[Angus]

Originally Posted by Shaun

It's supposed to be for 'travel expenses' and books
I could really do with it actually. My bus pass is £14 a week, and I had to buy 4 textbooks at the start of the year at £20 each.

damn my oldness.

No doubt every college will have its own "hardship fund" for those students who really are in dire financial straits, but the majority are not and really it is ridiculous to be giving teenagers £30 to spend on booze, cds or whatever simply for doing what they're supposed to do, i.e. turning up every day and studying.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by angus58

No doubt every college will have its own "hardship fund" for those students who really are in dire financial straits, but the majority are not and really it is ridiculous to be giving teenagers £30 to spend on booze, cds or whatever simply for doing what they're supposed to do, i.e. turning up every day and studying.

Yeah I have to agree - it is mostly misused.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by angus58

No doubt every college will have its own "hardship fund" for those students who really are in dire financial straits, but the majority are not and really it is ridiculous to be giving teenagers £30 to spend on booze, cds or whatever simply for doing what they're supposed to do, i.e. turning up every day and studying.

Plus at the end of term and on your birthday you get a £100 bonus

[Angus]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Plus at the end of term and on your birthday you get a £100 bonus

Yeah, another hairbrained scheme introduced by the profligate and incompetent Labour Party - as usual chucking money around that isn't theirs. No wonder this country is in such a mess.