Refusal to pay tuition fees (2006/07!)

the_edmundator

DrFluffy wrote: »

they could try making the case that you knew you were not entitled, committed some kind of fraud and this impinges on your probity and honesty etc

Thanks for the info. I, and I suspect all other students, rely on the student loans company to tell me what I am entitled to. That is how the system works. The applicant says either, "I want to claim (borrow) everything I'm entitled to," or, "I want nothing from you" (and maybe something in-between). I never requested tuition fee loans specifically, I asked to be assessed for my entitlement to loans in general and was deemed to be eligible for them.

I have still not been shown evidence that there is absolutely no eligibility for tuition fee loans for second degrees. I would imagine that you are only entitled to claim for tuition fee loans for one degree - in which case this would be the first such degree for me. In fact, as it stands at present I have only claimed (or been awarded, depending on how you look at it) tuition fee loans for two out of nine years study. Six of the other seven I paid (assessed on parental income), the final one the NHS paid.

Clearly this is going to make no progress until I have taken professional advice and investigated further.

It's really not what I need when I've got a house extension being started this week.

Lokolo

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/Applyingforthefirsttime/DG_171523?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=194123&Rendition=Web

Page 7

Its a PDF file btw.

The_PDF_File wrote:

The course you plan to study must be of a
certain type and lead to a recognised highereducation
qualification. The most common of
these are shown below.
• First degree (for example, BSc, BA, BEd and
so on)

the_edmundator

Thanks. Is it possible to get hold of the equivalent document for 2003/04?

Lokolo

the_edmundator wrote: »

Thanks. Is it possible to get hold of the equivalent document for 2003/04?

I'm sure it will be somewhere. However I have no idea where lol.

DrFluffy

2004 PN1 - it's the form, not the notes though.

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/educlibnew.nsf/099596290d655d2980256bb50045ba3d/e1455ebbc3d0c3df80256dec0043e334/$FILE/PN1-Form-04-05-ac3-rev.pdf

DrFluffy

Here's notes for 2005, which was the same system as for 2004

http://origin.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_10035178.pdf

Will delete if I find 2004

the_edmundator

130.88.36.167/downloads/lcan/Resources/GuidetofinancialsupportforHEstudents.pdf

That appears more helpful and it seems that I should have been eligible for reduced, or no support. Looks like I'll have to hope it's the former and check things out.

Taiko

What you want is a copy of The Student Support Regulations 2004, in the eligibility section.