Grant overpayment query

di3004

GlasweJen wrote: »

good luck. it is often the case that students don't realise that their grant is for the full year including summer and so these notices are relatively common.

Thank you hun, yes your right.;)
I should have looked more into this from the start also, but assumed my son would be going back for the second year - :rolleyes: arh well we all live and learn, thanks again.;)

Oldernotwiser

di3004 wrote: »

Thank you hun, yes your right.;)
I should have looked more into this from the start also, but assumed my son would be going back for the second year - :rolleyes: arh well we all live and learn, thanks again.;)

Not your job to look into it; he's an adult and it's his money. I hope he appreciates the help, though.

dixon66

di3004 wrote: »

Hi there folks

I did post this on another thread - but thought I would start my own here.;)


My son was to do a 2 year course at for 2007/08, however he had found a job during the summer holidays and settled there, he decided not to go back to uni for the following year.


He had completed his first full year and sat his exams, done ok and passed but as stated did not go back for the 2nd year, no finance forms were filled in for the 2nd year. He had finished uni when everyone had after the exams.

Anyways, this morning he received a letter from Student finance as he let them know he did not return to the 2nd year and nothing was filled in for finance.
However the letter he received today was about a overpayment of grant of £556.00 and this must be paid either by debit/credit card, postal order of cheque.

Now I have never been as far as uni but I am aware that the grants etc are paid in so many times a year, the last payment I believe my son received was way before the exams he sat.

I also know this goes by household income of knowing how much they are eligible for, but this overpayment baffles me.

I did also inform them in January that there had been a change in circumstances financially, due to where my hubby worked in a steel plant had closed down without any notice where 400 of them including hubby were dismissed without pay etc, I am a carer for my younger son with autism, and hubby was the only earner.

I did contact student support on behalf of my son as he did not have time due to being at uni full time and told them the situation, what they said was, my son is probably owed over £300 now as our circumstances had changed, but she said this can be altered/ or adjusted when he reclaims this again on the following year as an extra payment but of course this did not happen nor did he re-apply.

When hubby did return to work, this was about 3 months later it worked out about £6k less a year, now I had contacted student support as I said above due to then having no income, only benefits as their information says to do that, in case they have to adjust the amounts of grants etc.

I am so sorry this is so long but need some understanding on this, and how they calculate the grants, because I know my son was not paid anything after sitting the exams.
What would they call a full year then? Because the 2nd year did not even start until October 2008?

This stemmed from a letter received about a fortnight ago, a letter from student support arrived to see what my son was doing now because he had not re-applied for finance for the 2nd year.

Thanks folks, I appreciate your input here.;)

Di

Hi there

Just found your post and wondered if you could tellThank you me the outcome. My son is in same position. He told uni part way thru 1st year but completed the year and handed all work in but has been told he has to repay 968 pound of his grant as course runs from sept to sept.
Thank you

Oldernotwiser

This thread is more than 2 years old; you'll get a better response if you start a new one.

Taiko

But what I will say, is that any grants are payable based on time in attendance for the academic year, which runs 1st September to the 31st August. They're only payable up until the date of last attendance, so the OP in this thread would have had the overpayment. That bit is stated within the T&C's signed, and also the regulations.