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Student Finance appeal

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SquirrelFan · 31/05/2023 07:50

Does anyone have any experience with appealing student finance England's decisions? They think my son has done 3 years when he's only done 2. He had to leave one month into a retake of his second year due to his mental health issues and will be starting again at a different uni in from first year. His previous uni assured us that they'd make sure his one month retake wouldn't be recorded as a year, iyswim. This is the sort of thing that stresses DS out (ASD, ADHD) and I'd like to avoid any more stress so he can actually concentrate on his studies! Are there professionals that can help with this?

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Bunnyannesummers · 31/05/2023 23:34

You get the length of your course plus one (broadly speaking). So even if they disregard Y2 take two, they still wouldn’t fund him to start a full degree again as he doesn’t have enough years of funding left.

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SquirrelFan · 01/06/2023 11:49

@Bunnyannesummers yes, we understand it's finite! It's just that the money was refunded from the uni to SFE (we know because we had the same challenge with the DSA, and that got sorted by the disability person at the uni).
Thank you, @MarchingFrogs ,that's what we understood! He was only in the last year for 3-4 weeks.

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Bunnyannesummers · 01/06/2023 17:23

But if he was doing a three year course, that’s four years of available funding. He’s done
first year
second year
second year again (discounted)

which leaves him two years of funding, not enough to restart a full degree. Usually students in that position need to find first year funding themselves and can get funding for second and third year.

Hannahsbananas · 01/06/2023 17:30

Bunnyannesummers · 01/06/2023 17:23

But if he was doing a three year course, that’s four years of available funding. He’s done
first year
second year
second year again (discounted)

which leaves him two years of funding, not enough to restart a full degree. Usually students in that position need to find first year funding themselves and can get funding for second and third year.

Yes, this.
He won’t get funding to start his degree from scratch.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 01/06/2023 17:32

Bunnyannesummers · 01/06/2023 17:23

But if he was doing a three year course, that’s four years of available funding. He’s done
first year
second year
second year again (discounted)

which leaves him two years of funding, not enough to restart a full degree. Usually students in that position need to find first year funding themselves and can get funding for second and third year.

Agree with this, if I have read your post correctly.

gogohmm · 01/06/2023 17:32

We had exactly this. They accepted leaving the university in October and that didn't count when we appealed however you only get 4 years of funding so we had to pay fees for the first year of her second degree, they funded years 2&3

MarchingFrogs · 01/06/2023 21:31

gogohmm · 01/06/2023 17:32

We had exactly this. They accepted leaving the university in October and that didn't count when we appealed however you only get 4 years of funding so we had to pay fees for the first year of her second degree, they funded years 2&3

But having 《only》 to lose funding for the first year is better than losing it for the first two, which is what will happen if he doesn't manage to get the aborted third year discounted.

gogohmm · 01/06/2023 21:42

We had to send drs notes to get the 3rd year taken off

Rummikub · 01/06/2023 22:04

Is it the same subject?
could he start year 2 if so?

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