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English tution fees for existing degree holder?

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  • 12-05-2012 3:59pm
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    Get Carter
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭


    Hello I got accepted onto a degree course in England and am in the process of applying for the tution fee loan. I already have a degree which I completed in UCC straight after finishing secondary school. Does anyone know how this will affect my application for funding. Theres no way id be able to afford to pay for it myself.
    Thanks in advance for any advice.


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    UndertheBridge
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭UndertheBridge


    Get Carter wrote: »
    Hello I got accepted onto a degree course in England and am in the process of applying for the tution fee loan. I already have a degree which I completed in UCC straight after finishing secondary school. Does anyone know how this will affect my application for funding. Theres no way id be able to afford to pay for it myself.
    Thanks in advance for any advice.

    I'm not quite sure, it depends if you are moving up to a higher degree level, there is a rule for UK students in that if you move on to another undergraduate degree at the same level you will have to pay fees for certain years. To put into context, my friend has just completed 3 years of a science degree and is now doing 5 years on medicine. She will have to fund the fees for years 1-3 on the medical course, however in years 4 and 5 she will be eligible for a tuition fee loan as she has not received payment for a 4th and 5th year in the past.

    Student finance UK are the best option to contact, especially the EU students department, though if you're filling out forms etc now then you probably already have the information for them.

    All depends too on whether you are doing an health degree eg nursing, radiography, physio. You get the fees paid by the NHS here. If so then you probably are eligible, I know I was after completing a undergraduate degree and then moving on to Radiography.


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    pow wow
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    Don't worry, already having a degree which they did not pay for does not affect your eligibility for a tuition fee loan from Student Finance UK.


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    Ross1986
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Ross1986


    Hi Pow Wow,

    Is your last point true? I started college in Ireland, never completed 1st year and dropped out in 2007, so would I still be eligible for tuition fee loan from the UK? I have accepted a place on an undergrad course in Canterbury and the tuition fee loan is the last thing I'm waiting on but don't know if they'll refuse based on the above.

    Thanks,
    Ross


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    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    Yes Ross, it is. As the SLC did not fund your previous study, it does not affect your loan application.


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    Ross1986
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Ross1986


    Thanks PowWow, big weight off my shoulders now! :)


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