Help With Student Loans - HERE!

student_advisor

okay, then it might be that they haven't put your documents onto your account yet or you have a massive stash of cash in the bank!

This means that you'll get at least some funding at the start of term, but that there might be some more to come.

karan733

hello all

this is my first post on MSE but ive been a regular on the mailing list for a while now. I was made redundant in July 09 and have been considering going back to university and doing a second degree, but my biggest concern is whether I would qualify for funding or not.

When I did my first degree, I was an international student and therefore was not eligible to recieve funding from the SLC/LEA, however I now have a UK passport and I consider this to be my first application for funding support.

Does the gov/SLC/LEA see this the same way or am I not eligible for funding through a student loan?

Thank you for your advice!

kiraroo

Hello
I don't know if this has already been mentioned in this thread but does someone have the address for Student Loan Repayment?

I've been in full time employment earning over £15,000 (nearly double) since leaving university in 2003 yet I have only cleared about £500 off my loan so far which I am sure cannot be right. I have tried to log onto their website which doesn't work and tried calling but i don't have a spare day to spend the whole day on hold! So I guess I will have to write to them as a last resort to try and sort it out.

Many thanks

janramsfan

Sure my daughter won't get maintenance grant due to husbands salary so not applied for it but assumed she would get full £4950 maintenance loan (as assume this reduced by amount of grant if given) however on directgov estimator gizmo says she would get around £3,500. Why is this? She is living away from home and doing fulltime course.

Lokolo

janramsfan wrote: »

Sure my daughter won't get maintenance grant due to husbands salary so not applied for it but assumed she would get full £4950 maintenance loan (as assume this reduced by amount of grant if given) however on directgov estimator gizmo says she would get around £3,500. Why is this? She is living away from home and doing fulltime course.

£4950 is if you are living in London. Its around £3.3/3.5k if you are outside London.

Lokolo

kiraroo wrote: »

Hello
I don't know if this has already been mentioned in this thread but does someone have the address for Student Loan Repayment?

I've been in full time employment earning over £15,000 (nearly double) since leaving university in 2003 yet I have only cleared about £500 off my loan so far which I am sure cannot be right. I have tried to log onto their website which doesn't work and tried calling but i don't have a spare day to spend the whole day on hold! So I guess I will have to write to them as a last resort to try and sort it out.

Many thanks

Have you tried logging into this?

http://www.studentloanrepayment.co.uk/

There is a contact thing at the bottom but only phone numbers, the main address is:

The Student Loans Company Ltd
100 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 7JD

But the company is quite big so not sure the correct department.

laura_144

Hello, my brother and I have always had non-income assessed student finance in the past, and I initially applied for this for the coming year. However, my parents' income has significantly changed since then and I would now be entitled to a grant if my application was income assessed. Is there any way to change things at this stage?

HopeAndDriftWood

laura_144 wrote: »

Hello, my brother and I have always had non-income assessed student finance in the past, and I initially applied for this for the coming year. However, my parents' income has significantly changed since then and I would now be entitled to a grant if my application was income assessed. Is there any way to change things at this stage?

Print a change of circumstances form from the website and sent it in. They will reassess, but you might get it later then usual.

Oldernotwiser

karan733 wrote: »

hello all

this is my first post on MSE but ive been a regular on the mailing list for a while now. I was made redundant in July 09 and have been considering going back to university and doing a second degree, but my biggest concern is whether I would qualify for funding or not.

When I did my first degree, I was an international student and therefore was not eligible to recieve funding from the SLC/LEA, however I now have a UK passport and I consider this to be my first application for funding support.

Does the gov/SLC/LEA see this the same way or am I not eligible for funding through a student loan?

Thank you for your advice!

When you say a second degree, do you mean another undergraduate degree or a postgraduate?

student_advisor

karan733 wrote: »

hello all

this is my first post on MSE but ive been a regular on the mailing list for a while now. I was made redundant in July 09 and have been considering going back to university and doing a second degree, but my biggest concern is whether I would qualify for funding or not.

When I did my first degree, I was an international student and therefore was not eligible to recieve funding from the SLC/LEA, however I now have a UK passport and I consider this to be my first application for funding support.

Does the gov/SLC/LEA see this the same way or am I not eligible for funding through a student loan?

Thank you for your advice!

You will not get funding for a second undergraduate degree regardless of whether you self-funded your first degree or not unless it is in a specific area such as nursing. This is a new rule that was introduced last year.

Funding for postgraduate courses is completely different and in some cases very hard to come by.