Hi All
At Sunderland we recently took the decision to no longer require 'evidence verified', as it was the most 'at risk' students eg single parents or those with disabilities who's evidence took the longest to verify. Our experience was that a very low number of students income rose dramatically after evidence verification and it was worth removing to help those most at need.
Kind Regards
Dianne
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From: Admin-student [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Catherine Harvey
Sent: 05 July 2010 14:50
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Subject: [Fwd: University Bursary Deadline Date 2009 / 2010]
Hello,
Below is an email from Joanna Hart at the University of Kent
previously posted on the NASMA mailbase, so apologies for any
cross-posting.
Please reply either to the admin-student mailbase or direct to Joanna.
Many thanks,
Cathy
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Subject: University Bursary Deadline Date 2009 / 2010
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:16:25 +0100
From: Joanna Hart <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Cathy
Thank you for your offer to post our email on the admin-student mailbase.
We would be grateful if you could post the revised version below.
Best wishes
Joanna Hart
Here at the University of Kent we have a deadline date for approving
bursaries, for academic year 2009 / 2010, as 13 August 2010. This is
because we need to draw a line for budgeting purposes.
Before we approve a bursary on HEBSS we have a checklist of criteria
which need to be correct before proceeding.
One of these is that the evidence verified box must say 'Yes' for new
students.
We currently have a number of 1st year students who are still showing on
HEBSS as evidence verified 'No'. If these have not updated to 'Yes' by
13 August 2010, these students will lose any bursary entitlement they
may have for the academic year 2009 / 2010.
We have been doing everything we can to help these students resolve
these issues since the beginning of the academic year.
We have had a request from one of our student advisers for the deadline
to be extended due to the current issues students are still experiencing
with Student Finance England i.e. 6-7 week backlogs.
We are aware of student welfare issues, and would therefore like to hear
from other institutions, whose bursaries are administered through HEBSS,
what deadline date they are working towards for the academic year 2009 /
2010? and also if they have considered extending this deadline due to
Student Finance England issues?
We look forward to hearing from you on or off list.
Best wishes
Joanna Hart / Barry Buckton
Financial Aid Office
Room G43 Registry
University of Kent
Canterbury
CT2 7NZ
01227 823488 / 824876
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