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Rent from July.
I may be a little early on this but slightly worried. Daughter is due to start final year this year having spent 3rd year in Anerica. We have completed Student finance and now contacting them to ask for reassessment due to furloughed. As we have no idea when work will resume calculating income is hard. Any suggestions?…
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RENT IN COVID19
I'm writing to you to get advice on the possibility of reducing my rent payment per month. Currently, both me and my flat mate are in our second year of university. We are both full time students, who are not living in the property at the moment due to the pandemic. We rented out our flat last September, for a year with…
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Receiving bursary for study whilst on Furlough advice
Hi, if anyone could help me that would be great, because I am worried and stuck, I will outline the situation firstly, I am/was currently working full time but have been Furloughed as of late March, Back in early February I accepted an offer to go onto a teacher training course starting in September, but part of the…
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Student bank account confusion
Apologies if we're missing something, but can you apply for student loans without a student bank account? All the accounts we've looked at can't be opened without an unconditional offer or results and my son has neither! The UCAS site says applications close on 22 May so how do you apply if you can't input account details?…
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Help for my mum filing in the student grant form please
Can anyone help answer this question please? On the Student Grant form, it ask's for my Mums income and then asks income from Savings, Dividends etc. She sometimes withdraws money from a savings account she has, and sometimes a Bond, but we dont think the Bond info is required? Or do we just put taxable income, as Bonds…
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Student Finance query
This discussion was created from comments split from: British Citizen - Residency in Question for Student Finance Loan.
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Guarantee Rent
Before Covid 19 I signed as guarantor for my sons room in halls. Due to a change in circumstances & the unlikelyhood of there being many student jobs available to help him pay the rent, I feel that I may no longer able to guarantee his rent. Does anyone know what the chances are of being freed from this guarantee as my…
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Student loan repayment - overpaid ?
Hi so I work for a company and my basic wage is not enough to pay back my student loan. However, some weeks I do overtime and I will pay a contribution to my student loan. At the end of the tax year I had contributed £411 towards student loan repayment, despite only earning £1000 over the threshold. By my calculations, I…
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Student finance household income
I am currently applying for student finance and I am wondering what I should put for my household income. Due to the coronavirus my parents incomes have both been decreased so should I put their normal income or should put there current income.
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Covid-19: why am I still paying tuition fees?
Okay so I understand that this pandemic is out of everyone's hands at the university, however I'm baffled as to why I'm still paying tuition fees if university is closed. I am a PGCE student paying for my tuition out of my bursary, and have £4625 of tuition to pay this April when I won't be going back into University again…
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Apply for a student loan
The student loan applications have to be in by 22 May. I have been trying for days and days to get onto the .gov website to apply but the screen simply times out . None of my friends can get on it either. the telephone line has an automated message saying they are unable to take my call. What should I do ? I’m very worried…
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STUDENT LOAN
Hi all. I'm in northern ireland. And was worrying is there a plan to reduce or delay student loan repayments? Due to the coronavirus
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Maintenance grant
I missed last weeks TV show but I have been advised that if you expect your income to reduce this year by 15% then you can request to complete a new application for maintenance grants for students - having 3 uni students in this household and both my husband and I on furlough i need to look at getting our sons some more…
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Students and Furlough
Hi Everyone, I am completing my 3rd year of University on a year placement. My placement contract was terminated early on the 17th March due to Covid-19. Official end date was 31st May. Upon losing my full time job I am currently trying to seek a new job with no luck so far, can I be furloughed for a university placement?…
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Do I pay my refunded rent back to the SLC or keep it?
Many students, including me, have been released from paying third term rent. Do I pay back the £2000 that I'd normally pay to uni or do I keep it? On the one hand I can pay it off and that £2000 will not gather interest but on the other I'm not sure how much difference it will make to how much I'll repay once I graduate.…
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Student Accomodation
Hi Everyone I have posted this as I'm not sure if things might be slightly different in the current situation with Covid 19. To sum up : My son will be going into his 3rd year of uni in September and is currently on the verge of signing up for private rented accommodation with 5 other students. Under normal circumstances,…
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Martin Lewis: The Augar report heralds the end of student 'loans' - Editorial Comment
The student finance system has long been broken. Today the Government-commissioned Augar report on further and higher education is released, including detailed recommendations to change student finance in England. During the consultation process, I twice met Philip Augar to push for fairness and transparency in the system,…
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Paying course fees and coronavirus
Daughter has to pay course fees for 2nd degree (meaning parents do).so no loan. Fee is for medicine but applies for anyone How will this work if parent loses job or is furloughed because of COVID-19? If unable to pay does this mean child loses place? Thanks
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Fees for this term
Hi, this is my first post so be nice! ;) My son is on a stand alone foundation year at Trinity Laban school of music and dance in London. The foundation is not funded by Student Loan Company as foundation doesnt qualify so we (his parents) have footed the bill for accommodation and fees. (About £20,000). Now, during the…
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UK/USA Dual Citizen - Student Tax Requirements
* Does anyone have experience with filing a US tax return as a student with UK/USA dual citizenship? * Does anybody have any good resources about tax requirements specifically for students holding dual citizenship? * Am I required to declare Student Finance England maintenance grant payments as taxable income (and evidence…
