Printed and PDF Parents' Student Finance Guide Discussion

melancholly

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/health/student-finance

sleepless_saver

the download link doesn't work, I've reported it to the broken links dept!

melancholly

just thought i'd check (i know it's been weeks and was probably fixed ages and ages ago!) but the download is now working fine - just time to get it and read before term starts!

greenishfingers

Do all students, even those receiving the full maintenance grant, have to pay the tuition fees now? Am completely confused by the difference in the grants my two step-daughters have received (one started 2005, one 2007) , and am trying to work out why it should be!
Many thanks in advance for any help.

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mobbonkhouse

greenishfingers wrote: »

Do all students, even those receiving the full maintenance grant, have to pay the tuition fees now? Am completely confused by the difference in the grants my two step-daughters have received (one started 2005, one 2007) , and am trying to work out why it should be!
Many thanks in advance for any help.

All students have to pay the tuition fees. The tuition fees loan is not means tested so the loan just completely covers the tuition fees.

So the tuition fees and tuition fees loan wouldn't affect the Maintenance grant or Maintenance Loan, as they are both means-tested.

The difference in your step-daughters' grants could be caused by a few things...the main ones being if your income has changed or that the system has changed. the fact that the 2007 entrant now has a sibling at University would affect it slightly as well.

I used to work in the Student Finance dept of a Local Authority and now work with University students...I do hear things from them about people who don't have to pay as much in fees, but I have no idea how that would happen!

aah

I am a MSE subscriber, daily lurker and fairly regular poster.

Found this guide today on studentfinancedirect.com

I was looking for some info on how much I as a parent would have to contribute, once two children go to Uni.

There didnt seem to be any figures, so of little use, unfortunately. Can anyone else help.

Thanks. A.

Helix

This calculator will tell you: http://www.studentfinancedirect.co.uk/portal/page?_pageid=53,1262820&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

rob16d

student life....it's tough!

pms01

Student loans, listened on radio 2 today 7/3/08, my child went to university in the first year loans were introduced, I was earning about £30.000 per year and could not get any grants, bursaries, anything, I paid about £5000 per year in tuition fees, digs, books etc for three years, can I claim any of this back or is it just tough? Martin Lewis mentioned about $1000 per year grants for middle earners.