Maintenance grant help

Hi,

I was wondering if you are entitled to the maintenance grant while on a placement? I submitted my 2016/2017 application and my entitlement summary only has a Maintenance Loan listened of £2900 which is lower than the loan I currently receive, I'm very confused

Is it a paid placement year ?

I don't know yet, I haven't secured a placement.

If its paid you will only get a reduced maintenance loan and reduced tuition fee loan and generally unless it counts as an unpaid service placement, the same is true if you werent getting paid.

But I'll be working or studying abroad and all of the final years and placement advisors I've spoken to say we receive higher student finance to accommodate for the increased cost of living abroad, hence why I'm confused... Is erasmus completely different to student finance? Maybe that's what they were talking about

Oh i see (sorry i thought you meant it was in the uk), if your placement year is abroad the funding is different so yeah you should get higher funding. Give sfe a call as it seems there's been some confusion somewhere.

But I'll be working or studying abroad and all of the final years and placement advisors I've spoken to say we receive higher student finance to accommodate for the increased cost of living abroad, hence why I'm confused... Is erasmus completely different to student finance? Maybe that's what they were talking about

P.S: Do bear in mind that ERASMUS is Europe Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students, and therefore only counts for study abroad, not work placement abroad, from what I know.