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Work to College within 1 month

manufan · 2009-06-24 14:15:46

Hi. I am currently working a 3 day week but will be getting layed off in august. As i have known this for 4 months now i decided to go back to college as a mature student and will be starting a good course in September. Can anybody fill me in on what allowances i am entitled to as a mature student? Do i need to be out of…

24-06-2009 2:15pm

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manufan

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Hi. I am currently working a 3 day week but will be getting layed off in august. As i have known this for 4 months now i decided to go back to college as a mature student and will be starting a good course in September.

Can anybody fill me in on what allowances i am entitled to as a mature student? Do i need to be out of work for a certain period of time to be eligible for a mature student allowance from the social welfare?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

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#2 24-06-2009 3:38pm

Eoin

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Check out this thread from the Mature & Non-Traditional Students

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#3 24-06-2009 11:05pm

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Thanks for the Links Eoin.

It seems that i need to be unemployed for at least 78 days before i can apply for a Back to Education allowance which is a similiar payment to Jobseekers allowance.

This seems crazy because in order to become eligible for the BTEA payment i would have to leave my job now to be in a position to claim the BTEA payment by September 16th. If i leave my job now, i have to wait 9 weeks to claim Social Welfare.

From what i have read, i can't claim the BTEA allowance for the first 2 months of the course because i am being layed off less than 1 month before i start the course which means i won't have any income for 2 months unless i can find a part time job.

Yet if i was long term unemployed, i could claim the BTEA allowance just before the course begins. I've already payed for the course and i'm worried now that i won't be able to do the course now. Is there any way around this?

Has anybody been in a similiar situation and if so, is there somebody i should contact. Thanks for reading.

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#4 26-06-2009 3:08am

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Hi manufan

This is the details on what you are entitled to with the Higher Education Grant schme. if you are out of work you should be entitled to the full whack

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/education/third-level-education/fees-and-supports-for-third-level-education/maintenance_grant_schemes_for_students_on_third_level_courses

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#5 26-06-2009 7:36pm

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You are currently on a 3 day week? Do you have a casual jobseeker's claim open at the moment? If you do that would count as being unemployed and go towards the 78 days I think.

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