Jobseeker's Benefit/Allowance after PhD

irl126 · 14-06-2019 5:36pm #1

Hi all. I'm a final year PhD student expecting to finish up in the next few months. I'm going to run over my allotted funding, but should be able to fund myself until I hand up my thesis. Does anyone know if you can apply for Jobseeker's Benefit/Allowance after handing up the thesis or do you have to wait until you finish your viva?

Stanford · 14-06-2019 5:51pm

Are you able and looking for work, if so you can apply for benefit, you may have to "fudge" the viva bit

irl126 · 14-06-2019 5:58pm

Thanks for the response. Ya, you can definitely work while waiting for the viva. I'll be applying for jobs, but I expect that there will be a gap of a few months between handing up the thesis and getting a job

Stanford · 14-06-2019 6:00pm

You should apply but leave the viva out as Revenue may say you are still technically a student, the attached site is useful

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/unemployed_people/jobseekers_allowance.html

Jobseeker's Benefit/Allowance after PhD

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