SaltyTON Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) Got my saas letter , got my fees paid for me and got my non income assesed loan (I went for the maximum) saying they needed a council tax bill to prove my mum was living alone and no mention of a bursary. You don't tend to get a bursary AND a loan. I wasn't entitled to a loan to do my Masters because of the PATHETIC bursary of £1100. I mean seriously, what the f**k are you meant to do with that piddly amount over the course of a year (living in central Edinburgh)? Edited September 2, 2011 by SaltyTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 You don't tend to get a bursary AND a loan. I wasn't entitled to a loan to do my Masters because of the PATHETIC bursary of £1100. I mean seriously, what the f**k are you meant to do with that piddly amount over the course of a year (living in central Edinburgh)? You don't? I know plenty of people that have! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 You don't? I know plenty of people that have! Nursing I'm sure you can as you have to work for the NHS as well as studying, and the bursary equates to something ridiculous like £0.17 an hour after you do all the work at the hospital, etc. I know that there was never an option at any of my courses to have both, it was always one or other and the bursaries were tiny like the one I mentioned before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Nursing I'm sure you can as you have to work for the NHS as well as studying, and the bursary equates to something ridiculous like £0.17 an hour after you do all the work at the hospital, etc. I know that there was never an option at any of my courses to have both, it was always one or other and the bursaries were tiny like the one I mentioned before. I don't know any student nurses who have got student loans though. I'm on the three year diploma course which comes with the degree option in the final year, so we're only entitled to bursaries. I mean students in other areas have got student loans and a minimal bursary at the same time. I've no idea why, they just have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Nursing I'm sure you can as you have to work for the NHS as well as studying, and the bursary equates to something ridiculous like £0.17 an hour after you do all the work at the hospital, etc. I know that there was never an option at any of my courses to have both, it was always one or other and the bursaries were tiny like the one I mentioned before. "We will pay this bursary instead of part of the student loan so it reduces the amount of loan you need to take out." That's from the SAAS website. I don't get a bursary because my parents earnings are too high. Are they not for people with low earnings/single parents etc? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I don't know any student nurses who have got student loans though. I'm on the three year diploma course which comes with the degree option in the final year, so we're only entitled to bursaries. I mean students in other areas have got student loans and a minimal bursary at the same time. I've no idea why, they just have. It's a bit unusual, possibly the reason given by HSF. "We will pay this bursary instead of part of the student loan so it reduces the amount of loan you need to take out." That's from the SAAS website. I don't get a bursary because my parents earnings are too high. Are they not for people with low earnings/single parents etc? They must be, although why it should solely come down to want your parents earn is beyond me. Someone could have millionaire parents but receive nothing from them, and at the same time someone with a single parent could be rich enough to have their own unicorn. The cut off level is ridiculously low for things like that! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 It's not unusual (well, hello there Mr Jones) to get a bursary and a loan, especially when you get to the lower end of the "income" scale. The maximum loan and maximum bursary are almost exactly the same amount. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I get a bursary and a loan - have done throughout all my time at Uni. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My loan was £57 a month 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My loan was £57 a month That's what my loan was last year. It's gone up this year to £92. Life of luxury for me this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 You don't tend to get a bursary AND a loan. I wasn't entitled to a loan to do my Masters because of the PATHETIC bursary of £1100. I mean seriously, what the f**k are you meant to do with that piddly amount over the course of a year (living in central Edinburgh)? Its very common now, students with parental incomes of something like under 30k a year get bursaries on a sliding scale. Once the parental income is low enough for them not to be asked to contribute anything students will get the same amount and the lower the income, the more of that will be bursary instead of loan. First the term "junior honours" and now now this. Seriously, you're going to have to start checking things before stating them as facts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I get a bursary and a loan - have done throughout all my time at Uni. Same, max bursary and max loan all through my undergrad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Its very common now, students with parental incomes of something like under 30k a year get bursaries on a sliding scale. Once the parental income is low enough for them not to be asked to contribute anything students will get the same amount and the lower the income, the more of that will be bursary instead of loan. First the term "junior honours" and now now this. Seriously, you're going to have to start checking things before stating them as facts. Where did I state either as a fact? I think you are doing some sort of music course and reading doesn't play a strong part, but come on! "You don't tend to" is hardly a statement of bona fide fact is it? The maximum allowed for the minimum bursary is £34,195, and given the national average salary for ONE person is around £26k (pretty sure that is down from a couple of years ago), I would say "you don't tend to" is actually correct, the more I think about it! If I wanted to be really pedantic, even if 49/100 people do get it - the quoted part would still be right... I do find it kind of funny though that I got a loan based on my parents income when I have more money than both of them put together! The loan paid for my fees so it served a purpose! