Leave or Suspend.. Universtity..

roxxyx

Voyager2002 wrote: »

The best advice is from #15.

In addition, the company that is your landlord will certainly have an agreement with the university, and that agreement may state that no rent is payable when a student leaves their course. You need to find out, and in order to do so you need to seek advice from your university.

Another point: even if you really would be liable to pay more rent (which I doubt), they cannot take money that you haven't got, nor do people go to prison for not paying their debts! You would let the company know about your financial situation and agree regular payments that you could afford. Such an arrangement might well be better than staying at university and hating it.

Hmm I'm not sure. In the contract it doesn't say anything about it. It is a letting agents but just for students but the houses are owned by landlords. My boyfriends pays monthly.. So I could try to ask them to pay monthly starting from April which will help out as hopefully I'll have a full time job by then. But I shall ask anyway thank you

Hollie_Rose_2

When I was at uni I felt the same - however my university offered a chance to speak to an advisor, does your offer this? they can help sort out all money / work issues etc... just through talking and addressing each individual thing thats making you stressed and unhappy

Its worth seeing if your uni offer this:) you're never alone...

amiehall

roxxyx wrote: »

thanks to all the replies so far i will reply soon as currently at work. But to this comment regarding the horse may i ask you how much YOU think a horse costs per month. Also your making a fuss but i don't drink or smoke or go out. Which i bet most students no and spend more money each month than i spend on My horse

It honestly wasn't meant to sound judgmental. Having received financial aid before, I would say that you will have to provide evidence (in the form of bank statements, wage slips etc.) to prove that your loan plus wages won't cover your ESSENTIAL expenditure. Any large sums paid out on your statements have to be explained and honestly, once you explain that it is horse maintenance costs, they are not going to believe that you are in hardship.

Hardship payments are not designed to cover drinking etc. either. They are payments to help you meet the basic costs of living.

My point is simply that making an application is a waste of everyone's time. It's not a judgement on what you choose to spend your own money on!

Murtle

Can you see about transferring to another course at the same Uni explaining that it's not right for you. Some Uni's will allow you to transfer.

Good luck with your choices though.

Just thought: do you get loans and grants if you are studying with the Open University? If so, is this an option?

roxxyx

amiehall wrote: »

It honestly wasn't meant to sound judgmental. Having received financial aid before, I would say that you will have to provide evidence (in the form of bank statements, wage slips etc.) to prove that your loan plus wages won't cover your ESSENTIAL expenditure. Any large sums paid out on your statements have to be explained and honestly, once you explain that it is horse maintenance costs, they are not going to believe that you are in hardship.

Hardship payments are not designed to cover drinking etc. either. They are payments to help you meet the basic costs of living.

My point is simply that making an application is a waste of everyone's time. It's not a judgement on what you choose to spend your own money on!

Fair enough, since I said I had a horse some people have sounded judgemental.. I have had him since he was born.. so it's not just 'any' pet...

I spoke to the financial lady today but she wasn't really helpful.. I just said I was thinking about withdrawing and all i got was 'you'll be responsible for loan and grant' thats it

Speaking to career advise lady this week hopefully she'll be a bit more helpful advise wise! haha

roxxyx

Murtle wrote: »

Can you see about transferring to another course at the same Uni explaining that it's not right for you. Some Uni's will allow you to transfer.

Good luck with your choices though.

Just thought: do you get loans and grants if you are studying with the Open University? If so, is this an option?

Problem is my uni is an art uni.. so I wouldn't really want to transfer to another course at the same place..
Yes my course is through open uni... so not sure what you mean?

V_Chic_Chick

Would putting the horse out on loan help the situation at all?

dizzyrascal

V_Chic_Chick wrote: »

Would putting the horse out on loan help the situation at all?

Stop focusing on the horse!
Having a horse is NOT the problem here. I'm sure that the OP has got her equine costs down to the bare minimum.
For information, if a horse lives out all year round or you get free straw/hay etc it can be very cheap to keep a horse. The national trust are paying someone near me to keep horses on their fields. Most people don't keep their horses on expensive livery yards, I know plenty who pay only £10-15 per week and sometimes only a fiver a week in the summer months. Many get free livery for mucking out other people's horses.
In other words, it can be done on a very tight budget.
If you own your own fields it costs even less.
Most horse owners do what the OP does. They don't holiday abroad (or at all), they don't drink, smoke or eat out. Actually, the bulk of horse owners are very good at money saving, because they would rather go without than lose their horse.

Dunroamin

roxxyx wrote: »

Problem is my uni is an art uni.. so I wouldn't really want to transfer to another course at the same place..
Yes my course is through open uni... so not sure what you mean?

Could you clarify what you mean by an "art uni " and whether you are actually studying with the OU.

roxxyx

Dunroamin wrote: »

Could you clarify what you mean by an "art uni " and whether you are actually studying with the OU.

I'm at an art uni/college that does fe and college courses.
The course is provided/done by the OU