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Eligibility For JSA Whilst Studying

Christopherj_2 · 2010-06-27 23:36:06

I'm currently claiming Job Seekers Allowance, and I'll be enrolling on to the Access to Higher Education programme in September. The Job Centre has made it unclear to me whether or not I'd still be eligible to carry on with my claim when I start college in September. Their rule is it cannot be more than 16 hours, which it…

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Christopherj_2 Posts: 255 Forumite

30 June 2010 at 2:02AM

Jowo wrote: »

You stated that the college considers it a full time course, stop clinging onto just the class-room time. My University courses had around 10-12 hours of lectures and tutorials each week for 5 years and nobody was eligible for JSA

You can apply for student finance when applying for a University course. It's different with a College course.

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