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I want to do another MA - options?

dazey · 2014-01-20 14:27:26

I want to go back and do a masters degree. I completed one in 2013, but it is not serving me well in this current jobs market. I am willing to wait a few years if it means that I will receive some sort of allowance. I am from a low income household and was eligible for the grant during my undergrad and postgrad study. I…

20-01-2014 2:27pm

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dazey

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I want to go back and do a masters degree. I completed one in 2013, but it is not serving me well in this current jobs market.

I am willing to wait a few years if it means that I will receive some sort of allowance. I am from a low income household and was eligible for the grant during my undergrad and postgrad study. I have recently been made unemployed.

Would I be eligible for any assistance?

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#2 20-01-2014 11:42pm

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If you already have a masters then no you won't get a grant or back to education allowance.

The only possible financial thing is tax can be claimed back on fees.

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Terry Pratchet

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#3 25-01-2014 10:23am

Annasopra

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AnnyIngram wrote: »

If you already have completed your master then there is no need to return education because master is not a minor degree it's high professional educational degree.

The op wants to study something elsr

It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Terry Pratchet

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