to my pension, dropping my salary below the threshold, would this impact the repayment? Specifically the erudio ones, I hate paying so much to them, when they paid a pittance…
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Maturing Endowment Policy & Uni Fees
Hi, we have a 25 year old endowment policy maturing later this year, just before our only child starts university. We have completed the online assessment and as I am self employed and my wife works part time, our child is entitled to a loan for their tuition fees as well as maintenance. Obviously we will need to declare…
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What is a reasonable budget for a university student
Hi there My daughter has applied for Birmingham University in September 2020. Outside of the university accommodation what is a reasonable budget we should plan for? thanks
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Please help me get a Student Loan with SFE - temporary contract issue
Hello, I was born in the UK in 2001, and I am a UK Passport holder. When I was about 2 I moved overseas where I have lived until the present-day apart from living in a British overseas territory for a year. I live with a single parent, who is on a 2-year temporary renewable contract ( and has been throughout all my time…
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PhD Loans
Hi guys, Does anyone know anything about PhD loans? There's a lot of info out there and I can't seem to find what I need (some concise basics, that is). My son is starting his PhD and getting a grant of close to £17k, can he request the £25k PhD loan on top of that?
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Maths urgent
Hi I am looking to complete Maths Level 2 urgently for September. I have spoken to this company who have said that I can do it with them: https://www.learnnow.org.uk/english-and-maths-home-study-distance-learning-courses-online.html but I am confused which one to go with? Also can I not do this at college for free or am I…
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2nd Degree - not funded for 1st year
I was hoping someone may be able to help me. I am looking to study Osteopathy in Wales (staying home) I left education 10 years ago after receiving a HND for 2 years I started researching what grants/loans I would be eligible for with student finance Wales and have recently found out that due to my previous education in…
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Glide DO NOT SIGN UP
After nearly a year of refusing to pay and the treat of County Court Judgement Glide settled for £46. Glide wanted to charge my daughter and her 3 friends £1800 pounds to much. As students they had no idea that being asked for a further £450 each was ridiculous, as they has already paid £1500 over 10 months for…
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Erudio Student Loan not deferred
My Wife has a student loan from 1997 that was sold to Erudio Student Loans. She has never earned over the £25,725 threshold since graduating, however failed to defer her loan every year. Erudio are now saying that as she failed to defer it she has to pay back the loan in full. Is this correct?
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Mature student with paid job, leaving job and looking for student finance - query
Hello, I'm in my late 40s and hoping to retrain into a different career/specialism. I'm intending to leave a paid job and go to Uni full time. I'm looking at the student finance calculator and, when I include my old salary, I'm getting very little maintenance loan because of my previous income. With this proposed loan I…
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Student Loans Company to trial automatic refunds for those that overpay - MSE News
The Student Loans Company is trialling automatic bank refunds to former students who have overpaid their loans Read the full story: Student Loans Company to trial automatic refunds for those that overpay Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
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new £5000 annual grant is unfair to students currently on NHS degree courses
My daughter started her occupational therapy degree course in Sep 2017 and is due to finish in July 2020. 2017 was the first year where the NHS no longer paid the tuition fees. The government has announced that in Sep 2020, students studying for NHS degrees eg nurses, occupational therapists etc will be given an annual…
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Living Costs for Uni Student
How much are the living costs for you/your offspring while they are away at uni? I mean for things that are not rent and bills, so for food, entertainment, drinking, clothes, travel etc..
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Step-mother and SFE/SLC?
Hello all, hope you're well, I have a question about my daughter's student finance application. I am a divorced, but re-married father of 3, and I currently live alone with my daughter, as my wife and I live completely separately. My wife, my daughter's step-mother, lives in her own house, and has all of her financial ties…
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Dropping out
My son is in his first year of uni in London and considering dropping out as he says London is too expensive; he then wants to take the year out (and work) to reapply for Sept 2021. We think he can get out of his hall contract early so that would be okay. He has already had his tuition fees paid for the year and two…
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Parental financial worries
I’m worried to death about my daughter going to uni. On paper me and my husband bring in a joint £50k a year before tax but we spent the first 10years of my children’s lives skint as I was a SAHM then I went to do my nurse training. We have spent the last 8 years of the kids lives trying to to get back on a financial even…
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