Charged £2250 when DD didn't attend one day.

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We were stupidly under the impression from a family member that there was no financial implications when DD decided to withdraw from her place and resit an A Level to get a better course for next year.

The course she was offered was a variant of the course she wanted, the uni actually rang her and when she said she was unsure they said to try it. No mention of full term charge to bloody try it. As it happened she decided to try for better grades and didn't go to the university place at all.

The finance at the uni have also told her to just keep her maintenance loan, I'm just really confused.

Family members daughter, has done a week for the past two years before deciding it wasn't for her with no payback at all.

Is it a case of difference universities have different policies? It does seem so unfair.

Sorry, I can't help regarding the Uni fees but it is easy to pay the maintenance loan installment back. She just needs to ring Student Loans and she can give her debit card details for the account they have paid the money into and they will claim the amount on that. I know this because my DS has just done it. He actually told Student Loans twice that he didn't want the loan and still got a message telling him it was being paid. He rang them again and they said they would block the payment - which they didn't hence why he had to do the debit card transaction.

She has to enrol to get her maintenance loan. She can't get it without enrolling

Registration is usually the week before term starts.

And having enrolled (which she must have done to get the loan) she would have had to go through the withdrawal process as set out by the particular uni. Most are online and she would have to meet with her course director.

She has to enrol to get her maintenance loan. She can't get it without enrolling
Exactly so if as the OP makes it sound she didn't enrol, how did she get the grant money in the first place??

That's an expensive mistake. If she is liable it still might be worth trying to negotiate.