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Is the child 18 years old already?
What form does she require signing?
Is it the requirement for the parents to provide their incomes?
Why is the mother refusing to sign? What is the actual issue?
To answer your specific question, no, you cannot become a guardian to another adult, unless that adult has special needs of some description that require the person to have a guardian.
As your granddaughter is off to university, it would appear that is not the case, so she is legally an adult.
I understand that this will cause some issues with student finance, as those under 25 are still seen as 'dependents' of their parents for the purposes of student loans, unless they can show that they have been living independently for the last year (at least). Your granddaughter needs to contact student loans to see what it is she must do in the circumstances she is in.
If her father is available, she could perhaps ask him to sign instead.
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In that case, she needs to contact student finance to discuss further what she can do next.
As referred to, she's an adult, so you cannot become a guardian for this purpose.
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