About to start a degree

Julie_mcewen

Hi i am currently working full time for about 13.5k a year!
I was offered the oppurtunity to better myself in my current role by doing a degree over 3 years at evening school 1 night a week (which is fully funded).
I will gain student status again as I will be studying a degree.
I am 24 and I live with my boyfriend can anyone please let me know what i would be entitled to even though I am still working full time??
I think ill be able to stop paying council tax and then my boyfriend can claim single person discount. would i be able to claim things like adult learning grant?
I know ill get a student card so I can have the student accounts and discounts etc.
Will my tax code change or will i not be entitled to anything as i work full time?
Thanks for your help.

melancholly

i'm pretty sure you won't get the council tax discount unless you're a full time student (sorry) - you may be on a full time course but i'm not sure as it's only one night a week. your tax code will probably not change - the only time students have a different way of doing things is when they only work in holidays and are not going to earn over the threshold.

things to look at are the access to learning funds at your particular institution and a standard student loan from the student loans company.
http://direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/index.htm
this website should be useful!

Julie_mcewen

Thats brill thanks
i am entitled to a course grant which even tho its £250 is better than nothing its the kind of thing that will pay out for books and money I wont have to find!

Thanks

dmg24

Julie_mcewen wrote: »

Thats brill thanks
i am entitled to a course grant which even tho its £250 is better than nothing its the kind of thing that will pay out for books and money I wont have to find!

Thanks

If you are only entitled to the part time grant then you will not get CT exemption. I also doubt that you would qualify for most student bank accounts, as the majority are for full time students only.

Your tax code will not change.

Sorry x

Oldernotwiser

Are you absolutely sure that you're doing the whole of a degree in 3 years by part time study of 1 evening a week? I don't think that's possible unless you already have credits towards it from previous study. Apologies if I've missed something.

Flower08

Hi - dont know if you will be entitled to the council tax discount as its only part time. However if you are it will only be a discount - not an exemption. Not sure what the exact % is tho.
Hope this helps - you should be able to find out more of what general things your entitled to by asking the college or uni that you will be studying at.

CIS

A part time course will not get a council tax student disregard - you wont meet the criteria regarding the number of hours needed to qualify.

ScratchandSniff-->[X]

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Are you absolutely sure that you're doing the whole of a degree in 3 years by part time study of 1 evening a week? I don't think that's possible unless you already have credits towards it from previous study. Apologies if I've missed something.

You can do Cert Ed or PGCE like this, which is fully funded. If it's that, all you'll get is a student loan and the usual student perks. The one evening a week may well be four hours and is the taught contact time, not the study time for doing the coursework.

dmg24

ScratchandSniff-->[X] wrote: »

You can do Cert Ed or PGCE like this, which is fully funded. If it's that, all you'll get is a student loan and the usual student perks. The one evening a week may well be four hours and is the taught contact time, not the study time for doing the coursework.

Neither of which are degrees.

Oldernotwiser

ScratchandSniff-->[X] wrote: »

You can do Cert Ed or PGCE like this, which is fully funded. If it's that, all you'll get is a student loan and the usual student perks. The one evening a week may well be four hours and is the taught contact time, not the study time for doing the coursework.

You don't get a student loan unless for full time study. Even in this day and age, 1 evening a week is not full time study!

vicky_kidder

Ive just finished a degree and that was 3 years full time! I don't see how you can be doing a full degree in 3 years by only doing one night a week? What degree are you going to be doing?