<prompt> Human: My university offers a hardship grant for any student in extreme financial issues. Its usually intended to pay for rent and other essentials, and rent is the reason i needed it.I applied for it and received it in December of last year.Now, 6 months later, i received an email stating that i had to repay my welfare loan.This was not expected because i had been under the impression that it was a grant, and that I did not have to pay it back, as it was never stated otherwise.Im in a slightly better financial situation at the moment, and if i HAVE to pay for it, I can, but obviously this is not ideal.Is the universities behaviour even legal, what can I do?Cheers  <response>: What paperwork is there? If it was a loan, which is common, then of course its legal to ask you to rapy it.A loan is the default option, and is normally repayable after the first student loan payment. Do you have any evidence it was a grant? 