Tuition fee Grants (Back in the day!)

Justwe03

Hi there,

Wondering if anyone can help me. My Boyfriend went to Uni 2005 - 2007 (dropped out two weeks into third year because of depression)

He's returned to Uni this year but we don't think he is entitled to any student funding support until the third year this time so we are muddling along paying the tuition fee's between us. We spoke to student finance and the person on the phone told us it wasn't worth him putting in an application as there wasn't any statutory* support available for him.

His mum dug out all of his previous finance paperwork today and apparently he had no tuition fee loans at the time, everything was paid by grants apart from his maintenance loan.

Could this potentially mean he does have some tuition fee funding available?

We think he is covered for his third year because of the length of course plus 1 equation, which is a great help. We are also in the process of appealing for CPR for the 2 weeks in the 3rd year which will hopefully get him some second year funding.

I'm not sure if that makes a lot of sense but google is not my friend today!

Thank you in advance for any help and advice offered

SuperCat007

Justwe03 wrote: »

Hi there,

Wondering if anyone can help me. My Boyfriend went to Uni 2005 - 2007 (dropped out two weeks into third year because of depression)

He's returned to Uni this year but we don't think he is entitled to any student funding support until the third year this time so we are muddling along paying the tuition fee's between us. We spoke to student finance and the person on the phone told us it wasn't worth him putting in an application as there wasn't any statutory* support available for him.

His mum dug out all of his previous finance paperwork today and apparently he had no tuition fee loans at the time, everything was paid by grants apart from his maintenance loan.

Could this potentially mean he does have some tuition fee funding available?

We think he is covered for his third year because of the length of course plus 1 equation, which is a great help. We are also in the process of appealing for CPR for the 2 weeks in the 3rd year which will hopefully get him some second year funding.

I'm not sure if that makes a lot of sense but google is not my friend today!

Thank you in advance for any help and advice offered

He may be eligible for maintenance grants if his/your household income is low enough. But it doesn't matter how the previous course was paid for, he's had 3 years of HE study and you can't get that back. But if you can get his 3rd year back for CPR then that would obviously be a huge help. You still need to apply for funding so I'd get the application in anyway.

Ed-1

SuperCat007 wrote: »

He may be eligible for maintenance grants if his/your household income is low enough. But it doesn't matter how the previous course was paid for, he's had 3 years of HE study and you can't get that back. But if you can get his 3rd year back for CPR then that would obviously be a huge help. You still need to apply for funding so I'd get the application in anyway.

Eligibility for maintenance grants is dependent on eligibility for tuition fee loans so no maintenance grants where there is no eligibility for fee loans.

Justwe03 wrote: »

Hi there,

Wondering if anyone can help me. My Boyfriend went to Uni 2005 - 2007 (dropped out two weeks into third year because of depression)

He's returned to Uni this year but we don't think he is entitled to any student funding support until the third year this time so we are muddling along paying the tuition fee's between us. We spoke to student finance and the person on the phone told us it wasn't worth him putting in an application as there wasn't any statutory* support available for him.

His mum dug out all of his previous finance paperwork today and apparently he had no tuition fee loans at the time, everything was paid by grants apart from his maintenance loan.

Could this potentially mean he does have some tuition fee funding available?

We think he is covered for his third year because of the length of course plus 1 equation, which is a great help. We are also in the process of appealing for CPR for the 2 weeks in the 3rd year which will hopefully get him some second year funding.

I'm not sure if that makes a lot of sense but google is not my friend today!

Thank you in advance for any help and advice offered

Makes sense to me. But in answer to your question:

Could this potentially mean he does have some tuition fee funding available?

No. It is the number of years previous study that is all that matters, not what funding was taken at the time. In 2005/06 there was no tuition fee loans as these came in for both existing and new students in 2006/07 at the same time as £3k top up fees.

So at the moment based on 3 years of previous study, studying a new 3 year course, he is eligible for 3+1-3=1 year of full finance (tuition fee loan, maintenance loan, maintenance grant) which is applied backwards from the final year.

If SFE accept CPR for his 3rd year of his previous degree, this would wipe 1 year of previous study off the calculation, which as you say would mean he's get full 2nd year funding too.

He is eligible for maintenance loans only for his 1st and 2nd year of his new course (without CPR). This is because he does not already hold an equivalent level qualification to the one he is studying (as he didn't achieve a qualification on his previous course). So if he wants a maintenance loan (65% of which is not income-assessed) he needs to apply.

SuperCat007

Ed-1 wrote: »

Eligibility for maintenance grants is dependent on eligibility for tuition fee loans so no maintenance grants where there is no eligibility for fee loans.



Makes sense to me. But in answer to your question:

Could this potentially mean he does have some tuition fee funding available?

No. It is the number of years previous study that is all that matters, not what funding was taken at the time. In 2005/06 there was no tuition fee loans as these came in for both existing and new students in 2006/07 at the same time as £3k top up fees.

So at the moment based on 3 years of previous study, studying a new 3 year course, he is eligible for 3+1-3=1 year of full finance (tuition fee loan, maintenance loan, maintenance grant) which is applied backwards from the final year.

If SFE accept CPR for his 3rd year of his previous degree, this would wipe 1 year of previous study off the calculation, which as you say would mean he's get full 2nd year funding too.

He is eligible for maintenance loans only for his 1st and 2nd year of his new course (without CPR). This is because he does not already hold an equivalent level qualification to the one he is studying (as he didn't achieve a qualification on his previous course). So if he wants a maintenance loan (65% of which is not income-assessed) he needs to apply.

Loans, I meant maintenance loans not grants! You should be eligible for maintenance loans if you have a qualifying household income, even if you aren't eligible for a tuition fee loan.

Justwe03

Thank you both! I had no idea he was eligible for maintenance loans that's such a relief. We are managing between us but the Maintenence loan would cover most of the costs without us stressing!

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