Email: charmaine_valente@slc.co.uk
Phone: 07774 281355
Charmaine is the Student Finance Adviser to Practitioners in
the South East of England, covering (See list below). Prior
to joining SLC she worked in HE as a Student Financial Adviser,
offering information, advice and guidance on Student Loans,
Bursaries, Access to Learning Fund, Budgeting, debt advice -
including negotiating with debtors and county courts, ran sessions
on Financial Capability for the Post Graduate programmes and
presentations to parents and students regarding finance and general
advice. She has previously worked as Bank Manager, taught
English as a second language in England and abroad and has
worked/managed in various departments such as Pension, Customer
Service &, HR.
Students or parents - who you should contact
If you are a prospective student and or parent please visit slc.co.uk/england for answers
to your queries. Aslo visit www.gov.uk
If you have specific questions you should contact the university
you wish to attend and make an appointment with the student
financial adviser (based in your university or student union).
For children who are in care further information can be found on
the NCAS (the leaving care organisation part of Catch 22) website
site on leavingcare.org
You can also contact the National Careers
Service for help and advice.
For Nursing or NHS funded courses visit the NHS Bursaries Website.
Areas covered
- Berkshire
- Brighton & Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- Hampshire
- East Sussex
- Kent
- Isle of Wight
- Medway
- Oxfordshire
- Portsmouth
- Southampton
- Surrey
- West Sussex
- Milton Keynes
Recent events
By Kind permission of Baroness Noakes DBE the KMPF
(Kent
and Medway
Progression Federation) held a
celebration of their recent good work at the Cholmondeley Room and
Terrace in the House of Lords. Below are some pictures of the
event.
Image left to right, Alex King (KCC), David Nightingale (University
of Kent), Baroness Noakes DBE, Sonette Schwartz (Brockhill Park
Performing Arts College), Jack Fox (University of Kent), Felicity
Dunworth (KMPF), Richard Hart (Strood Academy), Graham Ralph (The
Towers School), Kirstin Burgess (Brockhill Park Performing Arts
College), Andrew Olsson (The Charles Dickens School), Sam Giles
(University for the Creative Arts), Les Ebdon (OFFA).
Image left to right, Cllr John Cubitt, Charmaine Valente.