Correspondence between SFE and Uni's

fchris17

Hi,

I am a 29 year old mature student who has always lived in the UK. However, I was temporarily absent from the UK for almost 2 years in the past 3.

This absence was due to travel/ temp work/marriage and I successfully appealed a decision by my future uni to charge me international fees.

Although I built a strong case for my absence, due to the length of the absence I was quite surprised that they changed my fee status to home fees.

The uni certainly took some lenience on me which I'm sure student finance won't. I am concerned that if I now apply to student finance and they deny me funding, they will then inform my future uni; and possibly cause them to change their mind.

Do student finance contact uni's with regards to their decision? I can almost afford uni using my savings and loans from family if I am charged home fees. However, if they revert back to wanting to charge me international fees I don't stand a chance.

Starrystarrynight1

No. You'd be the only one to get the letter advising if they've deemed you ineligible, if that was to happen.

SFE will have rules set by the government, whereas your university is a business and can use it's own discretion.