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Help needed. Hope to be mature student...advice finances pls
My situation. 36 single mum of 2.( Daughter 19, last year at college, going to uni 2016) (son 17 disabled 1st yr at college) I'm currently unemployed and doing an Access to Hugher Education course at college and am wanting to study Nursing at uni next year. I'm in social housing and get housing benefit, child tax credit…
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Anyone booked accommodation at Avalon Court, Nottingham?
Just wondered if anyone has booked accommodation at Avalon Court in Nottingham? If yes, how are you getting along?
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Students - Back to Uni Tips, Tricks and Chat
URGENT! Help fight the Government’s student loan U-turn that means many will pay more Tell us when you've Emailed your MP Hi everyone! You'll all be preparing for Uni now. It's a great time but there must be questions you want answering! Well you can pick the brains of students who've been before, get fab tips and learn…
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Loan/Bursary/so confused please help
I will try to make this post as short and as factual as possible. I'm hoping to go back to uni full time in jan 2016 to study for my Masters in Social Work. I am married and my husband works full time and is in his final year of his first degree, we have two school age children. I have completed the online bursary…
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Self-Funding first year tuition- Advice needed
Hi, Apologies if this is covered elsewhere I have had a look through and couldn't see anything specific. My other half is enrolling as a mature student on an Undergrad degree. He had done a 2 year part-time HE course previously but had recieved no loans only a small maintenance grant for this course. We were told he would…
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Access student financial help!
Hi all. I have just started an access to HE course at college, and have no idea where else to turn. Nobody seems to have any answers. I have left my job to start this course, as the shifts I was working meant it was impossible to do both. I have 2 children, primary school age, and I've been told I will get £100 per week in…
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Student in a hole
Hi everyone, I wondered if anyone could help me with a predicament. I'm a mature student (36) in my third year now of studying and I'm having a big problem with my debt. My bank won't allow me a student account and have been charging me around £50 a month in overdraft fees. The charges mean that I am never able to get out…
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Free McDonald's Sandwich With iOS or Android App Download
Free McDonald's Sandwich With iOS or Android App Download :D :o ;):p
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dropped of university over 13 years ago and i want to go back watched
hi guys need some advice as well me my self i dropped out of uni back in 2003 after i done 3 years and i had only the exam and few modules to complete and few course work but i dropped out of uni, as i had personal things and i was stressed and depressed and i could not continue or concentrate at all... now after more than…
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Glide - students please be careful
Any students, or parents of a student, such as myself, please check Glide out fully before signing up to them. In theory it's a good idea - each person in the shared arrangement is responsible for their own part of the Glide contract. But you do pay a premium for this. However, as my daughter has found out, they are not…
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Great Hunt: What do you wish you'd known before you arrived at uni?
What do you wish you'd known before you arrived at uni? Learning from your own mistakes is half the fun of uni, but what financial pointers do you wish you’d known before you arrived fresh-faced at the halls of residence? Whether it’s grabbing hidden grants, buying books second-hand or steering clear of credit cards, we’d…
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Students Against the Odds!
Hi Everyone. I have just completed my PG Dip and am writing my dissertation for my MA. Not only has growing up in a very deprived part of the UK made me a 'non-traditional' student, it has inspired my research subject...For my dissertation I have chosen to study the motivational factors which drive students from workless…
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Access course & Housing Benefit problems
My council Housing Benefit department suspended mine & my husband's benefit claim last week for 2 reasons, the first has been sorted out but the second hasn't. I told the council a couple of months ago that I was going back to college to do Acces Course which they said was ok. A week ago yesterday i got home from college…
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What weird and wonderful societies do/did they have at your uni?
One of the best parts of uni can be the societies that you join during Freshers Week. Of course there's always your standard History Soc, or English Soc, but what are the strangest ones you've seen at a uni? Personally, I had quite a range at my uni - I think the farthest reaches had to be either Quidditch Soc or Allotment…
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British Student studying a masters in USA seeks advice.
My son is a 27-year old Clinical Psychology Masters student at Columbia University in New York. We, as a family have taken all the credit we can out in loans and bank savings to get him to the point at which he is at. He currently has a scholarship that sees him through until January, where he is left with 5 credits worth…
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Time between final DSA report and approval letter?
Hi All So sorry if this is the wrong place, but applied for DSA a few months ago, got my final report on the 24th August to Student Finance, however as it's now been a month, was getting a little worried as have heard nothing back and my course has already started, so was wondering if anyone knew roughly how long it would…
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Student Accomadation Nightmare
Hi All, I'll keep the facts clear and as brief as possible ~ Tadpole 1 has started at the local Uni on Monday doing an English BA. She decided to live in Halls to get the 'whole uni experience' even though we only live 10 miles away. Student finance lost her application for a student loan once, and sent it back twice…
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Students content insurance
Mention was made in weekly email about Students insuring their contents at Uni. First option was to check if you are covered on parents home insurance or the cost of cover to be added. Then it recommended Endsleigh. I believe it also mentioned that if in Uni Halls often there is insurance included - DD was covered and had…
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loans/grants paid into bank?
my DD started at uni yesterday and had her induction day,and got her student ID,when can she expect her loan/grant into her bank account? many thanks
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MSE News: 25 MoneySaving tips for the under-25s
How to get free Microsoft Office, 50% off Spotify, £1.50 travel across the UK, get paid to drink sensibly, and more... Read the full story: 25 MoneySaving tips for the under-25s Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New to Forum? Intro…
