Birth Cert not good enough for Student Finance England
Discussion
RobinOakapple said:
Fastpedeller said:
Ahh the grammar police. What's the problem, you managed to read it and at least the apostrophe's's are correct!
It's absolutely nothing to do with grammar, it's to do with good manners, taking the small amount if time necessary to make your post clearly legible. I daresay I could have managed to read it if I had really wanted to, but if you can't be bothered to write properly, then I can't be bothered to read what you've written.
All it is is considering the person you expect to read the message.
Dixy said:
Sorry slightly off topic, what course is she doing that the NHS contribute to?
The NHS will support many courses - e.g. midwifery - in two ways:The NHS pays the fees for the course but you need to apply for a NHS Bursary for this.
If you are seconded to the course by your employer, your employing NHS trust pays your fees.
My girlfriend requested some document through the other day.
From what I can make out of it, the interest on the loan now they've flogged it to some private company is higher than the amount she's paid off. I can only assume mine is the same.
Good luck is all I have to say. Such an infuriating "organisation" to deal with.
From what I can make out of it, the interest on the loan now they've flogged it to some private company is higher than the amount she's paid off. I can only assume mine is the same.
Good luck is all I have to say. Such an infuriating "organisation" to deal with.
EnglishTony said:
Pay the local GP his/her 50 quid and stop whinging.
Britain is looking keep this, deal with it.
But the point I'm making (maybe you didn't see it because of my poor layout as criticised by others) is that the GP doesn't even know her! I'm ok with all the checks if they are applied with sound logic and intelligence.Britain is looking keep this, deal with it.
Snubs said:
I love these throwbacks to the Victorian era idea of 'community members of good standing'. Because you never see the police, doctors or politicians in the press for malpractice. They're above sin, unlike the rest of us vassals 
Just a thought OP but do they not accept chartered professionals like accountants and so on? You can be a Chartered pretty much anything these days, so there may be a friend of a family that qualifies?
Indeed. I'd like to think that in any situation my word is as good as any other person's. "Some are more equal than others" is a phrase that springs to mind. We live in a small, rural community and Farmers aren't (apparently) high enough up the pecking order. Just a thought OP but do they not accept chartered professionals like accountants and so on? You can be a Chartered pretty much anything these days, so there may be a friend of a family that qualifies?
Ironically the local MP has known our daughter for several years - local school visits and the like, so that would potentially be our next course of action if we were to pursue this (It would be strange if he didn't count because of any political bias!). In the meantime we are going to withdraw the application - my Wife has (quite correctly) stated it isn't worth the stress. We will finance this small amount and we won't be paying the interest to an organisation like SFE.
A Citizen Card is proof as per their requirement.
Yes, it costs a few pounds, and yes it requires a suitable signatory, but it's a long and variable list of suitable 'professionals', and they deliver within a couple of days of receiving the application.
Yes, it costs a few pounds, and yes it requires a suitable signatory, but it's a long and variable list of suitable 'professionals', and they deliver within a couple of days of receiving the application.
Vaud said:
Dixy said:
Sorry slightly off topic, what course is she doing that the NHS contribute to?
The NHS will support many courses - e.g. midwifery - in two ways:The NHS pays the fees for the course but you need to apply for a NHS Bursary for this.
If you are seconded to the course by your employer, your employing NHS trust pays your fees.
xjay1337 said:
Just get her doctor or headmaster to sign it.
They aren't going to perform background checks to ensure that they have been best buds for 2 years.
Medical practitioners are deprecated as Counter signatories becasue of the numbers who could not verify the identity of people they had counter signed applications for. They aren't going to perform background checks to ensure that they have been best buds for 2 years.
Only on PH could a plea for sensible procedures on Uni fee funding be usurped ny the grammar police. 
OP, I liked your reference to apostrophe's'es! I'm just surprised you didn't release the parrot!
Unnecessary red tape is annoying and time consuming, but I suppose it does keep the jobsworths from the dole queue. Unfortunately.
OP, I liked your reference to apostrophe's'es! I'm just surprised you didn't release the parrot!
Unnecessary red tape is annoying and time consuming, but I suppose it does keep the jobsworths from the dole queue. Unfortunately.
Impasse said:
Fairly sure there's a proposal to bin the bursaries and replace them with loans, so whoever the OP manages to persuade to sign the piece of paper he'd better get it done quick!
Hers is the last intake to be bursary funded. We have the bursary funding all arranged - the NHS believed the Birth Certificate without its backup 'Birth certificate verification form'. Maybe they remember bringing her into the world!;)OP. I feel your pain.
All this would be so easy if she had a passport.
I speak from experience. My passports run out and I'm doing the same paperwork as you for a student loan. It's a f
king nightmare. My local publican whisk nine me 30 years has a passport but at his home on the other side of the country. My neighbour - someone on the list of approved people - like me has an invalid passport.
I know loads of teachers - my wife is one - but they've all buffered off to the sun for the summer.
I'm meeting a former colleague who lives near me on Monday. She's going to sort me for a fee - coffee and cake.
All this would be so easy if she had a passport.
I speak from experience. My passports run out and I'm doing the same paperwork as you for a student loan. It's a f
king nightmare. My local publican whisk nine me 30 years has a passport but at his home on the other side of the country. My neighbour - someone on the list of approved people - like me has an invalid passport.I know loads of teachers - my wife is one - but they've all buffered off to the sun for the summer.
I'm meeting a former colleague who lives near me on Monday. She's going to sort me for a fee - coffee and cake.
What a hassle!
I've just signed a passport application for a friend. Well to be perfectly accurate his newborn. Looks just like every other baby, confused and like it's just st itself, I couldn't pick it out in a crowd of 2 but I hereby certify that this photo is of said sprog. Farcical.
I've just signed a passport application for a friend. Well to be perfectly accurate his newborn. Looks just like every other baby, confused and like it's just s
t itself, I couldn't pick it out in a crowd of 2 but I hereby certify that this photo is of said sprog. Farcical.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff