jobseekers allowance help

laurie1986

hi just wondering if anyone could advise me.

i have recently just stepped off my nursing diploma course (for stress reasons really) but i have the option to return next may 2011.

so as of now im no longer studying, not recieving my bursary etc but i was wondering if i will be entitled to claim job seekers allowance? as i will be looking for a job as of now! but as i still have a place on the course for may 2011 will i be able to claim?

thanks for any help

nametaken

In order to claim JSA you have to be actively seeking work. In view of the fact that you couldn't do your nursing diploma due to stress, do you think you are capable of working?

laurie1986

yes id be able to work as it was the stress of the actual course and feeling it wasnt the right course for me at this time, and now im not doing anything and im not that sort of person i like to work, i dont really like the idea of claiming JSA id rather just find a job and get on, but i know finding a job isnt so easy anymore in my area as iv discovered from my friends recent experiences.

nametaken

In that case it does sound as though you are eligible for JSA.

von

Unless you have abandoned or been dismissed from the course you will be treated as a full time student so will not be eligible to claim JSA.

dmg24

von wrote: »

Unless you have abandoned or been dismissed from the course you will be treated as a full time student so will not be eligible to claim JSA.

Not necessarily, it depends on whether the OP has ceased her studies or suspended them. It is possible to cease them and then return at a later date.

von

The OP says that she has a place on the course in May 2011, therefore she is temporarily absent from the course:

Temporary absences

30236 Unless DMG 30209 applies (see below) a person cannot temporarily abandon a course or be
temporarily dismissed from it. They will remain a student if

1. they

1.1 take a break from studies for whatever reason or
1.2 have not gone on to the next year of the course because they failed
their end of year exams or
1.3 have either failed or not taken their final exams and
2. either

2.1 they have a guaranteed place on the course at some time in the future

or
2.2 a place on the course at a future date is available to them

2.2.a if they undertake study at home or at the educational
establishment and
2.2.b a fresh application under the normal enrolment procedures will
not be required and
2.2.c the student has not refused to undertake the necessary study

or
2.3 they have remained continuously registered at the educational
establishment or
2.4 the educational establishment does not regard them as no longer being
a student on the course or
2.5 a final and definite decision on their status has not yet been made by
the educational establishment.

30237 Other than where DMG 30209 applies, the fact that a grant may not cover such
absences or extensions to the course is not relevant.

30209 F/T students may be eligible for JSA if they stop attending or undertaking a course,
with the approval of the education establishment, because they are

1. caring for another person or are ill and
2. have subsequently ceased caring or recovered from their illness and
3. they are not eligible for a loan or grant for the period at DMG 302101.

1 JSA Regs, reg 1(3D)

30210 A student who satisfies the conditions at DMG 30209 1. and 2. above may be
entitled to JSA for a period of up to one year. The period

1. begins on the day the student recovered from the illness or the caring
responsibilities ceased and
2. ends on the earlier of the day before

2.1 the day the student resumes the course or
2.2 the day from which the educational establishment has agreed that the
student may resume the course1.

laurie1986

looks like i'll have to get a job asap then! (fingers crossed) anyway thankyou for your help