I am sure that, in common with ourselves at QMW, colleagues will be anxious to
allow as many students as possible to 'fully' enrol whilst their LEA
contributions remain uncertain. For those institutions who intend to proceed
with Direct Debiting for student tuition fee contributions, one way around
this is to accept a direct debit mandate as a sign of 'good faith' to permit
the student to enrol fully. However, we have encountered a potential catch 22
situation: obviously you need a bank account to complete a DD mandate, but you
can't get a student account without proof of enrolment. We are currently
investigating whether banks will provide students with account numbers (but
not cheque books etc) on the basis of a confirmed place - allowing them to
complete a DD mandate - with the account going 'live' when proof of enrolment
is produced. Our enrolment is 3 days after new students arrive at College.
Have any colleagues planned on going this route - if so have you managed to
resolve this situation?
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