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MSE News: 100,000s of graduates have been overpaying their student loans
If you've been paying off a student loan check NOW to see if you're owed a refund worth £100s...Read the full story: '100,000s of graduates have been overpaying their student loans – check NOW if you're owed a refund' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it…
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Draconion Deed of Guarantee
My Daughter is about to start university. She will be sharing a rented house with 3 others. I have been asked by the landlords agent to sign a deed of guarantee with unlimited liability (for unpaid rent, damage and any breech of the million gotchas in the AST) for not only my daughters rent but those of the other 3. Is…
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Single Mum Wants to Study
Morning everyone, I'm really hoping someone can guide me with this one, as I've found conflicting advice online. I'm a single Mum on low income (Not receiving any benefits btw) I really want to go back to university part time :) Can you let me know what if any help there is out there for me in terms of finance etc Thanks
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Student Loan liability & pension contributions
Hi, I have two queries that I would appreciate advice on. In October 2014, I started studying part-time degree using SFE loan. As long as I remained on the course I was not liable for repayments until April 2019. This October, I started the third year of the degree (out of six) with SFE loan but after three weeks had to…
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Scottish student
Hi I am starting an open university course in January and tuition fees have been sorted. Is there a way of finding out about student loan for books etc? Every time I go onto the site, it keeps putting me back to the page for tuition fees, which has been sorted. Thanks :)
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Household Essentials Survey
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Correspondence between SFE and Uni's
Hi, I am a 29 year old mature student who has always lived in the UK. However, I was temporarily absent from the UK for almost 2 years in the past 3. This absence was due to travel/ temp work/marriage and I successfully appealed a decision by my future uni to charge me international fees. Although I built a strong case for…
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Student Loan Statement
Has anyone got their Student Loan Statement for last year? I'm trying to get mine as I'm hoping to clear the remaining balance on my student loan, which I've been paying off since I graduated in 2002. 14 years to pay off £16k :(
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Student Finance - Getting my step-dad to sign off that he won't support me?
So my mum and dad have been divorced and separated since I was age 4/5 (I'm 20 now) and I haven't been in touch with my dad for around 3 years now. Although for nearly four years, she has been seeing her partner (Who I do call my step dad) They're not married, but he has been living with us for the last four years. And…
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Mis-sold degree
Hi all, I attended university for a brief time way back in 2007. I know it is a while back... I ended up leaving before the end of the first term because the course was totally mis-sold in relation to content. I've just been going through my student loan (as I then went to a different uni the following year and completed…
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Student and household help please
Apologies in advance if this is on the wrong board! Good morning. My name is Aaron and I am 26 from East Manchester and I currently rent a home with my partner who is 20. I have a child with a previous partner and I have my son every weekend. I pay child maintenance and have done since day one. Me and my partner both work…
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student discount inc Open Uni students
I thought that I'd post about a student discount app called Unidays. This enables all students to get discounts through their app. Just thought students especially Open Uni students that don't have student cards to get discounts (i'm open uni student myself). Quick and simple to join up and discounts online and instore.…
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Should this student pay his parents?
We've a parent over on the Families board asking if they should charge their son for living at home while he's studying. From a student point of view, what would you say? Post here or over there - if you're posting over there let them know you're a student when you do! Should I ask my student son to pay housekeeping?
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College course fees refund
Hi, does anyone know what my rights are regarding getting a refund on college fees? I enrolled on an Assessing course in 2015 and at the interview the college stated they would provide me with learners to assess, which was necessary to complete the course. Several months into the course the college then informed they were…
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Requested Refund from College within 30 days: Unsatisfactory teaching methods
Hello there, I have recently requested a refund for a GCSE course I enrolled on. The reason for refund: the teaching method employed was not suiting my learning needs on many levels. I addressed this directly with the tutor on 2 occasions out of 4 lessons with regards to this, but to no avail. I requested the monies back…
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Student loan repayments haven't started?
I graduated summer 2014 (course started in 2010 - plan 1) and have been in constant employment earning over the threshold since after graduating. My student loan repayments haven't started yet, I queried this with payroll at work and they said that SLC sent a stop notice to them not to make any deductions. I've made calls…
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Advice for mature student needed!
Hi I'm currently on an access course, and I'm applying to university very shortly. I have a few questions, and I'm posting in here as I seem to be getting different information from different sources. So I work part time 22 hrs a week. If I keep this up as a full time uni student, will it be included in my income assessed…
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Apple Music (3 months free for students)
Just a heads up for those interested in signing up for apple music. If you create an account with myunidays with your student email address, you can get the first 3 months free on your subscription and pay half price thereafter.
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Repayment Threshold 2017/18
With RPI for March in at 1.6%, the repayment threshold (for plan 1 loans) will rise to £17775 from April 2017 (17495x1.016 rounded up). Monthly threshold will be £1481 and weekly threshold will be £341. The repayment threshold (for plan 2 loans) will remain at £21000. From 1st September 2016: Interest rates for plan 1…
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Reclaim interest on current account overdraft whilst I could have has a student acct?
Hi all, I have a lloyds current account with a 5000 pound overdraft which I have had for several years. I have been a student for the last 3 years at University and I did not know that I could switched to a student account which had considerably lower interest rates on overdrafts. Current Account Per month: 1.52% EAR:…
