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Query: Any benefit for sponsoring spouse's post graduation
Hey all! I have been following MSE forums for all my financial decisions and posting for the first time as i couldn't already find any thread related to my query. I am on a Tier 2 General visa in UK and would be sponsoring my spouse's(on Tier 2 Dependent) post graduation course. As she applied late for the course, we could…
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How to open a student bank account when studying at Open University?
I am studying at the open university fulltime and wonder if any bank account will accept me for a student bank account?
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Need Advice with finances: Dropping out of second year
Afternoon all, i'm currently in my first term of second year, and since day 1 of first year i had never really felt like university was for me, i don't like the course, nor can i think of a course id rather do and don't like the uni atmosphere. I just generally feel unhappy at uni and i don't want to continue through 3…
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Mugged Student Nurse
Hi everyone, I hope you're well. I am a 20 year old, third year student nurse. In desperate need of some help/advice. On the day of my huge practical exam I got mugged on university campus, 3 teengage lads on bikes rode past me and snatched my iPhone 6s from my hands as I was messaging a friend to let her know I was…
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Grants for 1st time university students.
Hi, while my daughter was in year 12 she was told because she would be the 1st of her family to go to uni that she would get help towards her uni fees. She now is about to start uni but we haven't had any help and don't no where we should go or do to find out how she would get the extra help. Has anyone gone through this…
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Maintenance loan query
My DD will (she hopes) be starting Uni in 2010 so the household income that will be used to determine her maintenance loan is 2018-19. Does she have to reapply every year or is the 5 years (long course) of loan calculated at the beginning and then used year on year? I can see that we could make massive pension…
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Can only 1st years get a student bank account?
Hi, I went into Santander today, hoping to get a student account with a free 4 year railcard, and was told that I couldn't open an account as I was in my second year of study. They told me that the rules had changed, and now you can only open a student account in your first year of university unless you are switching from…
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Student card
Is it possible to get a student card or ID for my teen girls who are at school as we intend to visit the Acropolis soonand you can go for free if you have a student card.Tia
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Student loan additional drawdown on statement... 5 years after finishing uni??
I left uni in 2012 and have just received a statement that has £3k 'drawdown' this year which means that despite making payments each month my overall balance has actually gone up this year. I called the SLC who said that sometimes universities are a 'bit late' with charging their fees correctly. I asked for them to send…
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Have you seen the O2 students and Monzo deal?
Looking for advice if is this is really as good as it seems :D You get 20% off airtime and a Monzo card with £30 credit, when you sign up or upgrade to a new O2 Refresh plan (google O2 students and it comes up!). Seems great and you get to skip the 3 week waiting list for a card! Has anyone already signed up or seen it??
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Is Glide(utility bills splitting for students) economical and customer friendly?
Hi all, My housemates and I are conflicted as to whether we use glide to manage our bills or simply phone up traditional bill companies. Around the web people claim that glide is vastly more expensive than traditional electric and gas companies, but I have found the reverse to be true. Our house holds 4 bedrooms and 4…
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My own money saving tips...
As a college student, if I want to have a trip, I need to learn how to save my money... Everyone who work hard every day for the living and feed the family, the wages are only in the hands for a little moment, then it gently and quietly go away, where the money is? Supermarket, hospital and school. There are really too…
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Anyone on this thread interested in discussing current affairs?
There's a forum on the site called Discussion time. I recently carried out an age survey on there and there wasn't a single person in the 18-24 group. I think the forum might benefit from a wider range of opinions, especially in view of the degree of polarisation in views and priorities between the young and old these days.
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student finance for the mature student
So..I am new to the forum, but need a question answering. I am about to apply for student finance to study to be a nurse with the OU. At 48, and a 3 year course, this would take me to 51 before I would need to repay anything. What happens at retirement age as the loan is wiped after 30 years and hopefully, I am still not…
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PGCE Funding and additional help
Hi, so I am looking at doing a maths PGCE and wondering what funding I am entitled to as a single parent. I would be doing the PGCE full time and would have no income. However, I do know I would be entitled to a £25,000 bursary so I'm just wondering if any one knows exactly what of the following I would be entitled to in…
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Student loan interest/repayment a scam?
Can't believe I only just noticed this. HMRC deduct money from my paycheck every month for student loans repayment, but then they sit on it until the end of the financial year before handing it over to the Student Loans Company as a lump sum. Meaning, throughout the year, SLC are applying interest each month based on a…
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cut-off date/age for old style student loans?
Hope this is the right board. I went to uni from 1995-99, so got 4 loans out at the time, one for each year. This would have been the old consumer debt-style student loans. Anyway, what with ill health, low income and other circumstances I've deferred repayment every year since I graduated. My question is: I vaguely…
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Student loans- old style- 4 loans from 1995-1998
Hi, I was at university starting in 1995 and graduating in 1999. I will be 50 next year and am unclear as to whether all 4 loans will be written off from Erudio's books or just the first 3- ie do all post 1998 loans have the same terms or is it dependent on when the course started?? So do all 4 get treated the same?? I've…
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Student finance confusion
I have a little bit of a complicated situation and I'm trying to make sense of it and second guess the outcome, which is doing me no good at all! I am a second year nursing student however, due to previous qualifications and experience, this is my first year of university study. I am lucky enough to have been sponsered for…
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MSE News: Close to paying off your student loan? You can now choose your direct...
Graduates in the final years of repaying their student debt can now choose the day their monthly loan repayment is paid...Read the full story: 'Close to paying off your student loan? You can now choose your direct debit dates' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
