Student Finance entitlement / compelling personal reasons

I have one year of previous study at university in which i attended and received finance from SFE for, enrolled for second year but did not attend a single time or receive funding and had an invoice for the first term of second year but was retracted by the university after they accepted an appeal which was successful because i did not attend and due to personal reasons. would this count as 1 or 2 years of previous study?

if 2, how would i apply for compelling personal reasons and when would this need to be done by if i wanted to start a 3 year degree for september 2026?

Reply 1

SFE Clare

Official Rep

Hi idc8723yq7680,

If you had not received payment for year 2 and the university have now sent a non attendance withdrawal through to us and we have been able to cancel that application, we would not considered this to be a year of previous study. This means you would only have 1 year of previous study.

Thanks, Clare

Reply 2

idc8723yq7680

Original post

by SFE Clare

Hi idc8723yq7680,
If you had not received payment for year 2 and the university have now sent a non attendance withdrawal through to us and we have been able to cancel that application, we would not considered this to be a year of previous study. This means you would only have 1 year of previous study.
Thanks, Clare

Hi, thanks for the reply. My university has sent a withdrawal/drop out date to SFE as the day before the academic year of year 2 which was September 23rd 2023. That academic year started at September 24th 2023. Because in that year I received no payment, did not attend a single time, but was enrolled for year 2 (but dropped out a day before the academic year started), does this still count as 1 (one) year of previous study with the information i’ve provided? I’d assume so since I dropped out before year 2 even started.

My uni also informed me I’d be contacted by SFE about them being notified of my withdrawal date and that if I didn’t get anything within 10 working days I’d need to turn to SFE for advice, not sure what I’d do if I don’t get it or how I’d get it. Is this something SFE needs to accept?

Thanks again

(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 3

Claire SFE

Official Rep

Original post

by idc8723yq7680

Hi, thanks for the reply. My university has sent a withdrawal/drop out date to SFE as the day before the academic year of year 2 which was September 23rd 2023. That academic year started at September 24th 2023. Because in that year I received no payment, did not attend a single time, but was enrolled for year 2 (but dropped out a day before the academic year started), does this still count as 1 (one) year of previous study with the information i’ve provided? I’d assume so since I dropped out before year 2 even started.
My uni also informed me I’d be contacted by SFE about them being notified of my withdrawal date and that if I didn’t get anything within 10 working days I’d need to turn to SFE for advice, not sure what I’d do if I don’t get it or how I’d get it. Is this something SFE needs to accept?
Thanks again