Student Funding 2006/7 Article Discussion

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ekkygirl

Can anyone answer this

My son start uni in September, we have too much money to qualify for any help (where is it then) My hubby is director of engineering company sounds good but not as grand as it sounds. As he is the owner of the company is there a way that he can Sponsor him or would he have to justify it to the Inland Revenue, Is it the case that he can do what he wants with the Ltd company money (he earns it) and that he just wont get tax relief on it. I could ask his accountant but he charges 50 quid just to look through his window lol

AddieH

Firstly I think it might be helpful to students who are not attending English unis or colleges to draw out what is going on in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland a bit more. For example that tuition fees in Wales will be £1,200 for all students in 2006/07.

I'd suggest a few changes to this section as the main support for tuition fees for new students in England in 2006/07 will be the tuition fee loan and not the previous grant for fees for lower income students:

Residual income, fine, with what they spend they’ve virtually nothing left.


Nope, it doesn’t work that way. It roughly means your parents’ pre-tax income minus pension payments and a little leeway if you've siblings. If it's under £37,425 you could recieve up to £2,700 of maintenance grant from SLC and possibly a bursary from your institution, but more on that later.

You can also apply for a non-means tested loan to pay for your tution fees (of up to £3,000 or the fee for your course if lower than £3,000) which with the maintenance loan will be paid back after you graduate and are earning over £15,000.

I'd think about removing the bit below as if you apply for a tuition fee loan the Student Loans Company will pay the money to the institution on your behalf, you'll only have to pay the University if you choose not to take out the fee loan.

How on earth will I pay it?


By cheque to the University in the first term… oops… I see what you mean. Well if it’s your parents that are assessed, they’re supposed to cough up, though you can’t legally force them to.

hilspars

Just a few points about EMA having just gone through the process with my nephew.
1) You effectively get the money on the friday of the following week
2) The college is responsible for passing on details to EMA and you get nothing at all if you have been late twice in a week ( 5 minutes counts as late in his college ) or if you do not attend on any day. You do not get a split of the money it is an all or nothing thing !
3) If the lecturer forgets to complete registration details on any one day then you may also find the following week they get nothing, so it is wise to get them to check at the end of the week that this process has been completed as it is a pain to get the money back retrospetively.
4) It does not necessarily state on the form but you will need to present birth certificate or passport to the administrator at the college on the day of enrollment.
Hope this helps

davsidipp

hi. people keep mentioning bursary do you/they mean hardship funds

AddieH

davsidipp wrote:

hi. people keep mentioning bursary do you/they mean hardship funds

"Hardship funds" as they were officially known don't exist anymore, but students entitled to the full £2,700 maintenance grant should receive a bursary of at least £300 from their university or college, many are offering more.

If when you arrive at university you have financial difficulties you can speak to your uni/college's student support office and talk about applying for "Access to Learning Funds" which can be given at the uni or college's discretion to students in need.

Hope helpful.

ayla261

does anyone know if this can be backdated? i'm on low income and have been studying part time for degree, out of my own pocket (scraping the bottom) for past four years, funny how things like this - that offer extra money for learning - aren't publicised widely

AddieH

ayla261 wrote:

does anyone know if this can be backdated? i'm on low income and have been studying part time for degree, out of my own pocket (scraping the bottom) for past four years, funny how things like this - that offer extra money for learning - aren't publicised widely

The support for part-time students is quite different than for full-time students (& not mentioned in the article) and gov't support is only given to students studying at no longer than twice the length of an equivalent full-time course. For example you'd be expected to complete an ordinary degree in no more than six years.

You can also apply to your university's student support office if you are in a difficult financial situation for "Access to Learning Funds".

sue_dub

Scottish Students who graduated this year have been asked to pay a graduation fee to the SAAS - does anyone know if this request can be ignored ???

Jen*_4

I am currently studying my second HND as my first HND didnt allow me to find a job basically there are none. Maybe I should have reasearched this first but I thought instead of moaning about it get back out there and get re-educated.

So now because I am doing another HND I am no longer entitled to any financial help from the government. Yet they preach to us all how important education is but they are not prepared to help us.

My mother is a widow and earns under the low wage bracket, yet still this seems to make no difference. The LEA did not even believe me when I said my father had died and asked me to prove it! How insensitive are these people I am sure they are not human.

As my mother is trying to keep a roof over our heads (meaning myself, my sister and her father) of which my sister has just started uni! She cannot afford to help me in any way shape or form financially. We are all so stressed I am trying not to show my mum how worried I am about not being able to pay my fees. It is awful!

If I had come from a different background I would have been given the earth and I really DO NOT care how politically incorrect it is to say that unfortunately it's true!

Why is it that you have to fight so damn hard for only what you are entitled to in this god damn country! My father paid all his taxes and did everything the right way, it's seems to me that the honest and upstanding citizens get punished these days rather than the other way round!

I really do not know how I will fund my final year! And I now realise that there is absolutely no chance of me doing my degree as I just could not afford to. No wonder people find it so easy to stay on the dole, they probably have more money than I do!

Does anybody know of any funding or help I could apply for considering my circumstances? I have come to a dead end.

Thankyou for reading my post!

pollocmc

Jen* wrote:

The LEA did not even believe me when I said my father had died and asked me to prove it! How insensitive are these people I am sure they are not human

I know you are angry and you probably have a right to be but I doubt it is the case that they don't believe you. More likely that they require you, and everyone else, to provide evidence. It's the same for kids and divorce/separation (which I had to provide evidence of). If they didn't then they would have to deal with loads more fraudulent claims. Is there not a student finance officer at the college that could help you find out what you might be entitled to?