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Camp America - wages paid onto a Cliq Card
Has anyone received US wages via a Cliq card? How did you transfer the money into your UK bank account? Only solution I’ve found so far is to open a Revolut account and move the money from Cliq to Revolut then to my UK account.
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How much masters sfe loan should I take out?
I'm a masters student offer holder in data at a London Uni. I currently have 12k in savings which is just enough to cover all of my 10k rent for the academic year. This leaves me with 2k savings. I got a partial scholarship which leaves me with 5k left of tuition to pay. How much SFE loan out of the 12k maximum should I…
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Masters Degree Loan When Already Have a Masters Degree
Hello, I've searched the forum for this topic. I know I cannot get a government postgraduate loan as I already have a master's degree. Has anyone had this situation and found a good solution? I am thinking about obtaining another master's degree that is closely related to my first master's degree (first degree was in…
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Dispute over the deposit for our student house
We've just been given back the final numbers for how much of our student deposit we got back from the landlord. We paid for a cleaner, after being told it would be about £50/60 each for one, and after discussions we booked it, told our landlord to take it out of our deposits equally, and left it at that. Now, upon getting…
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Student Loan Refunds
I’ve applied for my refund & enquired about compensation interest but they said they won’t pay anything on top. Does anyone know why we’re not entitled to compensation if we have been without those funds through no fault of our own?
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Bad financial advice on student loan repayment 1999
Dear MSE forum team I had student loans in 1995,1996, and 1997. In 1999 I inherited some money from my grandparents and took financial advice regarding investing the money. At that time I was advised to repay my student loans and clear my debts, which I did, even though my earnings were not at the level required to start…
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Student Loan Overpayment....Maybe...
Good Morning Everyone I was hoping we could get some advice from people who are more well versed in the intricasses of student loan repayment. Looking at the 23/24 tax year, the overpayment threshold for the year is £22015, and £1834 monthly. My partner was on maternity leave during this financial year for 3 months…
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Student finance/Ombudsman
Edit: I give up! It won't let me delete it . My argument was surrounding the numerous errors on my account over 4 years by student finance and then the Ombudsman saying I should complain in 2019 about something I wasn't told about until 2022. The errors caused by student finance caused the debt. But the fact that everyone…
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Delayed repayments affect write off date?
Hi, I started my BSc (with student loan) in 2012 (plan 2), and finished in 2016. I then went on to complete an MSc and PhD, with stipends i.e. no postgraduate loan, completing in studying in 2021. I have been making student loan repayments since March 2021, and was wondering about the write-off date for the loan. The .gov…
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Plan 5 Student Loan Help
Starting uni this Sept 2024, on an Occupational Therapy degree course which gives a bursary of £5,000. I need a student loan for fees, (£9,250) but not sure whether to take one for maintenance and invest it in a LISA, and use the bursary and help from my parents for living. Or just take the loan for the fees. Starting…
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Incorrect information on student loan application
On the last academic year application my mother didn't declare that she was now in a civil partnership. They've now informed me I have been paid too much loan and I have to repay thousands. My mother doesn't want to know and says its my problem, any advice?
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Student Loans - Pre-1998
Morning. I'm hoping someone can help clarify something for me, as I'm struggling to get any definitive advice. I started University in 1997 (18yo) on a 4-year course and took out a student loan in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000. I have deferred payment up to the present as I have been earning under the threshold. It is likely…
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Student Maintenance Loan - Parents/Household Income
Can someone please clarify whether government student maintenance loan is calculated based on the parent's gross or net salary? If on gross - is it the taxable salary (i.e. after the tax-free allowance is taken out of consideration?) Also, my pension contributions are deducted by my employer pre-tax. Presumably, I can…
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SLC/ SFE Legitimate reasons of Appeal , 9 weeks no reply , no reply to complaint , what now ?
It has been 9 weeks since I made an appeal to SFE via email (Student Finance England) The email is in my sent folder , the header shows as sent and the email address is correct . . Frustratingly at the moment there is no concrete way to even know if they have received it it , let alone looked at it .. SFE's policy on…
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Plan 5 - government statistics now show 65% will repay in full
Yesterday the government issued a paper on the new student loans (Plan 5). One key statistic is that 65% are expected to repay the loan in full. https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/student-loan-forecasts-for-england
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Paying off childs student loan
My husband and i would like to pay off the balance of our sons student loan. Are there inheritance tax implications on this?
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second year undergrad and applying for student loan
hi, just entering 2nd year of my studies in wales. last year i applied while living at family home(again through SFW) and mums income was assessed. relationship has broken down and i will be living in a shared house. I am applying for my finance and cant seem to find anywhere to enter expense details for rent and bills…
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Where to get help for son starting Uni
My son is heading off to Uni in Sept and he will be the first person in our family to attend, so we are all pretty clueless about it and I'm trying to figure out how we can best support him. He was lucky to be accepted in all the ones he applied for. His preferred course was at Manchester however when we looked at student…
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When is it best to pay off Uni fees
Hi guys, I was wondering if this 'financial plan' is feasible. June/2024: My son, currently living in Surrey, is taking his 'A' level exams this month and hoping to go to Queens Uni, Belfast to study physics from Sept/Oct 2024🙏. Given that timeline I am assuming he would qualify for the 'Option 5' student loan to cover the…
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Accidental overpayment
My Daughter unwittingly paid her university accommodation rent twice (once by bank transfer and then again by DD as she wasn’t quick enough cancelling it). After many correspondence and evidence to prove the over payment they agreed to a refund but over a month later she still hasn’t received anything. Does she have any…
