student finance offer withdrawn

[winifred]

Help!!

my Daughter and 19 other post grad students have been accepted onto a pgce course starting 09/14 at a well established dance school affiliated to a long standing university.
It is not a new course. they have all applied for student finance.
Student Finance england have sent them written offers of the finance available to them which they have signed and returned.
They have all prepared for their early start in 08/14 many of them having handed in their notice to their present employers.
Student Finance without any formal notification to them have changed their on line status to Not eligible for finance.
The course co ordinator was unaware of this. Student Finance England say they are on instruction from BIS and have no further info. BIS will not talk to the students.
Does anyone know if student finance are legally bound by their written offer please?

[Amethyst]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

Can you tell us the name of the dance school and university - might help looking into this and why funding has been withdrawn.

[Amethyst]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

looks like this kind of thing has happened before.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/b...rt-designation

[des8]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

Hi and Welcome.
Unsettling for the students to say the least.
Basically contract offers can be withdrawn at any time before acceptance.
However the withdrawal of an offer must be communicated to the offeree.
If the students have signed and returned their offers before being advised (and changing on line would probably not be sufficient) about the withdrawal I would think they have a chance of pushing for the offer to be honoured.
BUT it might depend on the wording of the offer.


Crossed with Ame's post, outlook poor

[winifred]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

Hi there its the Royal Academy of Dance validated by University of Surrey

[Amethyst]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

http://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/p...ancing%29.aspx ?

Is their course on that list.

[winifred]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

Yes it is, the 1 year full time PGCE course.

[winifred]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

Does this help my daughters cause?

[vanman]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

delete

[maryquinn]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

Hey I am in a similar position with regard to student finance! Does anybody have any tips or some sort of money saving guide that I can use?

Thanks
Mary

[Kati]

Re: student finance offer withdrawn

Hi maryquinn to LB,

It might help if you start a new thread for your query, with any extra info you can think of (which course, standing of student finance offer etc...). I'm sure there will be lots of people who are able to help you!

Kati x