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Student maintenance loan in england....

  • 12-03-2012 11:21am
    #1
    thebrownie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi,

    Im looking to study in England next year. I want to do a course attached with the nhs so therefore I haver no course fees to pay. However my parents cannot afford to send me to school unless i get some form of a maintenance grant. I attended secondary school in Ireland however I was born in England and we still have a house there. Does this allow me to apply for a maintenance loan?
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  • #2
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    Moved to NI & GB Colleges

    Maintenance loans are based on residency not nationality, so being born in the UK and having a house there when you normally reside in Ireland means you are not eligible under the UK loans system. Sorry it's not better news!


  • #3
    UndertheBridge
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭UndertheBridge


    Hey there, Currently studying an NHS course here. Its true you probably won't be eligible for a maintenance loan here. But you should be eligible for the irish grant ( the one you get from the county council!)

    If you can manage to get a UK student bank account you have the backup of overdrafts that don't need to be payed back until your qualified and earning but its not really a route to go down....


  • #4
    paky
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭paky


    how long do u need to be resident in the uk before you qualify for the student loan system?


  • #5
    UndertheBridge
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭UndertheBridge


    From my attempts to get it last september, you need to be resident 3 out of the previous 5 years there or something like that. Was missing out by a year...gutted!

    But that was for an NHS course, could be very different for others.


  • #6
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    It used to be that in England you have to have been resident in the UK for the 3 years preceding the start of your uni course. If you have been in the UK for those 3 years for solely educational reasons (boarding school and the like) the residency doesn't count. It may well be the case now that 3 out of the preceding 5 years would also qualify.

    There's an official explanation here.


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