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Student Loans and Death question.
I have a question or 3. If someone have an outstanding student loan debt, and money or assets like a house and were to die, does the money and assets in their estate have to be sold to pay off the debt ? Or because they no longer have an income, (due to not being able to actually get up to go to work), then the debt would…
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Disparity in Living Loans across the UK
I watched Martins show about student finance this evening and it prompted me to do a little bit of investigation regarding the availability of maintenance loans in different parts of the UK. In England students living away from home can receive a loan of up to £8750. In Wales you get a combined loan and grant up to a…
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SLC taken money 10 years after loan finished
Hello, New to the forums so apologies if this is the wrong section. I finished paying my student loan in 2010, having finished uni in 2001 and have been employed in the public sector since 2002. My wages this month were relatively short and on checking my wage slip the student loans company have taken £160 out. I have…
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Funding a second masters (physiotherapy)
So. I am in my mid 30’s and am eying up a career change to a physiotherapist. I went to uni at 18, and, like a lot of others, didn’t really have much direction about future careers (even after trying to seek it out…. It was before the internet!). I also already have an MSc that I self-funded. I am also completing a…
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Child Going to Universtiy Maintenance Loan Calculation
In calculating our childs maintenance loan do they take in to account other children in the household She is eldest of 6, 5 sibblings at primary and secondary schools.
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Will I get away with this? (Student with a non student account)
So I am currently taking a year out of education, I've got my A Levels and I'm just waiting for confirmation to go to university. I'm currently working full time to get some savings before I go to uni. I have a lot of spare time so I've been getting myself organised in every way I can so that I'll have forgotten nothing by…
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Maintenance loan - disclosing income
Hi all. My stepson has been told at school, that if we choose not to disclose our income when he applies for the maintenance loan he will get 75%. Does anyone know if that's true?!
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Repaying small SLs
My daughter went to a Uni for one year last year, decided she didn't like it and has racked up a SL debt of around £11.5k. She's now got a well paying job now and has started repaying her student loan back. At a current rate of interest of 6.1% I'm wondering if it's worth paying it off?
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Student loan repayment - Grad 2001
Helllo There.. I graduated in 2001. Ive just visited the student loan page and according to the table my annual income threshold for repayment is £10,000 a year which is less than the minimum wage. I must be reading it wrong. Does anyone know what my income threshold is please?
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Repayment Calculation
Hi all, I started my job late this year and due to a recruitment incentive I have had non regular earnings. I am scheduled to earn £25,100 this tax year. I have the type 2 loan where the repayment threshold is £25,000. Due to a £3,000 bonus payment this year, I have so far paid £572 of my student loan. Will the Student…
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Got a student loan? Bizarrely, working extra shifts or getting a bonus this Christmas could COST you
See MSE Callum's blog: Got a student loan? Bizarrely, working extra shifts or getting a bonus this Christmas could COST you cash
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Student Accomodation - acting as guarantor
I am considering acting as guarantor for my daughter's rent for the house she will share at university. It seems to be standard practice for agents to offer only a joint and severally liable contract - where by my daughter, and so me as guarantor, would have to pay out if any of her housemates default? It seems you can…
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Anyone know how Maintenance Loans are calculated?
Hi all My son is hoping to go to Uni September 2019. My income for 2019/20 will be quite a bit higher than 2018/19 and I was just wondering about the calculation of his maintenance loan. Is it calculated on household income when he applies for the loan - or is it calculated on his parents income at the end of the previous…
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Will I get in trouble for this?
I dropped out of uni about a year ago but have still been using my Santander student account. I just forgot about it at first and then just used it since it was there, but recently have been wanting to close it and open a current account instead. However I noticed that Natwest have a deal right now that if you switch your…
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Student loans and tax returns
Hi all, I'm filling in a self-assessment tax return, and one of the questions is along the lines of: "Do you have an income contingent student loan on which repayment began before 6th April 2018" Now, I do have an income contingent student loan, however I haven't yet reached the earnings repayment threshold, so haven't…
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Student Loan Debacle from 90s
Hi I am creating this thread because I would like to hear about anyone who was affected by the inability of the Student Loans Company to administer their business during the late 1990s and early 2000s. It's 20 years ago, but I remember news reports about the Student Loans Company being in disarray during the turn of the…
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Small student loans
Apologies if you’ve seen this post already but, I attached it to someone else’s post in error! Still not sure I’m doing it correctly, but here goes lol. Hi, I’m signing up for pgce in September and only need a loan for the course fees £9250. Is it worth getting a student loan or would I be better off getting a 0% credit…
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Student Loan Nearing End of Repayment - What do I need to know?
I'm currently repaying my student loan through PAYE with have approx 8 repayments left at the current deductions. I would like to continue with PAYE deductions for this tax year and then make a final direct payment in April 2019 to clear the balance. Is there anything I should be aware of before I do this?
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Mis-sold course
Hi there wondering if anyone can help me? I was contacted by bright sparks welding after looking at various different welding courses in the summer of 2015. They then contacted me around the beginning of December say there was a course advisor in my area and he would like to come and interview me for a possible placement…
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Student Loan Overpayment
I was originally receiving £8000 loan and £1000 grant. They then asked me to submit more information about my families financial status. Once they had received it, they changed my finance to £900 loan and £8100 grant. Unfortunately, they then turned round and said I owe them £1700. Is there any way out of this? I'm really…
