Need 72k for Uni!

[strudel]

I was speaking earlier to a fellow worker and she was telling me about her son; He is heavily autistic but has been awarded a place at a prestigious University. Unfortunatly despite making the final few out of many applicants he was one of the three unlucky ones not to be awarded a full scholarship. As he is foreign he therefore has to pay full costs, which is a mouthwatering seventy two thousand pounds for three years. His mother is a single parent on a low wage and so there is no way she can afford this (The husband is dead I think). I believe she has not been in the country long (less than a year) so is struggling to find a provider for a loan. I know there are alternative methods of getting funds for education such as grants or professional development loans - has anybody had any experience of these and what are the chances? It seems a shame for somebody to be denied a chance purely based on funds.

Thanks in advance.

Edited for fat fingers.

Edited by strudel on Friday 15th May 15:23

[Arese]

[V8mate]

Try for a scholarship at a different Uni?

[C8PPO]

strudel said:

but has been awarded a place at a prestigious.

What's one of them then, like?

[littlegreenfairy]

V8mate said:

Try for a scholarship at a different Uni?

I would say that if someone is offered a place at one of the top 2 educational establishments then they'd be crazy to say no....

[jkennyd]

Arese said:

Sorry I should't laugh. I think it's either another Uni or a sponsor. My niece was lucky enough to get a 50% bursary and she is so clever it is scary. Good Luck

[littlegreenfairy]

C8PPO said:

strudel said:

but has been awarded a place at a prestigious.

What's one of them then, like?

My fault for copying and pasting badly.

Have corrected it now.

[V8mate]

littlegreenfairy said:

V8mate said:

Try for a scholarship at a different Uni?

I would say that if someone is offered a place at one of the top 2 educational establishments then they'd be crazy to say no....

Are you posting under two different usernames? Because the OP's post certainly didn't say that.

[littlegreenfairy]

V8mate said:

littlegreenfairy said:

V8mate said:

Try for a scholarship at a different Uni?

I would say that if someone is offered a place at one of the top 2 educational establishments then they'd be crazy to say no....

Are you posting under two different usernames? Because the OP's post certainly didn't say that.

I posted it on my OH's behalf through his account. Then I got all confused as to which one was logged on