Hi just a quick question.
I was in my second year of study last academic year and was forced to intermit my studies in January last year and resume this year to repeat my second year due to being diagnosed with a mental health disability and being sectioned to receive care for my condition in hospital.
SLC are claiming back the Maintenance Grant I received for the previous year this year and I'm not receiving anything as they say they already paid me for a year which I didn't complete.
Obviously being admitted into hospital is no fault of my own, are they allowed to do this?
Does it make a difference that I am receiving a special support Grant this year as oppose to Maintenance Grant?
I have contacted both SLC and SFE and both state the other department deals with this issue.
I'm stuck at a brick-wall, What can I do?
EDIT: I was also declared as unfit to work though couldn't receive any income-support due to being a Student. Therefore had to continue receiving my student loans etc. during the period I wasn't at university.
Thanks