Any way I can get out of having to pay tuition fees for spouse?

sarahmoo

My hubbie is just starting 2nd year of uni. Last year we got tuition fees paid as I had some maternity leave at work and we earned less than 20K. Now I am back at work full time, supporting 2 kids and a big mortgage. terrified I will be asked to pay his fees this year. Someone please advise b4 i fill in this financial details form to return to LEA

Surely there must be some loophole I can find....

Help!

stuwilky

Without knowing details of your income sarah (which I wouldnt ask you to disclose) its difficult to calculate, but this might help...

If your household income is less that £22,010 - there is no contribution to make.

If your household income is above £32,745 - the full fee is payable (which can often be in installments) Anywhere between there is a sliding scale.

It might be worth hubby applying to the Access to Learning Fund (previously the hardship fund) as they might be able to assist in payment of some form of grant, however this is circumstance dependant, I would imagine that the Student Services department or equivalent at his uni would have guidance on the criteria - it might even be worth applying for this if all his fees are paid!

HTH, sorry couldnt be more precise.

sarahmoo

Thanks for that


Think we will have to pay.... will check out Access to Learning fund too...
Not looking good this!

BWZN93

Also - If you only want the non-assessed part of the loan (around £3k) then you dont have to put your details down at all - he can be assessed on his 'own' income, which is effectively nothing as a student.

The other alternative is to try for the full loan assessed as an 'independant', and put in that you broke up or something so is now financially independant from you??

Jo xx

Bossyboots

jw1096 wrote:

The other alternative is to try for the full loan assessed as an 'independant', and put in that you broke up or something so is now financially independant from you??

Jo xx

I think that is called fraud, the costs of which will be considerably higher than the tuition fees should it be discovered.

pavlovs_dog

divorce ?

sorry, that wasnt very helpful :rotfl:

it seems to be one of lifes necessary evils im afraid.

sarahmoo

rofl!

now THERE's a thought!

JW...when you say the non assessed part of the loan, which loan are you talking about pls? the access to learning fund?

(I don't think we could say that we split up as there is too much evidence to the contrary sadly!....)

BWZN93

Lol! The Student Loan is made up of two parts, the first bit being non-assessed, and the second part being assessed (on income etc). The first part is approx £2900 (last time I checked and may now have gone up) and the second part is what takes the loan up to the max of around £4000 (outside London rate).

It means that no-one has to provide their family/parental income if they wish to apply for the non-assessed portion only, this is simply a student loan for all - rich or poor. If you want the max, then it has to be assessed!

For the Access to Learning fund (hardship etc from uni finance office) you must have taken the full amount of student loan that was made available, and I believe that where someone only applies for the non-assessed max and takes that out as opposed to the full assessed amount, then that is classed as the full amount made available by the SLC and he should be able to apply, although I would checkon that first. During uni holidays the Student Finance Office at uni should be open for a few hours a day, so it might be worth popping in and getting the papers so you can check.

HTH

Jo xx

Poppy9

Also check with the college, local library and council offices whether there are any charity scholarship funds.

backformore

are you sure he wont have to pay more than the normal fee rate anyway

sarahmoo

Some food for thought here...will send him to apply for the non assessed loan and to look into other funds....I always feel that it is me pushing him as he wouldn't necessarily think about such things!....argh!

backformore not sure what fee you mean?

Cheers folks x