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single parent leaving work to go to uni - benefits while studying

crispeater · 2009-11-08 13:16:37

hi, I hope someone can help me but i'm thinking of leaving work next year to start a fulltime uni course. i'm currently doing my level 2 in adult literacy and numeracy with learn direct and have registered to start an open university course in february which will then give me the right qualifications and credits for the…

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Indie_Kid Posts: 23,097 Forumite

10 November 2009 at 9:15PM

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

The Special Support Grant isn't used to assess means tested benefits, I believe.

This is correct. Tuition fees (which you don't see a penny of) are also ingored.

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