My other half is in a bit of a dilemma with where her life is going. She dropped out in her first year of university just over two years ago (I think) to care for her mother who unfortunately passed away.
She's currently employed but does not enjoy her area of work as it is not where she wants her life or career to end up.
She's thinking of reapplying to uni but is adament she is only entitled to two more years funding at the lower rate when she initially applied. For example course fees were around £3k when she was last studying and they are now in most cases much higher.
I've had a quick look in to this taken from The Studen Room:
As she dropped out halfway through her first year would by those sums mean she is entitled to 3 years funding?
If anybody here has any first hand experience or knowledge of a similar situation any input would be very much appreciated
Thanks,
BennyC
She's currently employed but does not enjoy her area of work as it is not where she wants her life or career to end up.
She's thinking of reapplying to uni but is adament she is only entitled to two more years funding at the lower rate when she initially applied. For example course fees were around £3k when she was last studying and they are now in most cases much higher.
I've had a quick look in to this taken from The Studen Room:
How will this affect my future student finance applications?
You must also bear in mind that any student finance you have received already will affect the finance you can receive for future years of study. No matter when you drop out of your course, be it after two weeks or two weeks short of the end of the year, it counts as an entire year in terms of funding entitlement. The amount of future funds you are eligible to receive is worked out by a simple mathematical process.
Work our how much more funding you are entitled to
In order to work out how much funding you are entitled to, follow this simple process.
Work out how many years your next course lasts.
Add one.
Subtract from this the number of years you have already received funding for.
The number you are left with is how many years worth of funding you are eligible to receive.
Algorithm:
Number of years of next course = A. Length of time already in study (years) = B. Number of years worth of funding you are entitled to = C.
(A+1) - B = C.
Example:
You intend to start a course in 2010 that last for 3 years.
3 plus one = 4 (Nice and simple)
You previously studied at university to your second year before dropping out, this means you have received finance for two years.
4 minus 2 = 2 (Again, nice simple maths)
This means you are eligble to receive two years` worth of finances.
Because entitlement is worked from third year backwards, this would mean you'd have to fund your first year for yourself.
As she dropped out halfway through her first year would by those sums mean she is entitled to 3 years funding?
If anybody here has any first hand experience or knowledge of a similar situation any input would be very much appreciated
Thanks,
BennyC