EMA Applications closed as of January 2011

[Niall!]

I lol'd because a part time job would easily cover your rent if your moaning over £30.

Did you even read the ******* thread?

I can only work 11 hours a week, that was the only job I could get. I get 5.02 an hour. 11x5.02 = £55.22
Now, £200 rent a month plus food and electric and travel

YES I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT

[Rapidshare]

You

should

not

have

depended

on

ema

cos

it

was

not

there

to

live

your

life

on.

[FlyingJesus]

What happened to people actually researching anything before going mental? From the direct.gov site (which is where you ought to be getting this info anyway):

"EMA will close to new applicants in England from January 2011. Learner support funds will be available through schools, colleges and training providers to help students who most need it to continue in learning."


There there, wipe your tears now children, you're still getting free education.

[Rapidshare]

As above, here more information

Discretionary Support Funds were previously known as ‘Learner Support Funds’, ‘Access Funds’ and ‘Hardship Funds’.

What can you use Discretionary Support Funds for?

Discretionary Support Funds are available in colleges and school sixth forms to help with learning costs.
The funds are prioritised for those who face financial hardship. They can be used to help with:

• financial hardship and emergencies
• childcare costs (for Ofsted-registered childcare)
• accommodation costs, for those who have to study further than the maximum distance from home
• essential course-related equipment, materials and field trips
• travel costs (for over 18s)

Colleges and sixth forms will take into account whether there are alternative sources of help available. Follow the links below for details of alternative sources of help with accommodation costs if you’re studying away from home, and information on help with transport costs for under 19s.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible to apply, you must:

• be 16 or over
• have been accepted onto and be studying a programme of learning funded by the Young People's Learning Agency

Colleges determine priority groups and maximum amounts they award. Common priority groups are:

• students who are economically disadvantaged (such as those on a low income or receiving benefits)
• those aged over 19 who don't have a Level 2 qualification
• students who have been in care or on probation, young parents and others considered 'at risk'

How much do you get?

Schools and colleges set their own criteria and manage their own procedures. This means that the amounts available, and the way funds are allocated, may differ between institutions.
Some funds, including childcare and residential funds, have maximum amounts available.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Educatio...rs/DG_10033131

[GommeInc]

The system was not unfair, it was just distributed in the totally wrong way.

Great idea, lousy execution.

I think that might be what he was pointing out. It was an unfair system as it focused on the income of the family, rather than the size. A family of, say, 5 children with the parents on a salary of just over the limit (£32,000?) would not be allowed the allowance, even though 5 children could easily eat away at their parents household income. If the UK was made of money, it should of taken into account the size of the family and the household income, not either/or which the current system did.

I support a "free/heavily reduced transport costs" scheme, as transport is the main offender when it comes to Education. Equipment is cheap, unless you're doing a course which needs special equipment likes cameras, although if you hunt around you can find decent prices. The EMA needed to be scrapped, as it was a terrible idea giving students/young people cash in hand as an incentive to go to school or college, with the idea that the money would be spent on education maintenance, as described in the EMA guidelines.

What happened to people actually researching anything before going mental? From the direct.gov site (which is where you ought to be getting this info anyway):

"EMA will close to new applicants in England from January 2011. Learner support funds will be available through schools, colleges and training providers to help students who most need it to continue in learning."


There there, wipe your tears now children, you're still getting free education.

That system is far too fair for some people It is actually regulated, unlike the EMA

[Alkaz]

So glad about this! It was a completely unfair system.

How?

Not everyone has the luxury of being able to go to their own personal bank of mum or dad. When I did my A Levels I did two creative subjects both of which required me to pay for a lot of my materials and sometimes workshop time. If I had not of been receiving EMA I wouldn't have been able to continue with the courses as my parents couldn't have been able to fund it for me.

I personally think it's easy for people to jump on the bandwagon here. Especially if you're not eligible for it. This system has helped many people to further their education and for others it means that they can just continue in education and it funds their social life. A lot of people are being tarred with the same brush which seems to make it look as though no one is benefiting from it. This, along with the tuition fees is just another stepping stone to making higher and further education much more selective and elitist.

[FlyingJesus]

Joe you seem to have missed the posts that highlight the very simple fact that those who need the money will still be getting it

[Metric1]

It was stupid anyway for you to get money from the government for nothing. Work, earn, get somewheres. I may not have to do it but I know plenty of people who do.

[jackass]

How on earth was it unfair?

I think you meant to say 'im really really really spoilt, my mommy an daddy are really rich and buy everything for me, I really wanted tht extra EMA, really really did cause im a really spoilt brat and i will get what i want!!!'

The system was not unfair, it was just distributed in the totally wrong way.

Great idea, lousy execution.

Are you actually being serious? My parents gave me nothing.

I got a job, and paid for things that way, so think before you come out with such absurd posts.

Not everyone has the luxury of being able to go to their own personal bank of mum or dad. When I did my A Levels I did two creative subjects both of which required me to pay for a lot of my materials and sometimes workshop time. If I had not of been receiving EMA I wouldn't have been able to continue with the courses as my parents couldn't have been able to fund it for me.

I personally think it's easy for people to jump on the bandwagon here. Especially if you're not eligible for it. This system has helped many people to further their education and for others it means that they can just continue in education and it funds their social life. A lot of people are being tarred with the same brush which seems to make it look as though no one is benefiting from it. This, along with the tuition fees is just another stepping stone to making higher and further education much more selective and elitist.

Again, what the hell are you on about? I don't know what is with this assumption that I get money off my parents, because I don't.

I was in the exact situation as you lot, the ones that actually received EMA, yet I never got it because of what my parents earnt. My parents earnings had nothing to do with me, and no way were they going to give me £30 a week.

Jesus Christ guys.

[Swastika]

Did you even read the ******* thread?

I can only work 11 hours a week, that was the only job I could get. I get 5.02 an hour. 11x5.02 = £55.22
Now, £200 rent a month plus food and electric and travel

YES I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT

Do something about it then, quit college and get an apprenticeship? Get a higher paying job? Earn money other ways?
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