worth nagging parents?

Helix

liney wrote: »

Yes but the 'certain amount' is about 30k household income isn't it now? How many families with more than one child on 30k per year can afford to pay towards university fees when they have bills of their own to pay?

Perhaps i sounded sharp, but i am sick to to the back teeth of Kidulds.

It's £60,000 now and it was £38,000 before. Its never been £30,000 on the post 2006 system.

liney

Ok £38k then - my statement still stands. £60k, fine that's ample you would think, but you would consider the cost of people's mortgages and the possibility of being in the higher tax band, and it's soon gone.

The OP states they have been on a 75% scholarship - does this mean the annual family income isn't necassarily as high as they think? Or that the parents have struggled and made sacrifices to pay and now think it's time they spent some money on themselves?

There are many students who work part time throughout their courses in order to be able to study. It is not unusual.

Surfbabe

I thought you could get the loans regardless of parental income - the grants are another matter altogether.

Masomnia

Surfbabe wrote: »

I thought you could get the loans regardless of parental income - the grants are another matter altogether.

Yep you can. In fact, in most cases you get more loan, but less grant.

Scroll down about half way down on the following link and it shows how much grant and loan you get for each income bracket.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/FinanceForNewStudents/DG_071036

Surfbabe

re Grants ; - Just read the link - it depends whether you are a new student from September - in which case the limit for a grant is £60K. If you are a continuing student like DS then its only £38K.

Loans make no difference