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DD angry at mature student for inappropriate email

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KeepCalmPlease · 09/04/2024 23:11

NC just in case.
Daughter is angry this eve as a mature student on her course has mistakenly replied all to the class, instead of just her lecturer. In the email, apparently they brag about finishing their assigned work early, and then flirt about a shared hobby with lecturer. Daughter wants to bring this up formally with the institution along with other friends of hers. I haven't seen the email so I'm not sure what "flirting" is but I suspect the mature student, being older, just shares a hobby with lecturer (and likes being teachers pet).
My advice to her is just ignore the mistake, keep your head down and make sure your own work is done. AIBU?

I'm not sure why DD is so exasperated by this. I'm sure many emails fly about all day in academia.

OP posts:
NarwhalsJustDontLetEmTouchYourBalls · 11/04/2024 14:46

@NarwhalsJustDontLetEmTouchYourBalls head will definitely explode now......<whispers> it's free for EU students too

Actually, I’m laughing. I take it you live in Scotland? What, you are not part of the EU, and you are letting EU students study for free at your Unis? How many of them stay and pay that back in taxes?

My head isn’t exploding at all. I took on board what someone said earlier. It comes out your pot, your devolved coffers. If you want to pay for EU students, rather than use that money to tackle domestic issues, crack on. It’s up there with the madness of your new batshit law which silences people on common sense.

BrownTroutBlues · 11/04/2024 14:47

mrsdineen2 · 11/04/2024 12:15

Yes you can use Google. But with free tuition fees, did you really accrue £25k of loans in 4 years solely for spending money?

And why does your repayment of spending money borrowed during your fee-free education mean that today's students should be charged tens of thousands for the fees you didn't pay?

No one is to blame for a system devised by Government to support students to undertake further education to degree stage.
Prior to 1990 both tuition fees and maintenance grants were provided ( means tested).

4CandlesNotForkHandles · 11/04/2024 14:55

burnoutbabe · 11/04/2024 07:45

Yes older adults can go to university and then never repay

But you can't get the loans if over 60. So you'd have to go 59 and then not work again

And also attend a physical uni. It doesn't apply for say open university. Or other online ones as they tend to be online.

I decided to just pay when I did a masters a few years ago (and my degree sone as a mature student was a second one).
Rather than having to have a 9% interest loan sticking around until I was 75 or so when I had the cash in savings. Having to consider income levels and pension levels to "avoid" the repayment.

Incorrect.
You can get Student loans post 60
For both tuition fees as standard
and maintenance.
How much you get for maintenance depends on household income and as a PP has stated £8000 plus if you earn £25k or under with it gradually reducing depending on household income. Similar to how younger students are assessed on parental income.
If everyone in a household is a student you also don’t have to pay council tax, irrespective again of age.

A friend is 61, just retired and has just had her SL approved. Absolutely normal, see all the guidance or phone them if you’re looking for financial support. Her private pension is good so she will end up paying some of it off every month.

logicisall · 11/04/2024 14:56

Sorry @NarwhalsJustDontLetEmTouchYourBalls I'm not in Scotland, I just know about it.

burnoutbabe · 11/04/2024 15:04

Ah it's masters you can't access the loans after 60.

Not undergrad.

logicisall · 11/04/2024 16:32

Re free University for EU students, Scotland is already in the process of winding down this remnant of pre Brexit policy.

CupversusMug · 11/04/2024 20:08

burnoutbabe · 11/04/2024 15:04

Ah it's masters you can't access the loans after 60.

Not undergrad.

Same for PHDs.

CupversusMug · 11/04/2024 20:12

OOBetty · 10/04/2024 23:10

Those starting last sept 23 and onwards are under the reformed system. Debt will be lower and an estimated 61% are expected to pay the full amount off.

That estimate is relying on some wishful thinking regarding our macroeconomic development over the next 30 years.

OOBetty · 11/04/2024 23:04

CupversusMug · 11/04/2024 20:12

That estimate is relying on some wishful thinking regarding our macroeconomic development over the next 30 years.

Absolutely but it’s a new system and estimates is all we have.
However it is based on how much people have been able to pay back in the past, so it is at least based on stats.

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