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Post graduate loan

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Hi all,

I am going to be applying for the LLM (legal practice SQE) course soon. I am fortunate enough to have a firms backing so they are paying the fees and also offering a maintenance grant. I was wondering If I will still be eligible for a post graduate loan from the Government to further assist as I will be doing it in London and while the firms grant is good, its not likely to be enough after accommodation is paid for etc.
 

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Hi all,

I am going to be applying for the LLM (legal practice SQE) course soon. I am fortunate enough to have a firms backing so they are paying the fees and also offering a maintenance grant. I was wondering If I will still be eligible for a post graduate loan from the Government to further assist as I will be doing it in London and while the firms grant is good, its not likely to be enough after accommodation is paid for etc.
Yes - you are still eligible. You don’t have to consider other forms of income into your eligibility
 

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