Advice needed asap

sadie33

a friend of mines finshed her degree last year but failed one module, she has been claiming esa and becasuse she is going back to do 2.5 hours per week they have stopped her claim. Stating she si going into full time education.. this is not the case and she is very worried to the point that she is now thinking about not going back to finish her degree. I am hoping someine can give me advice on this

many thanks in advance xx

dmg24

Does she receive DLA?

sadie33

no, she does not xx they have stopped everything and she has not even deicded if she is defo going back, she just mentioned it too her advisor in the job centre then 3 days later got a letter stating that becasue hse was going into full time education they stopped her money x

pandaspot

She should just ring them and let them know of the error

dmg24

pandaspot wrote: »

She should just ring them and let them know of the error

It might not be an error.

OP, how is your friend registered at uni? If she is still attending, albeit part time hours, she may still be classed as a full time student. Has she been attending since September?

sadie33

no they finished in june then resits are to be handed in by june this month, but she must attend 2.5 hours, she does not get any student loans ect... he only income she would have is her esa which they have stopped..

AnxiousMum

So she is still registered at the Uni as a student though right?

dmg24

sadie33 wrote: »

no they finished in june then resits are to be handed in by june this month, but she must attend 2.5 hours, she does not get any student loans ect... he only income she would have is her esa which they have stopped..

She still needs to check her status with the uni. It is possible that she is going to have an overpayment of ESA for the whole academic year.

MrsManda

From when has she been claiming ESA?

What is her status at university - is she listed as a FT/PT/Resit/Interruption...?

Is she paying fees?

sadie33

no she is not still classed as a student, I called her... she is going back onnly to finish this part of the module x it will only take 2.5 hrs a week, they uni is going to write her a letter to confrim that but according to her they have said that she is still classed a full time student and wont be paying her anymore... i personally cant see how thewy can do that.. so was hoping for advice as to what she can do xx