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Social welfare for PhD students??

  • 04-11-2010 3:09pm
    #1
    Mag Mell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    I'm 28yrs old in the final year of my PhD in UCC. I have a scholarship award covering my fees and giving me a stipend of two installments of 750Euro for the academic year. I teach three tutorials a week, which amount to around 55Euro. I am currently living at home and badly need to move out, does anyone know if I'm entitled to some sort of social welfare (or dole) so that I can stop sponging of my folks and to give me some sort of financial independence so that I can at least act like an adult. If need be I would drop the tutorial as I have not signed a contract as of yet.

    I have applied for numerous scholarships, however my field (one if the Arts) is starved of funding making this an exhausted avenue.

    All suggestions are welcome...


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  • #2
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    If you're in fulltime education you arent entitled to the dole, as you won't be able to look for/find fulltime work.
    If you're in partime education AND you can proove it, you may be able to claim part of the dole.


  • #3
    drgibson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭drgibson


    hope someone could help me. I was offered to study for a PhD, was unsuccessful in getting funding and currently on JA. Went to SW office and I explained my situation and they said that I just go on casual jobseeker's and tick on dockets that days that I am in uni (due to it being unstructured and roughly 10 hours). Hopefully will get some teaching work once doing it so wont need the JA at all.

    What I am asking is does this sound right to you. I don't want to get shafted later on.


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