How much student loan are you getting?

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How come you are paying for it?

Got one degree as it is, I won't get anything. So I have to self fund everything UCL, want £4.5k by October the rest by January. If you look at it in the bigger picture its not as bad as people say it is, quite easily pay it off monthly by logging in. A job in the city pays for itself.

Reply 141

HarrietROAR

Original post by simplylldxo

Not if you live in London... 😁

Thats still quite expensive for london

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Reply 142

David B

Original post by Ruffiio

Definitely A level (or above at university level but i'd need a Phd and/or masters for that), at least the majority of students who go onto further education will probably want to be there. I don't think I could teach high school kids because they would be too immature and I would get really annoyed trying to teach trouble kids. That said I wouldn't mind do high school for work experience but not in a permanent capacity.
Primary teaching isn't even in my consideration.

What about you, what will you be studying and do you have a career in mind? :smile:

I'm going to be studying Computer Science at uni but I'm still unsure about what I want to do. I've had thoughts about becoming a teacher, joining the RAF, etc.. but I don't know yet. Ideally if I could get a job abroad then that'd be perfect.

Reply 143

iceman95

Maintenance Loan: £3862
Maintenance Grant: £3387
Bursaries: £3000
Scholarships: £1000
Savings: £2300
Money from Parents: None

Accommodation Cost: Around £5890 (39 Weeks)
Weekly spend after Accommodation: £190

Reply 144

David B

Original post by iceman95

Wow nice, how much of that are you going to spend a week though?

Reply 145

iceman95

Original post by David B

Wow nice, how much of that are you going to spend a week though?

Not really sure, I am getting catered accommodation so less money will be spent on food. I'd say around £40-£50 a week or less.

Reply 146

rhiannon277

Original post by David B

Wow nice, how much of that are you going to spend a week though?

Maintenance Loan: £3600
Maintenance Grant: £0
Bursaries: £0
Scholarships: £0
Savings: £500
Money from Parents: Hopefully enough to fill the gap. Will also get a job at uni ( hopefully).

Accommodation Cost: £7100 (42 Weeks)
Weekly spend after Accommodation: Nothing at the moment!

Update: Parents now paying balance of accommodation plus a bit more ( about another £1000) and my grandparents giving me £200 a month. Life is looking better

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 147

David B

Original post by rhiannon277

£7100!!?? That's a lot indeed. What kind of Accommodation are you getting?

Reply 148

xloisx

Maintenance loan: £7768
Maintenance grant: £405
Bursaries: £0
Scholarships: £0
Savings: £500 - did have £1000 but have now got everything needed for moving out including laptop.
Money from parents: None

Accommodation cost: £6972 (£166 per week)
Weekly spend after accommodation: £28.60 - for the duration of my 42 week contract.

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 149

David B

Original post by xloisx

Maintenance loan: £7768
Maintenance grant: £405
Bursaries: £0
Scholarships: £0
Savings: £500 - did have £1000 but have now got everything needed for moving out including laptop.
Money from parents: None

Accommodation cost: £6972
Weekly spend after accommodation: £28.60 - for the duration of my 42 week contract.

That's some expensive Accommodation. Where are you planning to study?

Reply 150

alexyyyy

Hi David,

Thanks. No bursaries or scholarships for accommodation or living expenses. They do a scholarship for tuition fees on pre-paid cards that can only be used for tuition fees. I will look at student bank accounts with high overdrafts.

Thank you!

Original post by David B

What about Bursaries and Scholarships from your university? If not then you'll have to find a student bank account with the highest overdraft and use that. For paying the rest of the accommodation and living expenses.

Reply 151

xloisx

Original post by David B

That's some expensive Accommodation. Where are you planning to study?

It's in London and that was the cheapest I could find. I'm in zone 4 so will be spending pretty much all of my money on travel. Any closer and your guaranteed to be paying well over £200 a week though.

Reply 152

David B

Original post by xloisx

Wow.

Reply 153

donutaud15

Not a student anymore but I will based this from last year

Maintenance Loan: 3995
Maintenance Grant: 5161
Bursaries: 600
Scholarships: none
Savings: none
Money from Parents: none

Accommodation Cost: none
Weekly spend after Accommodation: about 150 on fare.

Reply 154

Psyc_Girl

Original post by David B

Well I've seen the old threads about how much people are getting and was wondering how much people are going to be getting for 2014.

In the past I've seen that there are people who are only getting like £30 a week which doesn't seem very much to live on for the entire week. Also mention how much your accommodation is going to cost because it'll be interesting to know :smile:

Use this format to keep it easy

Maintenance Loan:
Maintenance Grant:
Bursaries:
Scholarships:
Savings:
Money from Parents:

Accommodation Cost:
Weekly spend after Accommodation:

Mine are.

Maintenance Loan: £3862
Maintenance Grant: £3387
Bursaries: N/A
Scholarships: £2400
Savings: None
Money from Parents: None

Accommodation Cost: £3403 (37 Weeks)
Weekly spend after Accommodation: £168

Maintenance Loan: £2780
Maintenance Grant: £3387
Bursaries: Should qualify for £1500 per year.
Scholarships: N/A
Savings: None
Money from Parents: None

Accommodation Cost: Living at home - might give some money to parents, not sure yet. However, will need to spend about £1500 on travel.
Weekly spend after Accommodation: Not sure yet.

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 155

David B

Original post by Kay(:

Where do you plan on studying?

Reply 156

Psyc_Girl

Original post by David B

Where do you plan on studying?

Queen Mary. :redface:

Reply 157

Ruffiio

Anyone else got 50/52 week contract to get away from parents for as long as possible? :rofl:

Reply 158

RoundTrip

Original post by simplylldxo

Not if you live in London... ��

Yeah but Oxford is the second most expensive city in the UK and the accommodation is significantly cheaper than London. I thought spending up to £600 a month on rent was insane but nearly 50% more? Mental. I know its London and everything but damn how can people afford/justify that?