Student Loans Co.

Student loans, grants etc is a huge farse. The system is just so complicated! I started university sept 08, received the basic tuition loan and maintenance loan due to the government saying my parents earn enough to help me out. I cant get any grants through the university due to my parents earning enough. So for my first year i have lived off my mum and dad. But others have received extra loans and grants but have relatively the same background as myself. Between the date i applied for my loans and now, my parents have struggled with cash due to the credit crunch, but does this mean im entitled more next year to help me out?!?! Ok i agree that people who's parents ...

I have had dealings with the Student Loans Company now for around eight years. The small loan with which I was issued when I went to university in 2002 has sat gathering dust for most of that time until the past three months during which I decided to pay it back. I initially enquired why no deductions had been made; neither SLC nor the Inland Revenue could answer that question, though as one would expect, both said it was the other one's fault. In sheer despair at the matter, I decided that I would ignore both and simply make voluntary repayments myself. After quite a number of telephone calls and e-mails, the SLC issued with the information ...

It's helpful to have money, but if they think that the money given is enough to live on, they are sorely mistaken. My situation at the moment: I've just had my semester's rent taken from me by the university accommodation services. It's only October. How much do I have left now? Less than £20. For the rest of term, I'm having to rely on my overdraft while still desperately seeking a job (and believe me, I've been trying since August - no luck yet.) My problem with them is that I entered university last year, and then had some sort of emotional/personal crisis, resulting in me leaving university and taking an interruption of study. I've ...