The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Urgh, don't get me started on how incompetent they are at Student Loans. First they tell me I've applied for £0. When I clicked "maximum" in both boxes. Then when I phone them to sort it out, the guy said they can do the tuition fee on their end, but I'd have to fill in a form to sort out the maintenance. Fair enough, I thought. So, they posted the form, I filled it out... and then when I get the "sign this to get your money" letter, the tuition fee was still down as £0.

I just bet you anything that if we could sort it ourselves, it would all be right within five minutes. The people who operate the complaints division must be working on commission.

Originally Posted by wild-heart

ARGH they are such muppets i feel your pain! Last year I got a letter through saying they were stopping ALL payments because they thought it was fraud, turns out after hours on the phone it was just a mistake. Then none of us got paid untill november. Ahh I'm just about to go into my second and last year of HND Photography, then another 2/3 years optional if I want to top it up to a degree but i don't think i'll bother. I think i'm just going to try and get even more experience in the next year. I study at Wolverhampton but spend most of my time at Sandwell college, the college is sh!t but the photography department is brilliant! What about you? what you study? where?

See above post about working on commission, lol. I wouldn't mind so much, but this is the THIRD year I've had problems with them. Last year they received THREE separate packages of documentation (not to mention all of the work that had to be done by my mum to get hold of the relevant documentation as they needed her and my father's disability allowance documentation, income support and all kinds of things that needed to be sent off for) after losing them, only to find the first lot of documents at the bottom of the pile. They couldn't find their arse with both hands, I'm sure. Ooo..Photography! My friend is really into Photography and does a lot of shoots on commission. She's very into the macabre. Do you have a Facebook? I could send you the link to her group if you like. Has some very nice stuff. I'm about to start my third year Bachelor of the Arts Degree in Fine Art, with Minors in Drawing Studies, Theoretical Studies and Personal Development (Obligatory or I wouldn't bother with that one, haha). I'm studying at Bradford College's Art Department (Terrible. Absolutely terrible), and I'm hoping next year to either study for my Master of the Arts in Chester, Lancaster, Cumbria or, if worse comes to it, Leeds.