|
Change of Circumstances If you do not currently satisfy the eligibility conditions to be awarded a grant or if you do not qualify for the award of the full level of grant and a change in circumstances in relation to reckonable income or any of the circumstance listed below occurs you may become eligible to be assessed or re-assessed during the academic year. Change in Circumstances in relation to reckonable income: The means test for your grant application is normally based on your (or your family’s) income in the last full financial year. Therefore, if you apply for a student grant for the academic year 2011/12, your eligibility will be assessed based on reckonable income from the 2010 financial year. However, if you or your family have had a change in reckonable income in the meantime that is permanent and likely to last for the duration of your course, then your eligibility for the grant may be assessed or re-assessed to reflect the change in income. Where an adverse change in reckonable income has occurred since 31st December 2010, the application will be assessed or re-assessed based on revised income rather than income for the year ended 31st December 2010. All income is re-assessed and not just the income of the person who experiences the negative change. Awards or adjustments will be made with effect from the month in which the change in circumstances occurs. Where there is an increase in the income of any of the persons whose income is under consideration, since 31st December 2010 this will not affect eligibility to grant aid in the 2011/12 academic year. However, eligibility for grant aid in subsequent academic years will be based on the income in the previous financial year. Other Changes in Circumstances: In the event of changes of circumstances in the academic year relating to the following your eligibility for the grant may also be assessed or re-assessed:
Note: You must tell your grant awarding authority immediately of any change in circumstances that is likely to affect your eligibility for a student grant. Failure to notify your grant awarding authority of a change in circumstances is an offence and may result in the loss of your student grant and prosecution. 
|
