University of Bath accommodation thread 2012-2013. Poll included (woodland added)!

Maintenance grant and maintenance loan. I think one's £3850 and the other's £3500, but I could be wrong. I know I'm entitled to full support, because my dad earns pretty much nothing.

I don't think you get 7k but. The maximum I think you can get is roughly 5.5k and everyone can get this if their parents earn under something like 45k or there abouts. If you are entitled to a grant or bursery that doesn't mean it's added on top of your loan, it means it's instead of your loan. I.e out of the 5.5k you get, 3k might be made up from a grant meaning only 2.5k is a loan. Where as if you aren't entitled to a grant the full 5.5k is a loan.

This money (Maintenance Loan) is paid directly into your UK bank account along with any Maintenance Grant in three instalments. This is normally at the start of each term in September/October, January and April.

I don't think you get 7k but...

Well if you say so, but I would check up on that, because I'm applying through saas and because I'm studying in england it gets passed onto the english student loans company and I've had to speak to them on quite a few occasions and I have been told that no one gets more than 5.5k. Grant or no grant. Could be wrong though.

When I did the whole finance calculator thing, as only one of my parents work & with a low salary, i got the same as Contrad!ction did & 3.8K was a loan & 3.5K was a grant. I haven't done the actual thing yet though, so i may be wrong

Yes the licence covers you to watch live TV on any platform. I'm not sure how TV works at Bath - they probably have ariel sockets in the rooms (though I don't know), where you can plug a freeview set top box (costs about £20 to buy) into.

There's nothing to stop you watching TV without a licence, technically - though Bath may want to check you do have one when you turn up with a TV.

I edited my post to show that I wasn't completely certain

Also quoted something from the student finance wiki, which suggests they just bung them together. Maybe saas do something differently?



I got the numbers slightly wrong, but I think they just add together. Otherwise, it wouldn't really make sense, because there isn't much you can do with those numbers to get £5.5k.

I'm not bothering with a TV licence - most TV ends up on the internet anyway and I think (unless it's changed) that if you're watching live, but on an unplugged laptop, then that's allowed anyway.

I still haven't firmed or insured yet (only heard back from all of them a couple of weeks ago), is there any chance of me getting an en-suite still?

haha i was just reading what you guys said on maintenance loans and grants etc.
do international students have to pay maintenance too or depends which accommodation? i'm so clueless i've never heard of paying for maintenance before..

£88-£98 per week.

Lol no one pays maintenance, when they say maintenance grants they mean money for alcohol, study supplies, food, travel expenses etc.

The amount you pay in rent for accommodation includes all bills.

owh... now it makes sense, cause where i'm from ppl actually pay maintenance for their houses so i thought... haha

cool can international students get grants too? just asking

I'm not bothering with a TV licence - most TV ends up on the internet anyway and I think (unless it's changed) that if you're watching live, but on an unplugged laptop, then that's allowed anyway.

In that case I would have to sneak it in under my shirt ....

AHHHH.... nobody has any idea about the socket part... guess will have to contact accommodations office or just check wen I get my room!!!

Thankz for the help!!

It's only allowed if the last place you plugged it into had a licence, so essentially it would still be illegal to do what you suggest (though obviously most people do, they really can't check).

owh... now it makes sense, cause where i'm from ppl actually pay maintenance for their houses so i thought... haha

cool can international students get grants too? just asking

Ha, how do they think they're going to enforce that?

I tend to watch on websites anyway, normally after the episodes have aired - so it wouldn't affect me anyway.