Our Regulations stipulate that students must sign-in after the Christmas and
Easter breaks before they receive their maintenance grant cheques for the
next session. The dates of the Easter vacation, and the Regulations, are
well-publicized.
Eleanor Martin
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jenny Wade
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 12:24 PM
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> Subject: Student GRANT cheques
>
>
> Our Summer term starts on 2nd May and this is the day of distribution
> of the third term GRANT cheques. We are having problems with
> students who want their cheque prior to the Easter break. In the
> main requests are from our Republic of Ireland students who have had
> their Education Committee write to us with a request to release the
> third instalment early.
>
> It is our University Policy to have the third term cheques available
> on the first day back after the Easter break. If we were to allow
> certain students to have their cheque early we would be inundated
> with students saying "They've got theirs why can't we have ours?"
>
> Is anyone having similar problems? Or are we being too strict?
>
> Jenny Wade
> Student Admin.
> University of Luton
>
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