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Are my Uni's student funding service right?

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  • I think at 27 i'm too old for connextions, but I have sought advice about my CV.

    I only really need to get thorugh the next two and a half months as I will not be paying tuition fees next year and I will get a bigger loan in september too

    My loan of 7000 take off 3000 for tuition fees leaves me with 4000 which is my rent i used my overdraft for bills and stuff.

    I just needed to get through this year then next year I am back to the normal student funding and I can easily budget for that amount.

    I have to pay tuition fees this year due to previous study when i left my old course due to illness I tried many of the suggestions prior to posting here my applcation to the summer fund was rejected due to not being a lone parent, I have asked my uni for advice they could give me none. I have got the odd few hours working here and there but am finding this impossible due to lack of recent work experience (off sick for 4 years), I have sent out CV's I apply for anything I can.

    As a student funding expert I am very confused at to the income you are referring to. If you were not entitled to a tuition fee loan, you would not be entitled to the maintenance grant either. How do you have a loan income of £7k?

    If you left a previous course due to illness, you can apply for "compelling personal reasons" to be applied to that year so it is basically ignored as a previous year of funding and shouldn't impact future entitlement. You do not get this automatically and have to provide medical evidence to support your claim. Your university or SU advice centre should be able to help you through this process.

    Regarding the assessment for living costs, the ALF assessment is based of set criteria and every single HEI in the country has to use them. This includes set costs for living costs to cover food, utilities, phone etc and is used regardless of what you spend. If you actually spend less and the lower amount was used in the calculation, you'd have an even bigger surplus in income showing.

    Have you seen a specialist disability/benefits advisor regarding your illness, you may be entitled to ESA & DLA, which would passport you to housing benefit. There are complications with being a full-time student and claiming ESA.
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