Question: My mom lost her job. Will this affect my student finance?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Guidance for current students
section_headers: My parent/partner has recently lost their job. How will this affect my student finance?
2019/20 Academic year
section_content: If your student finance has already been calculated for 2019/20 using the CYI
process, we may need to contact your parent(s) or partner for financial
evidence for the 2019/20 tax year. In this case, we’ll get in touch with them
in late 2020. If their income is different to what they estimated previously,
your student finance will have to be recalculated.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Talks about student finance, but doesn't specifically address the situation where a parent loses a job.
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides information on what will happen to a person's student finance should their parents or partner's financial situation change.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Guidance for current students
section_headers: My parent/partner has recently lost their job. How will this affect my student finance?
section_content: Some student finance is based on your household income so we’ll need financial
details from your parent(s) or partner to calculate how much funding you can
get. However, we understand that financial circumstances can change and we
have a process in place to help with that. This process makes sure you won’t
lose out on any student finance you’re entitled to.
During the student finance application process your parent(s)/partner will be
asked to provide financial details from a previous tax year. If they’ve lost
their job and are not earning as much now as they did then, we can look at
your application based on their ‘Current Year Income (CYI)’. But this can only
be done after they’ve given us the details of the previous tax year.
There are different rules for the CYI process depending on where you live in
the UK and also the type of student finance you’re applying for – to find out
the specific rules that apply to you go to the relevant website:

Student Finance England
Student Finance Wales
Student Finance Northern Ireland


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has details about informing the student finance decision makers about a parent's job loss.
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides information on how student finance is calculated, what actions should be taken and what will happen to a person's student finance when their parents or partners lost their job or not earning as much as before.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): cancellation of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020
section_headers: How will colleges, sixth-forms and universities cope with the fact that these students will have missed out on some of their education?
section_content: These are extraordinary circumstances. We are working with schools, sixth-
forms, colleges and universities to ensure that we do everything we can to
best help students prepare for and progress to the next stage of their
education.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Generic, short answer about extraordinary circumstances. Doesn't address the impact of a parent's job loss on student finance.
This answer is irrelevant to the question. This answer is about helping to prepare students progress to the next stage of their education and does not provide any information on student finance as asked in the question.

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