What do other mature students do for summer?

fifomania

Hope this is in the right forum!
I'm a late 20's mature student and I'm already thinking about what to do for the summer.
Last summer I moved back home, which was a very very long three months! :eek: I don't have any responsibilities like kids. I couldn't find part time work anywhere last summer and I wouldn't want to do any work that would mess up my grant/BTEA. I'm also not too keen on the idea of going travelling because I'd have to go it alone! I don't relish the idea of moving home again and I haven't the option to stay in my present accommodation so would have to look somewhere in Dublin short term but I don't exactly want to spend 100e a week on rent either! Confusing? yes!
So I'm just wondering what other mature students do during the summer holidays?

Larianne

I work to put myself through college for the reminder of the year.

Hopefully go travelling in September though this year.

paky

what! u get the BTEA for the summer???

W86indow

i am in a very similar situation maybe we should set up our own company

and btea we get it until the end of june which is great because there is nothing out there , i have had 10 jobs i have no problem in finding one

but there isnt any to find

worse still i am moving out for the summer cheap student accomodation

believe me i have to , i wont qualify for a grant or anything , but really have to get out of home

fifomania

paky wrote: »

what! u get the BTEA for the summer???

no, sorry i meant the dole!

Sardonicat

As i did not receive any grants or btea, i worked to put myself through the following year. That was during the boom. ironically,now i have my degree and masters, i cant find any kind of work. great innit?

stacedoll

You'll be back on jobseekers, full time work should not affect your for September.

JCDUB

My summer is bleedin short!!

I have to go to the gaeltacht in June, so that's gone, and I've teaching practice in September, so that's gone too!!

All I have is July and August, woe is me!!!

I'll defo try and get work if I can, not that hopeful though!

What's the deal with BTEA at the end of the year? How long does it run to? Do we need a letter from college to say when the course ends or anything? Do we get a letter telling us it's going to stop so we can go and sign on if that's what we have to do?

-Trek-

I managed to secure myself work experience, thank goodness is all I thought as a 3 month holiday would have driven me demented. Getting BTEA at the mo but I don't think that will be affected when the new academic year begins.

JCDUB wrote: »

My summer is bleedin short!!

I have to go to the gaeltacht in June, so that's gone, and I've teaching practice in September, so that's gone too!!

All I have is July and August, woe is me!!!

I'll defo try and get work if I can, not that hopeful though!

What's the deal with BTEA at the end of the year? How long does it run to? Do we need a letter from college to say when the course ends or anything? Do we get a letter telling us it's going to stop so we can go and sign on if that's what we have to do?

I think towards the end of the college year SW will send a letter requesting the finish time and start time for the new academic year.