Help!! Have to pay tuition fees

kaz1972_2

Recently found out that student finance will not pay for my sons uni fees this year but will pay for his last year.

as year 1 uni left course. did 2 years as a foundation course then last 2 years to finish which student finance told us that it would be fine and he'd get all course fees paid plus other help.

So we are desperate to find £9000 for this years course. Let alone his living expenses. I stay home and only receive careers allowance and my husband is a self employed builder so the thought of taking (if accepted) a loan for 5 years is not good.

so it is highly probable he will have to get a loan. Which is the best place for my son to get a bank loan to cover this.

agrinnall

Highly unlikely that your son will be able to get a commercial loan of £9000 when presumably he has no income. If you and your husband are unable to obtain the money then he may need to drop out and work to save up the money before returning to complete - although how that works if he is currently 1 term into the academic year I have no idea, does he already owe fees for the first term?

Lokolo

He should still get the maintenance loan and grant. That should cover his existing living costs (as it should have in previous years?).

A full time job ober the summer plus working part time during the year would help.

Has your son gone to the university to ask what he should do?

Duofire

He should go into his student services and ask to speak to someone there, universities have hardship funds that can be applied for some of which are loans some grants designed to help stop students in financial difficulties having to drop out.

Potentially he may also be able to drop to part time for a year and work the other part, I did this when I didn't have funding and it worked well.

Good luck

nordicsam

If they told you it was fine (which doesn't surprise me at all) then you should appeal. Student finance record all phone calls so it should be easy to prove.

missbiggles1

kaz1972 wrote: »

Recently found out that student finance will not pay for my sons uni fees this year but will pay for his last year.

as year 1 uni left course. did 2 years as a foundation course then last 2 years to finish which student finance told us that it would be fine and he'd get all course fees paid plus other help.

So we are desperate to find £9000 for this years course. Let alone his living expenses. I stay home and only receive careers allowance and my husband is a self employed builder so the thought of taking (if accepted) a loan for 5 years is not good.

so it is highly probable he will have to get a loan. Which is the best place for my son to get a bank loan to cover this.

Sorry, do you mean a Foundation Degree?

Taiko

Indeed, bit concerned the two may have been misinterpreted.

Do you perhaps have a link to the foundation course? Will be happy to help out in between having to sort out a few other things myself.