MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Should Lucky Luke give back his hardship grant?

richiebradford

He should put it in a high savings account for a year and then pay it back. Everyone's a winner

lukesmith997

I agree here, i am a Nursing student and have to work extremely hard to life a "normal" life, My student loan and grant just cover my rent (it actually gives me £11 a month spare) Thats to pay for food, gas, electric, clothes, books, stationary, and any luxury items i want. Therefore despite "working" as a student nurse for 37 hours a week. I also have no choice to work a futher 20-40 hours in a paid job! For example today am doing a 7 til 3 shift as a student nurse for free. Then a 12 hour 7 till 7 shift tonight to earn some money!!
It angers me when i hear people talking about "lazy" students some of us work extremly hard!

Oldgeek

Morally, of course, he should pay it back. Especially in the light of the shortage of funds as detailed by others. But I should think he'll think he's a winner twice, and take all his friends for a booze-up. Oh, and probably buy even more scratch cards than usual!

scotsjamie

i think he should pay it back, though in all likelihood someone in his position probably wouldnt,

seajones

To the person who suggested unis could pay themselves some of the unlimited funding they supposedly have; this isn't the case, most of the money that universities have to give to students in these situations is legally required to be reserved for that purpose.

As to the dilemma, he could keep it because it was allotted to him as he was when he received it. He doesn't have to though, and knowing that doing so would make many unis unlikely to help in future, I probably wouldn't.

Konamb212

crystal_clear wrote: »

Personally I would advise he give it back with thanks that they did consider him a hardship case at the time but he has had a bit of luck which more than meets the hardship grant at present and hopefully in the future this will go in his favor should he ever be put in the same hardship position as he has just managed to get out of.

regards
crystal

Legally he is under no obligation to pay it back, but morally he is no longer in hardship. At the time of receiving the money he was in hardship and has done nothing wrong, his circumstances have only changed since receiving it.
I would tend to agree with Crystal though.


What a bummer though handing back £1000!!!

MadBill

I suggest he gives back half his grant (was it a grant or a loan - have to go back and check - if it's a loan it doesn't matter it'll have to be paid back) - anyway - assuming a grant - give half of it back to the uni, and explain that it is indeed his to keep, but, he is donating half back to the 'system' to help others in need, and he's using the other half to have a set of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions with a trained therapist to break his addiction to gambling on the lottery. With this CBT he should become a well adjusted member of society, and once he has attained his qualifications he will contribute extensively throughout his working lifetime (and indeed, excessively, as we all know) via National Insurance and Income Tax to the general good, instead of coming out of the casino and ending up in the gutter every night, with nothing in his pockets, leaky trainers, 5 day stubble (Luke - got that razor yet!!! LOL) and holes in his jeans, looking up at the stars, and thinking of what could have been......................

Deco

Hypotheticly he should.

If put in his position I would no doubt keep the cash though
If he had the grit to give it back then perhaps giving to charity is another option?

oracle888

I would hope he would give it back as the £5000 should be enough for him to live on.
When I was at Uni the hardship fund always ran out within a couple of weeks! My loan was late in the first year so the Uni lent me just £100 which was paid back with a post dated cheque 2 weeks later when the student loan came in.
In my second year we had a compulsory field trip costing £500 which I applied to the hardship fund again but was told I was too late as all the money had already gone. Hopefully to those students with families to look after who are in greater need.
Luckily, I managed to earn money elsewhere without impacting on my studies.

It is tough to survive on the student loan but very do-able so long as you can budget. Therefore there are some students who have not learnt how to budget and may end up being in financial trouble. Yes we all have a right to spend money on what we like. And those who spend too much than they should will often have to learn the hard way from their mistakes. As one particular friend of mine ended up having his ever increasing interest free overdraft cancelled by the bank once he had managed to spend over £7000. The bank then enjoyed the massive interest charged on that £7000 as it was impossible to pay it back as he was in his 2nd year of Uni.

As I'm sure everyone is aware that being a student at Uni is a great life experience. If there isn't enough hardship fund then we have no other choice but to either find money elsewhere or live in the cheapest means possible.

Coeksie

I know the proper thing to do is give the money back, but I would suggest that he banks the £5000 and saves it for a rainy day. Life is tough enough these days and it wasn't as if he took it under any pretence - he was seriously in financial trouble and with a bit of common sense, he would manage his finances better in the future.