[isaacworthington]

If your parents are on over £50,000 is it true you're not entitled?

[bahjat93]

(Original post by isaacworthington)
If your parents are on over £50,000 is it true you're not entitled?

My mum earns around double that before tax. I was entitled to £9k loan and a minimum grant which was stupidly small

[King James]

(Original post by isaacworthington)
If your parents are on over £50,000 is it true you're not entitled?

I think it's just that you won't get the full amount. http://studentcalculator.org.uk/ <-- Link might help, just fill it in the entitlements section and it'll work it out for you.

[A.J10]

You get fees paid plus a non means tested maintenance load of (I think) around £5000

[The Polymath]

(Original post by bahjat93)
My mum earns around double that before tax. I was entitled to £9k loan and a minimum grant which was stupidly small

I wouldn't go around dropping figures about parents' earnings, it's just not done.

[ihateocr]

It's a stupid system, since I live with my mum and her partner, yet my mum only works part time and gets around £10k a year, whereas her partner works on a commission based system so for the financial year student finance him to enter, I get the minimum maintenance grant. Next year however, I will be entitled to the maximum because he received less business that year. Plus the fact he has 2 children who live with their mother that he has to support.
This system needs a massive overhaul, since I'm going to have to support myself entirely, without any help from anyone.
I'm happily willing to do so, but I think it's particularly unfair how your parent’s income should determine whether or not it is necessary for you to work part-time at university.

[Potally_Tissed]

Everyone can get the tuition fee loan of £9000 a year and the first chunk of the maintenance loan (about £3500) regardless of what their parents earn. It's the grants and the higher part of the loan that are income-assessed.

[Existentialistic]

(Original post by A.J10)
You get fees paid plus a non means tested maintenance load of (I think) around £5000

More like £3500

[TheGrinningSkull]

(Original post by Existentialistic)
More like £3500

(Original post by Potally_Tissed)
Everyone can get the tuition fee loan of £9000 a year and the first chunk of the maintenance loan (about £3500) regardless of what their parents earn. It's the grants and the higher part of the loan that are income-assessed.

I thought the maintenance loan was £2755

Or is that if you're living at home?

[Potally_Tissed]

(Original post by TheGrinningSkull)
I thought the maintenance loan was £2755

Or is that if you're living at home?

Yeah, that's the amount for living at home

[cl_steele]

everyone is entitled to a student loan but the more you eanr the less you get and for such an income youre not entitled to a maintainance grant

[TheGrinningSkull]

(Original post by Potally_Tissed)
Yeah, that's the amount for living at home

That's fair enough, thanks for confirming