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbl Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Where did I state either as a fact? I think you are doing some sort of music course and reading doesn't play a strong part, but come on! "You don't tend to" is hardly a statement of bona fide fact is it? The maximum allowed for the minimum bursary is £34,195, and given the national average salary for ONE person is around £26k (pretty sure that is down from a couple of years ago), I would say "you don't tend to" is actually correct, the more I think about it! If I wanted to be really pedantic, even if 49/100 people do get it - the quoted part would still be right... I do find it kind of funny though that I got a loan based on my parents income when I have more money than both of them put together! The loan paid for my fees so it served a purpose! You really don't do yourself any favours. Plus you're a scientist, what average are we talking here? Median? Mean? Is that taking account of outliers with a normal distribution? Don't try and pull degree snobbery on anyone here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Where did I state either as a fact? I think you are doing some sort of music course and reading doesn't play a strong part, but come on! "You don't tend to" is hardly a statement of bona fide fact is it? The maximum allowed for the minimum bursary is £34,195, and given the national average salary for ONE person is around £26k (pretty sure that is down from a couple of years ago), I would say "you don't tend to" is actually correct, the more I think about it! If I wanted to be really pedantic, even if 49/100 people do get it - the quoted part would still be right... I do find it kind of funny though that I got a loan based on my parents income when I have more money than both of them put together! The loan paid for my fees so it served a purpose! "You don't tend to get a bursary and a loan" is a statement which is implying it is a fact that it is uncommon. This is false, there is a significant amount of people, even on this thread who are under that £34k threshold. Also, just so you know, I have an A in higher English, and a my degree contains a ridiculous amount of essay writing in the first year - and optional dissertations in 3rd and 4th year which I am doing, but don't let that get in the way of you questioning my literacy. As xbl pointed out - if you want to do degree snobbery, I could bring up the fact you have a 2:2. At Glasgow a 2:2=C. I have only had one C from 13 modules to this point, the rest have been A's and B's. *ugh* I feel like I'm validating every stereotype about Glasgow by bringing that up, but I feel you left me no choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Where did I state either as a fact? I think you are doing some sort of music course and reading doesn't play a strong part, but come on! Good to see that Salty isn't yet again living up to his reputation as belittling other people's course choices / university choices because they don't fit into his model of thinking. Oh no, not him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supras Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 The bursary threshold is here: http://www.saas.gov.uk/student_support/scottish_inside/ysb.htm It confirms that I am due £744. It's strange cause although my single parents income has been rising steadily (damn their upward mobility) I received first year £1300, second year £1800 and third year £744. Still got to top on the travel expenses, which I think were about £500 for me but probably on the way down because parent is earning more. I want more free money 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mak Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Fucking weird feeling at the moment seeing everyone talking about going back to uni and knowing that I won't be back there for a year, by which point everyone who was previously in my year will be a year above me (I'm doing a year long English Language Assistantship in France, which is encouraged by the French department at Stirling but technically counts as a sabattical (sabbatical? Hate this word!) year. Makes it all feel real now! Even more weirdly, I'm then only back for one semester before doing my compulsory exchange semester back in France. This means that I've actually only got one semester left with the people I've been living / friendly with for the past two years despite having only just finished second year. Edited September 3, 2011 by Mak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Don't wear your Pars shirt. There's a load of Rovers fans there and a handily positioned loch. Are you staying in halls? Come to think of it, I've actually been in the same computing lab as you last semester on a friday afternoon. It was down in one of the 1A ones if I'm correct. I'd have happily introduced myself, but it would have been a tad awkward sauntering towards you in front of everyone in my lab to say "Hi there, I know you from the internet" as Dunc says. If I see you in a lab, then I'll give you a shout next time though! If I hear any Martin Hardie pish in Dusk I won't be impressed. Firmly Allan Walker territory. I am staying in halls and will be wearing my Pars shirt with pride So glad to know that there are other P&B's there. Starting to really shit myself tbh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) I am staying in halls and will be wearing my Pars shirt with pride... You're lucky I graduated last year Edited September 4, 2011 by Enigma 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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