Applying for student grants
x_malibubabe
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I'm going to uni in September & I've just got my final assessment thing through saying what loans I'm entitled to but nothing about grants.
I was under the impression that these came through the same way as loans did, through Student Finance England but there appears to be nothing about them.
I know I'm entitled to them so where do I apply?
Any help appreciated!
I was under the impression that these came through the same way as loans did, through Student Finance England but there appears to be nothing about them.
I know I'm entitled to them so where do I apply?
Any help appreciated!
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What course will you be studying? Grants don't exist anymore for certain courses, merely Maintenance Loans unfortunately. The difference obviously being that loans are re-paid and grants aren't. The Student Finance Centre at the University you will be attending should be able to tell you what funding is available to you (depending on what course you're doing).
Hope this helps
I'm getting full loan so does this mean if I did get the grant too, that my loan would be reduced? I think its -50p for every pound or something?
I understand bursaries come from the university itself, do grants too or not?
No, your loan will not get reduced. Bursaries come from university but grants come from student finance I think. I get the loan, grants and bursaries.
When I filled out my student finance forms it asked me if I wanted to share the information with the university so they could give me a bursary, so I ticked the box. I'm pretty sure I filled something in for a grant as well...ring up student finance and ask them
Thanks, I'm presuming you're in the minority of SF employees who actually help people! Every one I've spoken to is completely useless :rolleyes:
Thought I would re open this thread instead of starting a new one. I was told the above today but I have been having problems and can't seem to get a straight answer from them.
They have said they have a backlog so do not know whether my evidence (birth certificate, declaration form and income stuff) has arrived which I understand. However they also couldnt tell me why I have been given 2 customer reference numbers.
So I was wondering if anyone who has applied has a different number on the letters sent them than the one they use to sign online with. I have used the one on my declaration form that it said to after i had applied online i filled it out and sent it off. This number is also on the letters asking for income evidence. However looking on my finance account it says that I should use my sign in number as my customer reference which has confused me. Why give me the other number at all??
The person I spoke to today was no help at all a simple yes or no would do but they just said they didnt know!!