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How to afford uni as a mature student?

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  • pearl123
    pearl123 Posts: 2,082 Forumite
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    Really glad you got some answers dobedoodoo. Best of luck with your studies. :)
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    A Foundation Degree for Paramedics will qualify for all the usual student funding package of loans, grants and bursaries.
  • Wakey2008
    Wakey2008 Posts: 149 Forumite
    edited 23 February 2011 at 3:23PM
    I was in a similar situation. I keep my mortgage job on 21 hours a week and, as I was over 25, claimed the maximum loan and grant without means testing. Cutting my hours down meant a pay cut of £8500 per year but my loan and grant gave me back over £6000 so all in all I was only £2500 worse off.

    I did quite a bit of freelance journalism prior to that though so my situation easily allowed me to make much more than the short fall in income I had.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser and Freelance Journalist
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
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