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Questions about Student Finance
Q
When doing a year abroad do you pay the abroad uni and the one you original...
Year Abroad
The reason you pay less to your university is because they're not teaching you everyday, you just pay a percentage to cover the support they offer you via email, phone etc. The partner university ac...
Q
Should I still be paying tuition fees as a language assistant?
Student Finance
You should still be paying a percentage of your tuition fees towards your home university, and SF should still be providing a tuition fee loan to cover it if you normally receive it and request it
Q
Do I continue to receive my maintenance grant whilst abroad - not in Europ...
Student Finance
It depends on how much Erasmus grant you will be getting. I got the full Erasmus grant AND i was being paid because I was doing an internship, so I didn't get the maintenance grant. But if you're not...
Q
Will I get a maintenance loan on my year abroad?
Money
Hi, the general rules are:Students studying on a course at a UK university or college who study outside the UK as part of their course can apply for full student finance. In addition, there are some...
Q
Has anybody had experience of applying for the Travel Grant with Student Fi...
Canada
I got the Student Finance year abroad travel grant form from my university and saved it until after my year abroad. In July I sent the form after calculating my total expenses, including study abroad...
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