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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…
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Tuition fee Grants (Back in the day!)
Hi there, Wondering if anyone can help me. My Boyfriend went to Uni 2005 - 2007 (dropped out two weeks into third year because of depression) He's returned to Uni this year but we don't think he is entitled to any student funding support until the third year this time so we are muddling along paying the tuition fee's…
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Compelling Personal Reasons
All sorted, thank you everyone. :beer:
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When are student loans written off?
I have 3 loans from 1996, 1997, 1998 and are on the old mortgage style loans. They were taken out through the SLC but were taken over by Erudio 4 years ago. I am now 45 and live in England (Loans were also taken out in England). I have never earned over the threshold and therefore have not paid these back. I read in some…
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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…
