EMA question

busiscoming2

Hi Can anyone tell me when the bonuses are paid? and do they notify you by letter?

lleck

January and July in the first year and October January and July for the second year. You don't usually get letters, it just appears in your bank account but that depends on where you study. The bonuses are due form our college this week

C_Ronaldo

to get the bonus are you allowed to miss any days of study

lleck

to get the bonus at our college you have to be up to date on your work (the tutor has to verify this) and to have been paid two weeks ema in January. So in other words you have to be present since college/school returned in January or have an authorised note for absence.

UniqueEarthling

My daughter applied for EMA in September and was accepted.

But, due to ilness at the beginning of the September, she had to miss some school. Because her average attendance dropped below what the school consider appropriate, she hasn't received a penny in EMA (even though she's not behind on her work or anything).

because it took me weeks to get the paperwork accepted because of one problem and another.

lleck

uniqueearthling, your daughter should be getting ema because it is weekly based on attendance and as long as your daughter attends a full week she should get that weeks ema. There are allowances that can be made for genuine sickness.
It can be back dated but only for a certian amount of weeks, i would phone the ema 080 810 16219 and explain your circumstances and ask them for advice. I think the school are at fault here, it is not up to them to judge.

UniqueEarthling

lleck wrote:

uniqueearthling, your daughter should be getting ema because it is weekly based on attendance and as long as your daughter attends a full week she should get that weeks ema. There are allowances that can be made for genuine sickness.
It can be back dated but only for a certian amount of weeks, i would phone the ema 080 810 16219 and explain your circumstances and ask them for advice. I think the school are at fault here, it is not up to them to judge.

Thank you so much for that advice. I'll phone them up on Monday and see what they say.

12helensp

Has anyone recieved EMA bonus yet.
I'm getting worried because I have recieved all the weekly payments so far, but not heard anything about an EMA bonus in my account and its nearly the end of Jan??
Do you think I should ask to be on the safe side, they might of forgotten to process my bonus or something.

button16

Nope don't worry it will come just wait. If your school has okayed it you will get it eventually. Mine hasn't arrived yet either.

lleck

at our college it automatically goes in after you have had two weekly payments in January but everyones admin is different

12helensp

:beer: Wooohooo! I checked my account and got my EMA bonus today!!