Studying and ESA

Returntosender

I'm currently on hold waiting to speak to someone at the ESA office (20 minutes on hold so far... not holding my breath) so I thought I'd ask you guys...

I've been on ESA support group for nearly 2 years now and have decided to start studying with the Open University for a degree (personal achievement rather than career progression) but am unsure of how this would affect my benefits? I'm aiming to do it part time (full time if I can physically manage the workload) so I don't know if this contravenes any rules.

Does anyone know exactly? Thank you in advance!

Mrs_Ryan

Returntosender wrote: »

I'm currently on hold waiting to speak to someone at the ESA office (20 minutes on hold so far... not holding my breath) so I thought I'd ask you guys...

I've been on ESA support group for nearly 2 years now and have decided to start studying with the Open University for a degree (personal achievement rather than career progression) but am unsure of how this would affect my benefits? I'm aiming to do it part time (full time if I can physically manage the workload) so I don't know if this contravenes any rules.

Does anyone know exactly? Thank you in advance!

The OU is always classed as part time so shouldn't affect your benefits- I'm going into my final year full time, I'm in the support group and never had a problem.