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Adult Dependants Grant
Hi, Does anyone know what counts as expenses to deduct off my income to see if hubbie is eligble for this? Really struggling with student finance at the moment. They wanted our marriage certificate etc and then suddenly the system doesn't want proof of anything! Kind regards
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Part time Distance Learning course, wales funding help
Hi, I'm 35 and fed up with working 2 jobs with long hours. so, recently i've been thinking about doing a degree with the OU. I've had a look around to see what funding is available but it's not clear on how much i could potentially get. I live in Wales, household income under 25k but not on benefits. my course fee is…
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MSE News: Heading home from uni? Diarise to cancel bills and claim TV licence refund
Students heading home for the summer could be able to claim a £36 refund for the unused part of their TV licence ... Read the full story: Heading home from uni? Diarise to cancel bills and claim TV licence refund Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all…
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Student finance wales grant serious help needed please!!!
Hi I was wondering if any one can help me I was due my payment of my student grant on the 20/04/15. Its was marked as paid at that time however was not showing in my bank. Then it went to failed and then approved and then to blocked in a couple of days. I think spoke to several people that said they have unblocked it and…
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Employment status definitions?
Hey everyone, I've been having an issue with this for a while now, as I can't seem to find any decisive information from the HMRC or gov.uk websites. Any help would be much appreciated. :D As an international student, I'm not allowed to be in self-employment or have a business, that much is clear to me. I can't seem to…
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NUS card, final year
Bit of a dilemma, I want to buy a new NUS card, and I am currently a full-time student, but am about to graduate in a few months. Anyone know if this is a loophole and I'll still be able to use it for one (or three) years? Has anyone done this? I don't fancy the graduate one as apparently it's not the same discounts Please…
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maintenance loan 2015-16
Hi Just received the amount for my daughters maintenance loan for her final year at uni next year. We have noticed that the amount has gone down even though our finances have not changed. I have looked online and the amount for a household income of over £62,500 looks set to be £3,731. We have been offered £3,469. Before I…
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Cost of university
Hello, Can you advise, I am on pip, esa income based, recieve HB & CT as a single mom. My son wants to live at far away uni, i just dont know how i will meet the accommodation costs for each year. Will his loan & maintenance grant cover it, will he get these monies for each year. Tried telling him to choose a local uni but…
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Will my tuition fee loan be auto amended? OU
Studying with the OU as of October. Applied for tuition fee loan via SFE. When filling out the online form it said the max I could take was £2,700 (the cost of 60 credits). Loan has been approved and paperwork arrived this morning for £2,700. However, I will be studying for 90 credits, which will cost around £4,000. I…
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SAAS funding for non-UK students
Hey, I have just applied for my 2nd year tuition fees. I am in my 1st year of university now, but not a UK resident (not lived in Scotland for 3 consecutive years either). However, somebody mentioned to me recently, that there is a possibility to get SAAS bursary and loan as long as I commit to finish my full degree here…
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Interest change for new 1998-2011 loans?
Hi, Don't think my title makes any sense but anyway... I was reapplying for my student loan and the following came up on the confirmation page: The thing is, I started my course in 2010, so I am on the 1998-2011 scheme. My previous loans have always had 1.5% interest and I thought repay when I earn over 17,000. I called up…
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How long do I need to keep old assignments?
I'm not sure that this belongs in this section as it's not about student money issues, nor perhaps an issue for current students, but I wasn't sure where else to put it. Perhaps someone can help though? I need to have a clear out to create some space and am wondering whether to throw out my old uni assignments? These were…
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About to loose my eligibility???
Hi everyone First of all, a huge thank you to anyone who goes to the effort of reading all this. I believe that I am beginning to stand on pretty thin ice with regards to my eligibility for student finance due to what I would deem as a temporary absence from England. To make this as simple as possible I've put this all in…
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Student debt
Hello, I need some advice please!!! I recieved a.letter yesterday from the student loans company saying I owe them over £7000!!! £2000+ of that is from when I dropped out of uni in 2007/2008, the rest is because they claim I didn't send in a childcare confirmation form in 2011/2012 which I never recieved a letter about!!!…
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unidays house of fraser
Hi im trying to purchase something from house of fraser and my unidays code isnt working. Is anyone else having this problem? Thank you
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Mature student covering mortgage and bills on year abroad
I'm a mature student about to go on my year abroad in August 2015 and will be earning a basic salary to cover living costs. I have a mortgage and bills to pay in the UK, most of them in my name and my partner, who will be staying in the UK, can't afford to pay everything in my absence. I'm not entitled to Erasmus funding…
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Messed around by Student Finance
Hi, I wanted to post my story (again) and maybe get some feedback about where I could take it to get some more publicity for how I've been messed around by Student Finance... I will try to be brief... 2010-12: Completed Cert HE part time with the OU 2012: Applied to SFE for full time funding, told that as I hadn't…
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lowest cost part time uk (or maybe EU) academic degree
So, I don't need to do another degree for any pragmatic or career reason, I'm "sorted" in that regard and happily studying various MOOC's or similar for essentially recreation. That said, sometimes the odd course has bits where I could benefit from being able to incentivise myself to put in a bit more effort and a 'reward'…
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Maintaining ordinary residence
Hi, As advised in my previous post ‘About to lose my eligibility’, I’m posting this to try and simplify my problem. I’ve been working in China for the past 8 months and have 2 months left on my contract. As this is a temporary contract I feel that I could certainly prove that this absence is temporary in order to keep my…
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Student Loan Interest
Just read this article from 'Moneyfacts': http://moneyfacts.co.uk/news/buy-to-let/cheap-buy-to-let-mortgage-deals-on-the-rise/?utm_source=Moneyfacts.co.uk+&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5640945_Consumer+Newsletter+250415+(non-opens+re-send+290415) So Buy To Let mortgages, 3.34% are cheaper than the interest on Student…
