Inspirational Speaker Series: Funding and Finance for Students
In this episode of our Inspirational Speaker Series, Debbie Forsey will provide us with a brief overview of the student finance and funding system in NI at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She will also discuss how being in full-time higher education may impact upon those receiving social security benefits and highlight common issues and problems these claimant encounter when making a claim as a full-time student.
Debbie Forsey is the Student Money Adviser at SU Advice, Queen's University Students' Union. She sits on the Board of the National Association of Student Money Advisers (NASMA) as the Member for NI Policy. Debbie has been providing student finance, benefits, and debt advice to students at Queen's since 2007 and, prior to that, was a Money and Debt Adviser with Citizens Advice for 5 years. She started her career working as an Income Support assessor and then as a Housing Benefit Officer in the South of England.
Date: 18th October 2022
Time: 10am – 11am
This event will be held on Zoom