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Postgraduate Council Tax
I am starting a PhD in September and obviously do not want to pay council tax with my student status. Given that i will be moving for four years i would like to change my permanent address away from my home address (parents) which i kept while during my undergrad. Can i do this without having to pay council tax? I have…
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Late finance application
Help everyone I have not applied for student finance yet. I was unsure if I was decided on enrolling this year. But now I definitely want to go in September to uni. Am I too late to apply? What happens if I apply now?
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Help needed
Hello My daughter has just completed a 2 year health and social care Foundation degree as a pre requisite to get on a 3 year paramedic degree Student finance are saying that will not pay tuition for first year of paramedic course Obviously came as a big shock as paramedic course starts in September I will have to take a…
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Student loan. When to apply?
I!!!8217;m hoping to apply for a course via UCAS and have not applied yet for a student loan. Would the process be to apply for the course, then get your offer and then apply for the loan? Or could you apply for the loan and confirm you could/will receive it before applying for the course? As there is no point me applying…
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Postgraduate loan/grant.
My son has enroled on a postgraduate course but needs some advice about loans. He's been entitled to ESA for a year but the payments have only just started due to the amount of his student loan payments. He's in the support group for ESA and also receives low rate DLA both care and mobility. When he was doing his degree he…
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Budget for mature student living expenses
Any ideas on a reasonable monthly amount for this? The course is very intensive so there is no possibility of part-time paid work. It is offered in Bristol; Leeds; Liverpool, so obviously housing costs might vary depending on location.
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Student loan for Pensioner - seriously?
I've been talking to a friend on the phone, who tells me excitedly that she has been accepted for a BA course at her local university, and that she has got a student loan to cover the fees. What intrigues me (because I am envious and would like to do the same) is that she says that because her only income is from her…
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Student Piggy Back Account
Hi Newby here. My son is about to start uni in September, I have heard of a bank account for hIm that i can control by monitoring it and then drip feeding money to him every week/month, is anyone else aware of such a thing, ist it any good? TIA
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Student Overdraft Repayments
I have recently started a new role as a paid intern with a professional football team. I am looking at consistently paying into my overdraft which is still maxed out! Although the pay will bring in less than £1K a month. I was wondering if anyone had any advice as to how I can continue to manage my overdraft repayments and…
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Where do new/soon to be graduates look for jobs?
Where I work we used to contact uni careers service and would get 100 applications of which about a dozen might be suitable for interview, not we get 2 or 3. Salaries remain competitive. It is not a huge company who can rely on name recognition or a huge social media budget. So how to reach graduates and those soon to…
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Postgraduate Loan
Hi Everyone, I will be starting postgraduate study in September. I have savings available to me, but I am wondering whether it would be better to take a Postgrad loan and save the money for a house deposit, or spend the savings. With a postgrad loan it will be a £10,000 loan with 6.1% interest rates and I will have to pay…
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Student loans overpayment & P60's
Hi all, Please let me know if this is supposed to be in the student section but I wasnt sure as its obviously a loan query. So I'm strapped for cash and trying hard to pay off my higher interest debt as quick as possible (its been spiralling for a while). I want to get some money back from the SLC because I know for a fact…
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I know I'm being thick but...............
My daughter is coming to the end of year 10 so there's three years to go before she starts Uni. However last week she enjoyed an excellent free three day taster at the Royal Agricultural University and thoroughly enjoyed it so we're having lots of conversations - one of them being money. I've just been looking at a BBC…
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Student loans to study abroad
I’m looking into studying in USA at a university level to obtain a degree. Are there any student loans available for Uk citizens to study abroad? Or would it have to be personal loans to support this I.e from a bank ?
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Part time MBA funding
Hello, I am about to undertake a part time MBA costing circa 28k. Unfortunately, my giant multinational employer does not sponsor any further study so I am self-funding. Part-time courses are also not eligible for scholarships. Roughly 10k of that will be covered by postgraduate government student loan however it is the…
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ERUDIO chasing mortgage-style 90's SLC loan. Help!
Hi, I'd be really grateful for any advice please. Bullet points, to keep it simple - - I've got 3 mortgage-style student loans from 93-96. - I was deferring until May 2013 when I phoned up SLC having not received my deferment forms, to be told the debt's been sold to Erudio and to contact them. No thanks. - Last month I…
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Student loans help needed!!
Hello everyone I’m in a bit of a pickle in relation to how I go about repaying student loans because I’m going to China to teach English in January and I might go for more than one year if I notify the government is there a chance that I could pay a reasonable amount whilst in another country? My fear is that I’ll come…
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Student loan question
I’m hoping to go to university to study as an osteopath. If I never earn over 25k, is it really true that no money at all needs repaid? And after 30 years it’s wiped off completely? If I move and live in USA will I still be liable to pay back my loan, just salary depending?
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What course is for me?
I just completed a intentionally low qualification course to get me back into the routine, boost confidence, get a refernece etc. I applied for 4 courses at different colleges and was accepted to each one but debating which one to go to. Course 1 travel and tourism course at local college, only thing going for it to me is…
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Uni September 2018 what am I entitled to?
Hi I’m heading to uni in 2018 as a mature student. Have my own home married and have two children 2 and 6. What student finance am I entitled to? My husband is self employed and only my eldest is at school so will still need to provide childcare for the the youngest. Thanks in advance. :j
