University Maintanance Grant problem for son..

FBaby

Indeed, why? Because he doesn't want to start life in debts and would rather tax payers to pay for his studies, and if that won't happen, he is going to give up on what he thinks is best for him for his future, ie. getting a career?

Many kids go to Uni who can't get maintenance due to parents income, but are expected to pay for their own studies. I won't be paying for my kids. I might help a little bit, but ultimately, they will have to take loans and work to support themselves through Uni. It really annoys me that it should be assumed that because you can afford to, parents are believed to continue to fully support their kids financially through higher education.

Every kid going to Uni have the same chance of getting the same job and same salary so why should they be treated differently?

marukhalid

Hi,
My brother is going into second year of his course in sep 2015-2016 in uk university.SFE refused his eligibility to tuition fee loan and maintenance grant for 2015-2016.He is only getting maintenance loan of £5740 for 2015-2016 session.SFE state that he has done three years of previous study and is eligible for only 1 year of full funding in 2016-2017.However,my brother did a foundation course from Nov 2010-Oct 2011 on self finance in home country and First year of BA in 2013-2014 as international student in uk.SFE says that the foundation course from Nov 2010 to Oct 2011 spans two academic years according to uk so this combined with one year as international student makes three years of previous study making him eligible for only one year fundin.This clause is wrong.SFE advisor said the course

SFE ADVISOR:

''Hi,

As I have explained in my two previous emails, the UK academic year runs from September to August, therefore November to October falls after the start of the UK academic year and finishes after the start of teh next academic year, giving two years of study.

I cannot give you any further information''

Processing Tier 2 Team
sfe


We have appealed the decision on 10 Aug and waiting for an outcome of appeal.In the appeal we stated that surely the total sum of academic months of the academic year of foundation course should be considered and not the start and end date of the foundation course.FINGERS CROSSED.We are going to complain on the decision as well.
Please help if you have any suggestions of what I can/should do ahead.

Section from part of the appeal:

''The reason of appeal was due to refusal of Sibtay’s eligibility for Tuition fee Loan and Maintenance Grant for academic year 2015/2016
I wanted to add into the appeal that it should be noted in other countries, courses can start earlier or later in the year when compared to UK educational institutes. Surely, it is the sum total of academic months that make up an academic year and not when a course starts or finishes. I strongly believe the academic term i.e. the portion of the academic year in which a foundation course is completed is important for calculating the years of previous study and not the start and end period of the foundation course.
A foundation course is basically a one year preparation course designed for international students which leads to undergraduate programmes in the UK. Normally, it is for those who have studied a non-British curriculum but wish to peruse a degree at UK university.
Please find attached above the response of advisor of SFE Processing Tier Two Team when I requested him to clarify how exactly the foundation course spans two years.
I look forward with great interest to the outcome of the appeal.''

Mariam khalid

DandelionPatrol

marukhalid wrote: »

Hi,
My brother is going into second year of his course in sep 2015-2016 in uk university.SFE refused his eligibility to tuition fee loan and maintenance grant for 2015-2016.

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Mariam khalid

Please start a new thread. This thread is dealing with someone else's problem and if they come back for more info,it is dreadful trying to read between 2 different conversations.

agrinnall

DandelionPatrol wrote: »

Please start a new thread. This thread is dealing with someone else's problem and if they come back for more info,it is dreadful trying to read between 2 different conversations.

And it would be better started on the Student board where experts on student finance are more likely to read it rather than here (as is the case with this thread).

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=25

TELLIT01

the_tired_one wrote: »

Thanks guys. What is SFE? Apologies for my ignorance in this matter. As you can see, my son doesnt get his brains from me

Glad to see you've managed to retain a sense of humour in what are clearly stressful times.:T