Hi

Thanks everyone for their help!

I have passed on your kind messages and advice to my Mum. To be honest her supervisors are not much use and have gradually been more difficult to work with and despite doing everything they have requested of her they seem poor in communication. In fact she got a second opinion with regards to the work she had completed and the academic said it was excellent and ready to submit, yet her supervisors still keep coming back with more work for her to do......

Moofa

Hi

I'm actually emailing on behalf of my Mum - hope this is ok?

She is in her final year of her PhD and has submitted her draft. Every year she has had 75% of her fees waived as she did receive the carers allowance (she now receives OAP pension). However, this year the University have declared that they will not wavier the 75% and she has to pay the full amount.

She is some what distress as when she signed up she received a letter from the University stating that yes she was eligible for fee wavier and therefore, committed herself to the MPhil/PhD, and now they are saying the rules have changed and now in her final year she is no longer eligible and she feels that after 13 years ( 9 years in total as she had to take time out due to being a carer) of hard work she can not afford to continue.

Is there any ruling that the University has to fulfil their commitment as they originally agreed to wavier the fees? She has shown them the letter they sent and they aren't budging.

Hope someone can help

Moofa