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When is student maintenance loan paid
My daughter starts college in September. Her Student loan and maintenance loan are set up and she will be receiving about £7,000 I believe this is paid in 3 installments with 1st one in September. Does anyone know when in September she gets this tough and is it just paid direct in to her bank account? She has to pay for…
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Help cheat online/psychometric tests to get a job?
So people can gain a pass using takemytests(dot)com, jobtestsuccess(dot)co.uk and many others I'm sure.
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Problem with money spending
Hi guys, I'm currently a student at Portland State Uni. I have a part-time job as a barista at a cafe nearby. Well, it's a well-paid job but I overspend sometimes so basically I'm always broke. Is there any tips on how to manage my spending or apps that could help me with this? Many thanks!:j:j
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Postgradute adult nursing finance
Hi, I have applied to study a postgraduate diploma in adult nursing in London. I was looking for some advice from anyone who has done this postgraduate course or similar one with how they coped financially. the tuition fees will be covered by the nhs bursary & there is a maintenance grant available, (I need to find out…
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1 year student bank account
My daughter is going onto a gateway one year course which leads onto the full 5 year degree - Santander don't offer a student bank account for these 1 year courses - does anyone know of any banks that do?
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Student bank accounts
I've just had my results and I've now got an unconditional offer at university, so I'm starting to look at student bank accounts. The Santander 123 student account offers a 4 year railcard, but the Nationwide FlexStudent offers a much better overdraft. Can I sign up for the Santander account, get the railcard and then…
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Do I Need a Student Loan?
Can you tell it's that time of year? Let me give you a background - I started university 10 years ago and graduated in 2011. After a few years of switching between jobs, I head back into study mode in a fortnight to undertake a PGCE in Secondary Computer Science. Now, due to the passing of my father in 2009 and subsequent…
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'Taxable' pay definition for purposes of Maintenance Loan application
I can see various definitions of 'taxable pay' and it's sometimes referred to as the pay you actually pay tax on after deductions such as pensions, tax code etc. For the purpose of applying for a Student Maintenance Loan (for University) the amount 'granted' is dependent or parents' salary/taxable pay/income/residual…
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Mature Student Needing Advice
I'm returning to university next month to study for a BA degree in History at the age of 40. I trained as a nurse 4 years ago and came out with a 2:1 degree in Adult Nursing in 2013. My problem is this: because I'm going to be studying for a degree on the same level as my previous one, Student Finance England will not…
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Student bank account - 24hrs wait?
I've been in to Nationwide with my son today to open a new student bank account - he had his offer letter (following his results this morning his 'conditional offer' was changed to unconditional as he met the entry requirements) and his 4 digit UCAS code in order to open the account. However, they adviser in the branch…
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Pay off 10K for uncompleted degree?
Our son completed only one semester of music degree at Manchester uni before becoming ill and leaving the course. One year on he has 10K of debt at 4.6% interest. He is has no idea now what he wants to do but he's still only 20 and may want to study in future. Should we use half our savings and pay this off for him (with…
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Open university grants
Hi I am going to be studying a BA(Hons) business management marketing soon with the open university as a mature student and read about a grant for a pc. Does anyone know how to get this as my PC is very old and struggles at the best of time. I do work so don't know if I would be eligible but I am the only income in my…
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Heading off to uni? Make sure you're equipped with the skills you need
It's a big deal moving out of home and starting university. You're faced with managing your rent, shopping for yourself and navigating your way through the freshers' week timetable. You don't need a maths degree for this but making sure you have the Essentials of Numeracy will really help. Visit the National Numeracy…
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A Level Results - who's in?
Hi everyone Are you, or your kids' if you're a parent, waiting for your results? Where are you hoping to go? Are you ready, financially or otherwise?! If you are waiting our Student Finance section should help you in the meantime... Guides include: Student Discounts & Deals 10 student money must-knows and of course Student…
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Funding the over 60's
Help I have been offered a place on a Creative Writing MA course and I'm desperate to take it up. However, as I am 65 I can't get a Student loan nor can I get a CDL. The course costs £5,600 over two years taken in six termly payments and I simply cannot afford it. I've tried to get a part time job but, as I have…
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Mature PG bank accounts
I'm starting a LLM next month it is a 1 year programme. I'm 31 and am a qualified Dr (graduated 2010). I'll be funding the degree by doing shifts as a Dr so will not plan on taking any student loans (nearly cleared my one from undergraduate so don't want another). I'm a home owner with a clean credit history. I'd quite…
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Second Student Loan
Hi, My friend has a query on a second student loan as a mature student. He previously attended and done year one and two but didn't complete. He now wishes to attend to complete a different course 8-10 years later after finding his 'calling'. He has not paid off his first student loan. He has been accepted on the course he…
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Part-time > full-time previous study rule
Greetings I've wanted to go to university to study a particularly niche degree for many years but unfortunately, I'm still too ill. I'm running out of things to do to pass the time, so I thought about the Open University - but I don't want to do anything that might make me ineligible for a future student loan. Someone…
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Student Loan liability & pension lump sum
Dear all, As my profile name suggests, I am a part time mature student with SFE loan. I start repayments in April 2019 at which time I am also eligible to retire with pension lump sum. The lump sum takes me over the income threshold (21K) for that year 2019/20. My question is; Does the lump sum count as annual income which…
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Single PArent mature student - help
Hello, I currently work 4 days a week and have 2 children (age 3 and 1) I accepted a place at university which starts in sept on an early childhood studies degree with a view to doing a PGCE in Primary teaching and have handed notice at work. All my finance was worked out based on my husband living with us. He has since…