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Parental support for more than one child at university
saltpot
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Hi
have one daugher at university- another due to go next September and one the following year. My middle daughter is starting to explore her options. One thing I am not too sure of is how is having more than one son/ daughter at university taken into consideration. I was told that they knock of a small amount ( approx £1,000) when considering income. I did manage to speak to someone at student finance yesterday who said that my income was deemed to be approx half ( shared between the two so to speak as a rough rule of thumb). I was told that this would mean they would both get the maximum maintenance grant ( non repayable portion). I have a third daughter who will start the following year and am keen to get this sorted. I can't find any written information to confirm this either way. Thanks
have one daugher at university- another due to go next September and one the following year. My middle daughter is starting to explore her options. One thing I am not too sure of is how is having more than one son/ daughter at university taken into consideration. I was told that they knock of a small amount ( approx £1,000) when considering income. I did manage to speak to someone at student finance yesterday who said that my income was deemed to be approx half ( shared between the two so to speak as a rough rule of thumb). I was told that this would mean they would both get the maximum maintenance grant ( non repayable portion). I have a third daughter who will start the following year and am keen to get this sorted. I can't find any written information to confirm this either way. Thanks
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Whoever told you that was talking complete !!!!!!!!, I'm afraid.
Your income levels are the same, it's the assessed contribution that is split between the two.0 -
Are they going to the same university by chance? I know that some universities have a discounted rate for siblings (Kent Canterbury being one)0
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AnxiousMum wrote: »Are they going to the same university by chance? I know that some universities have a discounted rate for siblings (Kent Canterbury being one)
As far as I know Kent's loyalty scheme is only for privately funded degrees, so could not be used with the loan for fees. Also it's only about 10% for one year0
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