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hi there,
havent beem on here for a while..
So because i am getting fed up of being always broke, i thought since i have a-levels i could enroll at uni.
I went to the open days, and i was so happy to hear that there are available places.
The only thing that makes me wonder is if i will start University full-time - will my benefits stop?
I am mainly concerned about housing benefit, as my flat costs rather alot (£1200 a month).
I am on jobseekers allowance at the moment - i am single parent (my son is 2 years and 8 months old). Just to let anyone know, i am not entitled to Income support as i am from EEA and i havent gained a residency (have to b here at least 5 years, which is on the 2nd of May 2012), and also i need the residence card, which takes about 6 months to do it...
Kindly wilol appreciate any help dear Mums:)
xx
Hi michelle,
Not too sure about your situation but I am a full time student and I have to say I have never had so much money!!! I dont get full housing benefit but I get some my rent is £68 a week and I only contribute £20.70 (not sure what the precentage is). As a single mother of one child I get Full entitlement of student loan, full maintanence grant, plus a special support grant (only for single parents I think), as well as a bursary (only for certain courses such as nursing and social work) and then i get a scholarship payment as I am the first in my family to go to uni and finally (yes there is more!) I get access to the universities 'hardship fund' (open to all but priority to single parents). In addition as a student I dont pay council tax or pay for prescriptions so for me it has worked out much better than when I was working and earning £18k a year. It is definately worth you looking in to - good luck!
P.s. you can go on to "student finance england" website and do a calculation to give you a rough idea but to be honest I get much more than the calculator originally told me I would.
Hello MichelleMumtoAshley
What exciting plans!!
The others have given you some great information, and I also suggest you contact our own Money Expert to check the eligibility for things in terms of your residency/nationality
Good luck!
Hi,
What a positive idea to go and study, get a degree and therefore open up a whole new wealth of opportunity!
I am not sure about this, but I think:
it depends on what you study and what student loans you are entitled to. Being a single parent will help with that though.
I am a student nurse and get a bursary - no student loans (I had to show an appropriate letter to the housing benefit people) - and only get housing benefit because of being a single parent. Others on my course - who are not single parents - are not entitled to housing benefit.
It's all a bit of a minefield, but all unis have financial experts who can help you work out what you would be entitled to, so you'd probably be best off talking to them! :-)
Good luck!