Notes for Members 2006â2007 - St Edmund's College - University of ...

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54 College Discipline and the Payment of Bills Account Number: 00715572 Bank Sort Code: 30 91 56 Swift Code: LOYDGB21018 IBAN: GB24LOYD30915600715572 Reference: [Forename.Surname] (3) Cash. Cash Payments in excess of £50 cannot be accepted for insurance reasons. (4) Debit Card. There is no surcharge or limit on debit card payments. (5) Credit Card. A surcharge of 2% will be added to your total for credit card payments. Students may use credit cards to make payments up to £250. Please be advised that we are using chip and pin technology so you will need to know your pin number in order to make a card payment. 9.2.3 Financial Difficulties By careful management of their finances, most students, postgraduates and undergraduates, complete their degrees without any undue financial hardship. But occasionally there are circumstances where a few students find it hard to make ends meet. The “Welcome Pack” sent to those in their first year gives a general indication of the level of living expenses at Cambridge. It will be appreciated that meals taken out of College may cost more or less than those taken in College. Meals charges are the main elements in a typical College bill that can be controlled by the individual. The room rent is the only main fixed living cost. It is important to be aware of the likely size of each term’s College bill and to make sure there are sufficient funds to meet it when it falls due. The College charges interest on overdue bills and the effective rate of interest (APR) is deliberately set above that on ordinary credit cards. No undergraduate should ever get into a position of having to pay interest. If there is an unpaid bill at the end of the third year, then unless an arrangement is made with the College, the College will not allow the person concerned to proceed to graduation until the bill is settled. If a student should get into financial difficulty, he/she should consult the Bursar as soon as possible. If his/her Tutor is convinced that the student is in genuine and unavoidable difficulty then a recommendation will be made to the College that interest charges be waived on the unpaid bill. The Tutor will also be able to give advice about possible sources of additional finance. 9.2.4 Code of Practice for the Collection of Student Debts This code of practice sets out the procedure that will be followed by the College Office in presenting accounts for payment by junior members, explains the responsibilities of junior members to pay their accounts promptly, and sets out the action that will be followed in cases of overdue accounts. This code of practice was formally approved by the Governing Body at their meeting on 25 June 2001 and represents the current procedure.
College Discipline and the Payment of Bills 55 (1) Invoices for fees and charges and room rents will be sent out 7 days before Full Term and paid in full within 14 days from the date of invoice. Invoices will be placed in the student’s mail box in College. (2) In the event of non-payment of fees, charges or room rents, the Bursar or Deputy will write to the student concerned on the 15th day after the invoice was issued, with a copy to the Senior Tutor, stating his or her intention to advise the Master that the student would not be permitted to come back into residence the following term. (3) Appeals against this decision should be addressed to the Bursar, in writing, with a copy to the Senior Tutor, before the Division of Term. (4) The policy applies to new students with effect from October 2001. The junior member will be told of the right to appeal against any of these decisions, but normally the only grounds for appeal will be a dispute over the amount(s) charged, or failure of the College to follow the procedure set out above. The above actions will be reported to the Tutorial Committee and to the Council without delay. (a) The Council shall determine the additional charges to be made in the case of accounts that are not settled within 14 days of presentation. Currently, this charge is 1.5% per month calculated from the date on which the account is presented. (b) Nothing in this statement of practice will debar the Council from suing for money owed to it if that seems appropriate. Junior members should be aware that the consequences of failing to settle a College account will be that they may be required to go out of residence during a term and will not be allowed back into residence in a subsequent term. 9.2.5 The Office of the Independent Adjudicator The Department of Education and Skills (a government department) has set up the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) to deal with student complaints that cannot be resolved through an educational institution’s normal mechanisms. Students with complaints which remain unresolved after exhausting the College’s internal procedures can consult the OIA website //www. oiahe.org.uk where the form required to initiate a complaint can be found. No charge to a student is made for the investigation of an unresolved complaint.
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