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Re applying for finance after withdrawing from first year

Hi, my son has previously been to university but withdrew after the first 3 months of his first year due to mental health reasons. 3 years have passed and he has now been accepted at Sheffield Hallam to do a 3 year full time sports and exercise science degree. However, when applying for finance it won’t let him select year one and says this year is not available. Does anyone know why this is and should he still be entitled to 3 years funding? He informed finance as soon as he withdrew in the December after starting in September/October.
Any advice appreciated

Reply 1

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by Dholtuk
Hi, my son has previously been to university but withdrew after the first 3 months of his first year due to mental health reasons. 3 years have passed and he has now been accepted at Sheffield Hallam to do a 3 year full time sports and exercise science degree. However, when applying for finance it won’t let him select year one and says this year is not available. Does anyone know why this is and should he still be entitled to 3 years funding? He informed finance as soon as he withdrew in the December after starting in September/October.
Any advice appreciated

Hi there, is he clicking on 'start a new application' rather than 'reapply'? Thanks, Jason

Reply 2

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by SFE Jason
Hi there, is he clicking on 'start a new application' rather than 'reapply'? Thanks, Jason

That’s a good point. I’m not sure. Should he be clicking on ‘start a new application’? I can get him to try it that way

Reply 3

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by Dholtuk
That’s a good point. I’m not sure. Should he be clicking on ‘start a new application’? I can get him to try it that way

He thinks he did ‘start a new application’ as he said it doesn’t give him the option to reapply

Reply 4

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by Dholtuk
He thinks he did ‘start a new application’ as he said it doesn’t give him the option to reapply

If he's clicking on make a new application this should work for him. If you want to get him to contact us via the live chat in his account so we can check this and further assist

To get in touch with us you can find our contact details here: https://www.gov.uk/contact-student-finance-england

Thanks, Jason

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