Student Loans Info for 2010/2011 (for the keen ones!)

Lokolo

Recieved an email the other day just for information purposes:

Maximum Tuition Fees Chargeable: £3,290 (a 2.04% rise)
Maximum Tuition Loan: £3,290

Maintenance - NO CHANGE

I was not happy when I saw this. They raise the tuition fees but not maintenance! I can understand them not raising maintenance but the same rules should apply to tuition imo.

The_Email wrote:

There will be no increase during 2010/11 to the Student Loan for
Maintenance (A K A the loan for living costs), the Maintenance Grant,
the Special Support Grant, or targeted support (Childcare Grant, Adult
Dependants' Grant, Parents' Learning Allowance, Disabled Student's
Allowances).

The maximum amounts and thresholds for these grants, allowances and
loans will be maintained at 2009/10 levels.

They suspect new applications won't be open before November.... (lol November, it will end up being Feb/March again)

CLAPTON

substantial increases in tuition fees are inevitable ... whoever gets elected next time.

Taiko

Damn you, you got all this information before I did.

I can discuss this over champagne when I stroll into the office Monday morning though.

surfsister

expect there won't be any protests though so the govt can carry on doing as it pleases.hardly any students even sign up for the petitions highlighted on here so they can't really complain.

Torby

means the system is slowly moving back to the dark ages when only those who can afford it will receive a Uni education....plus the fact there's a recession and those with degrees that require training contracts (law) or woring in industry for a year (engineering etc) may not be able to get work in the immediate future....

looks like there will be a drop in the numbers going to Uni in future years...again...making it more elitist

Aspiring

Torby wrote: »

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looks like there will be a drop in the numbers going to Uni in future years...again...making it more elitist

Think there would be a natural decline anyway, and that is due to the decline in the younger population as much as anything else.

CLAPTON

Torby wrote: »

means the system is slowly moving back to the dark ages when only those who can afford it will receive a Uni education....plus the fact there's a recession and those with degrees that require training contracts (law) or woring in industry for a year (engineering etc) may not be able to get work in the immediate future....

looks like there will be a drop in the numbers going to Uni in future years...again...making it more elitist

bizarre whatever does this mean?

it used to be the case that the poor had full grants and no fees... so going back would be good for them

also the recession affects everyone .. not just lawyers and engineers.. you know people like shop assistants, care workers , factory workers etc etc