Previous OU Study Grant vs SLC elligibility?

disbelief_2

Does anyone know if previously receiving a study grant from the OU (via SLC) would affect future entitlement now that I want to study at a face to face uni?

If it doesn't affect entitlement would it affect the amount of support I'm elligible for?

cheers

Fridayschild

Hi,
I did what you are wanting to do, last year. The previous year I had a grant from the OU for full course fees, and then last year I applied for a grant from my local university to do a face to face course, and received a grant for that one too.
As far as I am aware, each year is assessed separately, and as we are just entering a new educational year, there shouldn't be a problem.
PM me if you have any more questions on this. (I am now back studying with OU and have again applied and received a grant for my study fees for the coming year)
Hope this helps
K

Oldernotwiser

Did you complete your degree with the OU?

disbelief_2

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Did you complete your degree with the OU?

nah just did short courses/dd100 but didn't complete either due to health problems.

lee1985

Sorry to bring this back up but as you can see I've tried to search previous threads so as not to be a pain!

I'm pulling my hair out over this so any definitive answers would be great.

I have two years previous study back in 2004 and 2005. It was the first year and the repeat of a first year which I both failed.

Since then I have received support from the OU in 2008, 2009 and 2010 for various moduled towards a degree. I have also paid over £1,500 of my own money towards some of these fees. I have not yet received that degree and still don't hold any qualifications.

I want to apply for a degree course at University this year where I believe I will fly through the first year and so on with the new help of my OU knowledge.

Question is, am I eligible to receive any support whatever?
Loans, grants or tuition fees.

I quality for the Special Support Grant, I'm 25 and will be living away from home to experience new life out there! That is, of course, assuming I don't have to pay everything myself which I can't afford.

As I understand, I will be eligible considering my 2 years of previous study at a mainstream university. Correct? But what about the OU study, will that be taken into account even though it is part time study, distance learning (and I haven't got my degree yet) ?

Thank you.

zzzLazyDaisy

I did this, but it was years ago, so things may have changed. At the time my financial support with the OU was not taken into account when assessing eligibility for funding for a 'bricks and mortar' uni, because the funding was from a different source.

But things may have changed. I think the only thing you can do is ask the direct question of the various funding providers ie: do they take previous OU funding into account when assessing eligibility.

Oldernotwiser

If you have done so much study with the OU, is there a reason for not continuing with that route and finishing your degree with them?

I'm not sure about the OU funding question but if you've already done 2 years of full time HE, you'll only get another 2 years' funding anyway.

lee1985

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

If you have done so much study with the OU, is there a reason for not continuing with that route and finishing your degree with them? QUOTE]

Yes because the OUs EAB is bobbins.
Their standards are already much higher than mainstream universities, and they have been extremely picky with many of my examination scripts. Not going into details but I have a big issue with them.

Taiko

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Oldernotwiser

lee1985 wrote: »

Their standards are already much higher than mainstream universities, and they have been extremely picky with many of my examination scripts. Not going into details but I have a big issue with them.

And that's a bad thing because?

lee1985

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

And that's a bad thing because?

Thought it was obvious?

I have to achieve a significantly higher mark to achieve the same class of degree.

Therefore, it's a bad thing because the same grades at a mainstream university would have got me a First, not a 2:1.