Will they give me another loan?

I was suspended from my last uni and have been been out for about 2 years and I want to go to another uni. Will Student Finance still give me a loan or will they think I'm just going to flunk again (even though I technically didn't).

Reply 1

balotelli12

How many years were you at uni?

Reply 2

Klix88

Student Finance don't make any judgements about your ability or potential, so don't worry about that. It's just a straight calculation based on how many years you've already spent at uni. The formula is:

(Number of years your new degree course will last) plus (1 year) minus (Number of years you spent at your last uni) = Number of years of funding available for your new degree course

So if your new degree will be three years long and you were on your previous course for a year, then the calculation is 3+1-1=3, so your new degree will be fully-funded.

If your new degree lasts three years and you were on your previous course for two years, then the calculation is 3+1-2=2, so your second and third years will be fully-funded, but your first year will have to be mainly self-funded.

Reply 3

The_Last_Melon

Hmm. You sure it works like that?

(edited 10 years ago)

Absolutely correct

Original post by The_Last_Melon

Hmm. You sure it works like that?

Yes, because that's how it was calculated for me. I did 2 years of a degree and dropped out. Much later, I began a new 3 year degree from scratch. That made my calculation 3+1-2=2. I had full funding for my second and third years, but had to fund most of my first year myself (including fees) apart from a minimal maintenance loan.

Nobody on the finance side was interested in my first failed attempt at uni, other than wanting to know how long it had lasted.

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