Student Loans Co. Reviews

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When i went to uni, like most students, i too took out a student loan. It does normally take a little time for the loan to actually come through. The money was a huge help since i had very little to survive upon, although it still wasnt enough. Student life can cost alot. After some time, i ended up leaving uni without finishing my course due a ...

Ok, now I have not been a student for a number of years and was one of the last few to still get a student grant and had no tuition fees to pay, but still needed a student load to be able to study at Uni. Therefore I ended up with a nice student loan upon leaving Uni. What is the Student Loans Company? This is / was in my ...

Took my loan out only in my final year of study. Was able to manage without it til then as I worked. Had to give up the job to cope with the amount of study I had to do. I did work for a while after graduating, but was well below the threshold for repayment so was able to defer it. Apparently they are allowed to change the ...

The mere idea of loaning thousands of pounds to students and getting thousands more back in interest after they graduate is a rubbish idea. But that is the way it is. So here is a company, in all fairness, handing out thousands to people who have to get an education. But in effect, this company is handling your money. So all I suggest is ...

I have a couple of things that have always puzzled me about the Student Loans system. Firstly, if we are going to have to pay back our student loans then why do they force us to live in poverty? I have no worries about having to pay the money back, so why am I not allowed to have an amount that covers me for the bare essentials such as expensive ...

Five of the least successful things to do in England: 1. Vote Labour 2. Travel by Train 3. Go to McDonalds and ask for NO SALAD 4. Travel by Train 5. Get a Student Loan In September 2000, I began a new chapter of my life, kissed mummy and daddy bye bye and went to University. Thankfully, I didn't use a train ...

*****When I first heard of the Student Loan Company I thought great: you get the money straight away with no fuss, low interest rate paid in monthly, don’t have to pay back if your earnings do not exceed something like £15000 a year. This is certainly much better than a bank loan. But when my boyfriend started to have troubles with the ...

I am in my final year of a four year degree, and unfortunately I have had to take out a loan every year. Although I have taken out so many loans, it is not something I would recommend to anyone who can manage without one. Unfortunately, although my family are very supportive and would have helped me out with money if they could, it was ...

As was announced in the news papers recently the system of loans will return back to the system of income assessed grants. Thanks to a down turn in applications from low income applications, the government has had to rethink its strategies. The attitude about debt tends to be different when you are without the security of mummy ...

I know the majority of students these days are poor and have very little help from their parents. When you come to University you will have already had 2 years in which to have earnt money by working. Do it. Save it. When you come to University you can get a job in the first year and it will not affect your studies as long as you ...

I started university last year and i had to take out a student loan because my parents simply couldn't afford to finance both me and my two sisters(also both doing 4 year courses at university). After my four years i'm going to be in around £12000 pounds of debt which sounds scary but hopefully it won't be too bad once i have a job ...

As a student entering my second year at Imperial College, London I need all the money I can to fight the poverty brought on by astronomical house prices in our fair nation's capital at the moment. I chose to take out as much loan as I could, the maximum loan for this year in London is worth around £4700 with all London students ...

I have been a university student for three years now with this year being my third, and I have taken out a loan every time. I have not needed the loan for any reason, so I decided to invest in onto the stock exchange, which I have made a bit of money out of so far due to take overs, but it can be very risky. If you do have a Student Load, the best ...

Who told the student loans company that final year students were more affluent???? Who?????? Any why???????????? I unfortunately have parents who's income band falls just over the line, so i get no means tested support at all, but my parents can't aford to give me much extra. It is hard enough trying to get by on what they give as a ...

I have just graduated from Uni, and I know the finance at uni can be very expensive, but all is not lost. You can make the most out of your loan, here is how: If you are staying at home, than you do not need that much money. Hence put your loan into a high interest savings account. Also take out an interest free overdraft, and put that ...

So the government’s hatched another plan to keep the voter’s favour. Tony Blair’s baby bonds may well help to maintain New Labour’s popularity in the polls today but what will they do for the young adults of tomorrow? The government wants to give every newborn a nest egg of £250 that will grow ...

This has nothing to do with the students loan company, as I think they offer a good service to students. This opinion is about the Benefits Agency. I thought I would write this opinion, as I don't think students are getting the help that they deserve from the NHS Benefits agency. I have applied for help with dental fees on ...