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Masters Degree - Living Allowance?
Is there a living allowance upon working towards a Masters Degree? Currently in my third year and I've been under the impression that I'll be working when I've finished, remaining in the job I'm currently working part time in as at least it's something, and the opportunities to climb the ladder are there and being offered…
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Getting a student loan after course has started
My other half is in a really tricky situation. To cut a long story short, she did a part-time degree over 3 years, while working full-time. She applied for an SLC loan to cover her fees in year one and assumed there was no need to reapply after that first year, but it turns out she did need to, and she owes fees for years…
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Tuition compensation
As a post-grad student I am set to lose a third of my taught seminars this term due to strike action. My term fees are £1625. Do I have any official rights in terms of seeking compensation? The university is palming me off with excuses, I was considering legal action and/or placing a claim through the courts. Do I have a…
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Question: Amazon Prime Student free trial
Hi All I have belatedly discovered that I can get six months of Prime for free because I have a .ac.uk e-mail address. The thing is, I might not still have it in September because I won't be a student in the next academic year (I don't know when the Uni cuts off your access to the student e-mail). Will anybody who's done…
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Grant Over-Payment following Break From Study
Hi all :) My circumstances are that in April 2016 I had to break from study due to not being able to cope with my studies following a bereavement. This was right at the end of my third and final year of University and I withdrew from my course only about 6 weeks before it finished. I had been to all the lectures and…
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Student Finance Appeal Help
I just wanted to know if anyone has been in my situation and if you have, how did you handle it. I am in the final year of my course, Pharmacy, and i had a change of event at the end of my 3rd year, as my residency as an EU student changed. I was due to receive a Permanent Residence but did not get this residency status…
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Parents income for maintenance loan
This may seem a stupid question but my husband earned £47,500 in total last year -this is from the annual tax summary he received from the tax office. I earned £17,800 again this is from my annual tax summary. This takes us to a joint household income of £65,300 which means our daughter is only entitled to the minimum…
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student loan reclaiming overpayments
I tried to reclaim overpayments which I thought I had paid on my student loan. When I contacted the student loans company, I was told the 9% over the yearly threshold is not always applicable an that as I am paid monthly 9% over the monthly threshold would be taken instead. Is this correct or should it still only be 9% of…
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Deferral letter
I had my deferral letter today for this year from SLC. However, it relates to two loans i.e. 97 and 98. It usually refers to my 00 loan but it does not. Upon investigation on the internet the 00 loan was sold in December 2017. I have not received correspondence about this and more worryingly will I receive a deferral…
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Student loan claiming payments back
Hi I have a £2000 student loan from 2014, at the time they did not tell me I had to pay interest, once I received the first years statement and seen the interest I started paying £30 per month back because I panicked I would owe thousands in the future due to interest. My earnings are under the £21,000 threshold but they…
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Student Loan repayments when not working
I graduated in 2000, and when I started working as a teacher in 2003 I was paying back my loan through PAYE. I have not worked since having my first child in 2008. I have not given a thought to my student loan since then, as I have not been working, so thought it was all fine to just not be paying. Today I received a text…
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American and student finance
Hi, wonder if someone can help. I'm asking on behalf of my son's friend. My son is in his 2nd year at an FE college studying a BTEC extended diploma. His friend on the same course is American born to an English mother, nationality of father I'm not certain. He doesn't live with either parent, neither of them live in the UK…
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'Don't pay your kids tuition fees upfront' Discussion Area
This is the discussion area for the guide Don't pay your kids tuition fees upfront: Many will end up throwing £20,000+ away Please click reply to discuss
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Should I pay my student loan off with a loan?
I earn 45k and have an outstanding plan two loan of £10k with the slc charging 6.1%. Is it cheaper to get a zopa loan and pay it off or continue as is paying £185 a month
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Overseas students
This may be rather premature, but I'm thinking ahead... My kids are currently aged 14 (son) & 12 (daughter). Their mother and I separated over 10 years ago and divorced a few years later; I live in England while they live with their mother, in her home country (outside Europe). My kids are both British citizens, born in…
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Student Loans Abroad
Hey! So I studied from 2012 - 2015 in Northern Ireland and record student loans, etc. Since 2015 to 2017 I was employed in the UK and paid my loan back via pay (it came out with tax as normal. I moved to Republic of Ireland in April 2017 and since then have been laying £100 per month by direct debit. It’s SOOO expensive,…
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Tuition Fees Increase?
Is my university required to give me notice if they decide to increase my tuition fees from one year to the next? The fee amount has increased by over £400 since starting, and whilst this might not be a lot, the interest on it, will certainly make it a substantially bigger amount in the years to come. My course colleagues…
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Huge spike in student loan reclaims
University leavers reclaimed more than £560,000 from the Student Loans Company in December - a huge spike compared to the year before...Read the full story: ' Huge spike in student loan reclaims - check if you can get £100s back' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven't already, join the forum to reply.
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Finance to study in the United States
My son is looking at studying sport in the US, but we are struggling to fund the yearly fees. We are short by about $5,000 per year, for a 4 year period and I have heard the some corporations offer general untied scholarships, that work in the same way as student loans over here, but despite extensive research I have not…
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student finance- Uni costs- help please!
Hi there My daughter is planning on going to University in the autumn. I think she will be eligible for a student maintenance loan of under £4000. Is everyone entitled to this? Is it expected that we will bring her maintenance loan up to the maximum £8430 that some students receive or is that discretionary? The cheapest…
