Students

orangelily8

Can students sign on and claim benefits during summer break.
Anyone help with this
Thanks

Stevenj214

No, but this message must be at least 10 charachters

Btw where are you studying? I'm at Caley :P

orangelily8

Oops, sorry

orangelily8

History at Glasgow Uni

Stevenj214

orangelily8 wrote:

Oops, sorry

What you sorry for? How do you think I know we can't? lol I've already had a look to see :P

It is a pain having to go 5 months between bursary/loan payments. The only thing to do is cut back spending or get a job for the summer.

orangelily8

Got confused,
thought you were saying my title must be 10 characters long,:o
I was asking for my daughter, told her to get a job, :eek:
I told her she couldn't sign on, and we were arguing, just wanted it
clarified,:D

Stevenj214

Ah lol fair enough

lil'H

Unless you are a single parent? If not a job perhaps instead, or is that too old school?

regularsaver1

i thought you had to pay a certain amount of national insurance contributions in order to sign on anyhow ?

kittykate_2

Hey,
This is kinda irrelevant and relevant, but im just gonna say it. lol. I got a job at asda whilst I was at uni, it was a seasonal contract. Whenever I was back from uni I would work there - you know during the easter, xmas and summer hols. It was a really good thing as I was working nights and earning plenty of beer money for term-time and thus, didn't need a job whilst away at uni. Maybe your daughter/other students on here, could look for something like that.
HTH
KKx

ollyshaw

Getting a summer job is more crucial than ever. Employers are not too impressed with the sackfull of qualifications everyone has now, they want to know that you are reliable in the workplace. I believe a job will help a student massively in the long run.

Olly