advice needed

fairy.fly

merlin68 wrote: »

If your parents are getting middle rate care or attendance allowance. You can put a claim in for carers allowance. This would then pay you ni contributions and you can claim a top up of income supprt so you would get £67 a week.
They don't claim for the carer you do.

thanks for the advice but they don't claim for the majority of what they are entitled to so its unlikely they would like it if i claimed for carer allowance.

oldernotwiser: I think that, if your income is 0, you'll probably find that you're below the income threshold.

On the OU finance application it does say that i would have to provide a p60 or another similar form which is my tax for the year but since i haven't worked or claimed benefit since the late 90's i'm not even sure how i would get it or what use it would be.

Oldernotwiser

fairy.fly wrote: »

On the OU finance application it does say that i would have to provide a p60 or another similar form which is my tax for the year but since i haven't worked or claimed benefit since the late 90's i'm not even sure how i would get it or what use it would be.

Telephone the OU and ask what alternative evidence they'll accept. There'll be many people who don't claim benefits or have an income who get help. Think of all the SAHPs who study with the OU.

merlin68

It's basically none of their buisness. You need an income and you NI paid. What are you living on?
Do they buy your clothes etc.

Jay_Tee

I would suggest you need to contact the OU as soon as possible as the deadline for applications for financial support has passed for the courses starting in October.

Fortunately there are courses that start for instance in February, but you would need to get your application for financial support for those in by mid December and sooner than that would be better.

As ONW said above the Fees change from September 2012, if you start now you can carry on the present fee structure until you complete your degree.

The fees change a lot, at present a 30 point course costs £480 and financial support will cover the entire cost, from September the same course will cost £1250 and at present there's no information as to how financial support will work.

So my advice is contact the OU as soon as posible.

Oldernotwiser

Jay_Tee wrote: »

I would suggest you need to contact the OU as soon as possible as the deadline for applications for financial support has passed for the courses starting in October.

Fortunately there are courses that start for instance in February, but you would need to get your application for financial support for those in by mid December and sooner than that would be better.

As ONW said above the Fees change from September 2012, if you start now you can carry on the present fee structure until you complete your degree.

The fees change a lot, at present a 30 point course costs £480 and financial support will cover the entire cost, from September the same course will cost £1250 and at present there's no information as to how financial support will work.

So my advice is contact the OU as soon as posible.

Absolutely right except for the bit I've highlighted. Information is available from this link.

http://www8.open.ac.uk/study/explained/fees-2012

Loans are being introduced when fees rise which will be an improvement for many people.

Jay_Tee

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Absolutely right except for the bit I've highlighted. Information is available from this link.

http://www8.open.ac.uk/study/explained/fees-2012

Loans are being introduced when fees rise which will be an improvement for many people.

Ah, I was going by this statement:

"The National Scholarship Programme is government funding to help students in England from disadvantaged backgrounds with the cost of their higher education study. It will be available to students entering higher education from autumn 2012 and we expect more information to follow."

from here http://www8.open.ac.uk/study/explained/fees-2012/new-to-study

fairy.fly

merlin68 wrote: »

It's basically none of their buisness. You need an income and you NI paid. What are you living on?
Do they buy your clothes etc.

I live with my parents and yes they pay for the food etc can't remember the last time i bought any clothes lol were talking well over a year although i think i got some last christmas.
I run the house ie doing shopping paying bills cleaning. Dad had cancer afew years ago and has left him with certain problems without going into too much detail.


I know i need to get my NIC payments looked into i might phone the benefits advice phone line and see what they suggest.

My main aim for the moment though is trying to get on the OU course.
The registration for my course opens in october i've already applied and been given a pre registration but i then need to fill in the financial aid application when it arrives in october.

Oldernotwiser

Jay_Tee wrote: »

Ah, I was going by this statement:

"The National Scholarship Programme is government funding to help students in England from disadvantaged backgrounds with the cost of their higher education study. It will be available to students entering higher education from autumn 2012 and we expect more information to follow."

from here http://www8.open.ac.uk/study/explained/fees-2012/new-to-study

This is the most recent information I've seen.

http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/higher-education/docs/n/11-730-national-scholarship-programme-year-one