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Keeping my JA while in Uni

  • 03-09-2015 2:39pm
    #1
    danube
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭


    I have been receiving Jobseekers allowance for 4 months. At the moment I am doing jobbridge. I will be doing a master degree next September. Will I be allowed to keep the €100 in JA while studying for my degree?
    I heard I would have to be signing on for at least 3 years to retain it?


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  • #2
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    No.


  • #3
    danube
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭danube


    snubbleste wrote: »
    No.
    But you are allowed after a certain amount of years? I know someone who was signing on for 3 years and he was allowed to keep his €180 while studying an arts degree.


  • #4
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    The only MA eligible is Professional Masters in Education.

    All this information is publicly available free of charge to anyone who has internet access.


  • #5
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    danube wrote: »
    I have been receiving Jobseekers allowance for 4 months. At the moment I am doing jobbridge. I will be doing a master degree next September. Will I be allowed to keep the €100 in JA while studying for my degree?
    I heard I would have to be signing on for at least 3 years to retain it?

    2.6 Postgraduate study option

    Only in limited circumstances can BTEA be approved for jobseekers undertaking postgraduate study. There are no circumstances where BTEA can be approved where the jobseeker already holds a postgraduate qualification. Study for postgraduate qualifications for which BTEA cannot be approved include Masters in all disciplines, other than indicated below, MA, MSc, M.Eng, M.Phil., MBA, Professional Graduate Diploma, any discipline.

    BTEA can be approved where the jobseekers intend to undertake studies leading to:

    a Higher Diploma (H.Dip) in any discipline OR
    a Professional Masters in Education (PME) which replaced the Professional Diploma in Education (PDE) from September 2014 OR
    a Master degree based solely on life experience where the applicant holds no other third level qualification. In such cases a Case Officer must ensure that the applicant provides documentary evidence from the third level institution confirming that admission is based solely on life experience and that the applicant is not the holder of any third level qualification).     http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Back-to-Education-Allowance-Scheme.aspx

    If you meet the above criteria for getting BTEA for a Masters you can check out the qualifying time criteria here http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/back_to_education/back_to_education_allowance.html


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