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Advice to Mature Student Family
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Does she get an NHS bursary or does your income preclude this? (you say the course is NHS funded).
Is she eligible for a student loan and has she taken it?0 -
Have you looked into your wife doing some part time or Self employment to get round this issue? I don't like exploiting loopholes - but if they are there and legal ...
Got to be better than you giving up your job surely.0 -
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Your wife is entitled to reclaim child care as a full-time student.http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/UniversityAndHigherEducation/StudentFinance/Typesoffinance/DG_171503
Has she applied for this (up to £255 perweek)?
And the parental Allowance?
The relevant information for someone on a NHS funded course (which the OP didn't mention at the start) is
http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Students/968.aspx0
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