A Guide to Student Money Matters - Facts and Myths with Queens University Belfast

About this event

This event is aimed at anyone who may be working with individuals who are considering entering higher education (HE) at degree level or above, or are the parents/guardians of a person moving into HE.

The session will take a look at :

Money management skills for students and building financial resilience

• Top tips for managing money as a student
• Common money worries for students
• What help is available for students struggling financially

A brief overview of the HE student finance system in Northern Ireland

• How to apply for student finance
• What financial support is available for students
• What additional support may be available to specific student groups – students with a disability, mature students etc.
• How student loans are repaid

The impact of entering full-time HE on entitlement to welfare benefits

• Who can claim benefits while in full-time HE?
• What benefits van be claimed?
• How is student income treated
• Student nurses and midwives – a whole different ball game and you need to be aware of the situation!

Who should attend?

All money guidance practitioners are welcome to attend this free event. This could include staff in Northern Ireland who are supporting service users with diffcult conversations and anyone offering guidance to improve the financial wellbeing of the users of their service.

The Money Guidance Competency Framework

This event is designed to help you improve your money guidance practice, developing skills, confidence and knowledge around a specific money related area. Everything that the Money Guiders programme offers centres around the Money Guidance Competency Framework - it's there to help you better understand the full breadth and depth of money related issues that fall outside of the regulated financial advice service sector - the things you talk to your customers about.

Which part of the competency framework applies to the event?

Debt Technical Domain 2: including Tier 1.

Welfare and Benefits Technical Domain 4: including Tier 1 and Tier 2. Click here for full details.

Budgeting and Cashflow Technical Domain 5: including Tier 1 and Tier 2. Click here for full details.

Foundation Level - Signposting customers: all practitioners – no matter their job role – must be able to elicit simple, factual information from the customer in order to signpost them to appropriate sources of further support, advice or information.

Before attending this session, you could spend some time considering the challenges you face in your work, specifically when you provide help and guidance to your clients or service users around money issues.

Accessibility & other details

The event takes place on Microsoft Teams. If you have accessibility requirements, please inform the hosts when you register by emailing [email protected] and we will do our best to meet them. For example, we can support by providing the slides prior to the events, ensuring there is a transcript on the event and requesting that 1 person take all questions to allow a screen reader to function correctly. If there is anything else, we can support please don't hesitate to reach out directly.

Participants should always remember to keep their own client and customer details confidential and not disclose personal information about them.

Join the Money Guiders Network

Become part of a national community of practice, with priority notice of learning events and workshops, regular newsletters and networking opportunities. In partnership with the Money and Pensions Service:

Quaker Social Action delivers the network in England. To join click here or visit: http://www.moneyguidersengland.org.uk

Reed in Partnership delivers the network in Northern Ireland. To join click here or visit: https://join.moneyguidersni.co.uk/money-guiders-ni

Improvement Service delivers the network in Scotland. To join click here or visit: http://www.MoneyGuidersScotland.org

MaPS coordinates the network in Wales. To join click here or visit: https://trello.com/c/B0F6XQ1Q/20-about-the-wales-network