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Postgraduate student loans available for those under age 60 (not 30)
Official MSE Insert: If you're looking for the latest info our New postgraduate loans guide may help. Back to Ed-1's original post... Original age limit of 30 is now 60. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/postgraduate-study-student-loans-and-other-support
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Loan for a GDL (law) when you have undergrad loan still to repay
Hi all, Can someone confirm for me that a high-street bank would not reject an application for a loan for post-graduate study (in my case the GDL in law) if one has outstanding debt to repay from a loan from his bachelor's degree? I have about £10,400 to repay and graduated in 2011. Thanks, Bernie
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New Funding Changes & How to Fund First Year
I've recently returned to studying with the plan to go to university. I was hoping to apply this year but I may have to wait until next year. It's for an NHS course which in accordance with the Autumn budget, will no longer be funded for applicants applying next year onwards. My problem is that I withdrew from a degree in…
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All Inclusive Studio Student Accommodation
Hi Guys. People say sometimes student studio accommodation is worth it b/c it is all inclusive. I mean it does even have laundry, gym etc. So might be sad to see it go, but I need to go back home and am looking for someone to take over my lease at Scape Shoreditch. Anyone have any suggestions on where to find another…
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Second Degree, Integrated Masters and ELQs
Hello, I have read a lot and I still feel very confused so I'm here seeking clarity, if possible. I have a BA (Honours) in Slavonic Studies, which I started in 2008 and graduated in 2011. For some time I have wanted to return to university to retrain as a physicist. I've looked into every other option, and it seems a…
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'Urgent! Help fight the Government’s student loan U-turn that could cost...'
This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it. Read Martin's "Urgent! Help fight the Government’s student loan U-turn that could cost millions more" Blog. Please click 'post reply' to discuss below.
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Student maintenance loan v benefits
Total confused and and deciding if I want to study I'm on esa and dla at the moment. Thinking of doing some OU modules part time. Would like to do a degree but not sure how health would hold up etc If I did OU part time do I have to effectively take a maintenance loan or could I just get tuition loan and continue getting…
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Scared Student Stress Will Send Me Into Debt
I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place. I'm a bit of an idiot a lot of the time I'm afraid. I'm currently a PhD student in my final year. I'm on a really good bursary (just over £1000 monthly) and I know that should be more than enough to let me live comfortably and still save plenty. I managed to find a really…
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student with 2 part time jobs - tax help please
My DD has a job at her place of Uni and works holidays at home. She doesn't overlap so only ever paid for one job at a time. The problem she has is tax, without a tax code for the holiday job she'll get no allowances and will need to claim the tax back. The problem is she can't stop and restart with the two companies and…
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Student loan arrears voluntary payment mistake
Hi, I'm sleepless in Japan at the moment - it's 7am tomorrow! I graduated from Uni in 2008, and recently my dear Mother informed me while we discussed my grandfather's passing away on Remembrance Sunday that the SLC were also asking for their money back. She saves letters, but usually forwards them twice a year in the…
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Student loan advice
Hi, im wondering if someone knows a little something about the student loans company. i have had nothing but trouble and inconsistent communication with them. Basically i finished uni over 3 years ago and now live in Australia and over a year ago now they contacted me via a debt collectors who told me i was in about 400…
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Glide Bills - avoid & advice?!
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could advise on a problem we have had with the above and maybe point out something we might have missed? Basically in our previous student house (lived there from 1st September 2014 - 28th June 2015) we moved in and Glide was already set up for us to use, which we didn't want but ended up…
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Single status affidavit
I recently found out in my rush to complete student finance forms for my kids I clicked the wrong box on one of them and now need a single status affidavit, I went to the solicitors to be told they can't draw one up but if I write it they can sign it at a cost, but I have not idea what to put in it can anyone help me…
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NatWest graduate account tiered overdraft - have they forgotten me?
Hi all, just a small question here. NatWest offers a tiered interest-free overdraft to graduates, with £2000 interest-free throughout the first year after graduation, £1000 after the second and finally £500 throughout the third. So the overdraft remains at £2k, but the interest-free portion slowly drops year-by-year.…
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College Research
Hi everyone, New here :) I'm a college student sent to do research on Hair dying techniques and I was wondering if everyone could please very quickly fill in this short survey? I only have a few days to get this filled in, results collated and typed up for college assignment (trust me to leave it until the last minute…
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Sponsorship for student
I need to raise the £9,000 for one year of tuition for my son at Rambert School of Ballet. Student Finance will not loan the money as he is repeating a year (having transferred from another uni) and the diploma he receives at the end of this year is the same as the one he received at the end of the last year. He was…
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Mature Postgraduate Student Stuck in a Rut
I am 32 years old and a part-time taught postgraduate student of English Lit at the University of Leeds. I am currently in a severe financial rut, as throughout my course I have had to limit my working hours to a maximum of 30hpw, and as a result I have landed myself in a lot of debt. I am currently unemployed and I am…
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Student Shopping Card - Tesco
Hi Does anyone know if Tesco do a student shopping card yet? Thanks
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Overseas Scholarships
Not sure if this is the correct forum - apologies if not. My son is currently studying Mandarin in China through the British Council (http://www.britishcouncil.cn/en/programmes/education/generation-uk/scholarships) He is having a fabulous time, and would definitely recommend it. He would like to continue studying/working…
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Studying abroad - Netherlands
Hello I'm looking into studying for a MSc in the Netherlands. Is anyone else doing something similar, how is it for you? I made a huge mistake in choosing my degree / university and ended up in a miserable wet drab city, studying with lecturers who couldn't give a %^&* , alongside students who also could give a %^&* It was…
