student loans company statements

CLAPTON

cookiecrunch wrote: »

Yes I paid £1050 and my boyfriend- child of a single mother didn't pay any.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/jan/23/uk.education
I draw your attention to the paragraph on the 1990's I started under this system therefore continued under it and owe no tuition fees now as I paid £1050 each year upfront.
Are you normally this combative?

No, I'm not combative at all.

I do have a certain reverence for intellectual rigour. Ok if I'm incorrect I will willing say so but........

your reference doesn't say that tuition fees were means tested as any time.

CLAPTON

tizhimi wrote: »

Yep they were means tested. I had to pay the full whack because my parents were over the threshold of earnings which also meant I got the minimum amount of student loan- once again because of my parents earnings.

I had to go out and get a job whilst some friends basked in the cash thrown at them and not having to pay tuition fees (that really onnoyed me however at least I had a work ethic unlike others)

I feel for the kids today having to pay £3k+ a year in tuition fees!

yes... and where is the evidence ?

Absinthe_Fairy

Can't speak for 2002 but presuming the system was the same for 2003-2006 (when I was at uni), tuition fees WERE means tested - I didn't pay any as my parents earnt under the threshold. Unlike my brother, who started in 2006 under the new system and now owes over 9,000 in fees.

cookiecrunch_2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/business_basics/1495094.stm
Here is an article explaining the situation in August of 2001- the year i entered further education.
the relevant paragraph is below.

Complicated, isn't it? How about tuition fees?
The most any student will be asked to contribute towards their fees in 2001/02 will be £1,075. The actual amount will depend on that old favourite, the family's residual income:

If it is less than £20,000 they will pay nothing
If it is between £20,000 and £29,784 they will pay part of the fees, worked out on a sliding scale
If the residual income is above £29,784 then they will have to pay the full fee contribution of £1,075. It is estimated that about half of students in England and Wales will not have to pay fees in 2001/2002. Students in Scotland do not have to pay tuition fees.

As i (and others) said before this was the situation. I paid full fees up front because my parent's had a residual income over £29,784

cookiecrunch_2

and from the previous article.
from 1998 introduced a new system of £1,000 means-tested and upfront tuition fees, and low-cost income-contingent loans.

I too value intellectual rigour, and tend to believe this starts with reading.

jiggy2

My wife received her statement for 2007/08 in July and 2008/09 in August. The first statement after you are due to enter repayment is always delayed (the 2007/08 statement in her case) as they wait for HMRC to provide them with the necessary info.

In her case either HMRC or SLC have messed up and haven't shown the 2007/08 repayments on the statement. I had sent a copy of the P60 (for 2007/08) to SLC and got back a letter from them quoting the new balance (which was way lower than what it should be) so I have now had to write to them with what I think the correct balance is (showing the correct b/f, repayments, interest and c/f).

The website only shows the o/s balance which isn't really helpful.

Jig

Zoology_Dragon

CLAPTON wrote: »

you are obviously a joker

do you really believe your contribution to tuition fees is means tested?

How rude are you?!

Tuition fees were most certainly means tested while I was an undergraduate (1998-2002) and there were NO maintenance grants at this time. I paid no fees but also received no grant. I had only my student loan (full amount, means tested) to live on plus whatever I earnt during this time.

Perhaps you should check your facts before attacking forum members.