Can you live off the min student loan if you are unable to work at uni?

What? You go to uni to get a degree in someone you want to do as a career. So if your health means you can't work then surely you wont be able to work after uni either? So why bother?

Knowledge, self enrichment etc.

So all us tax payers who already pay a stupid amount for your benefits, have to fork out for you to waste 3 years at uni, and then go back on benefits again? Haha what a joker please sort it out

Dear god how can they not give everyone enough to live on? I literally can't save I live on benefits and my parents refuse to support uni fiscally. Here's hoping it works out ok with SF as I have no idea what my parents income is as yet I just know it's gone up recently.

Umm you can be on certain benefits at uni your clearly a rightist tory. Are you seriously mocking disabled people's right to access education just because some of them can't market themselves afterwards!

Have you looked into special support grants? If you claim certain benefits, you may be qualify. It would give you the loan and a grant.

It's a joke that I lose £300 a month when I work 5 days a week and get paid peanuts and people can get whatever for nothing. Yeah actually, I am against people going to uni if they aren't going to use it to get a job, not disabled people, anyone who does that!! You can get education other ways for less money!

Of the money you are taxed I assure you very little of it goes towards benefits let alone disability benefits, you are misdirecting your anger.

At OP as someone else said special support grant is another option I forgot about. Good luck.

Didn't say it all did, but I lose a huge chunk for others to gain a load without any work. That's the issue

It's a joke that I lose £300 a month when I work 5 days a week and get paid peanuts and people can get whatever for nothing. Yeah actually, I am against people going to uni if they aren't going to use it to get a job, not disabled people, anyone who does that!! You can get education other ways for less money!

You don't lose a huge chunk from benefits, you lose quite a small chunk that's my point. Your taxes go to a heck of a lot more than benefits.

Besides although OP may still struggle to get a job due to his health he is far more likely (assumming his disability is physical) to be able to work in academics than a typical job such as tescos tills or behind a bar.

Basically can't because I am on benefits for my health. Don't even have a bank that does overdrafts family is never in debt.

Thanks good advice.

Depends on your age but if you mean esa or other benefits then they shall count you as independent as you could claim benefits to support yourself so they may not count your parents income. Also consider apply for dsa if your health issues are significant.

Get a student account and they d give you a 1000+ overdraft, its based on you not your parents whether you can get an overdraft or not.

I believe you need to have had an income over a certain amount for 3 years to be classed as independent. Just being on benefits isn't enough.

There isnt an income threshold just the ability to have been able to support yourself, care leavers are supported by benefits/local authorities and then are then classed as independent students starting university so they dont necessarily have to have been in paid work.

There isnt an income threshold just the ability to have been able to support yourself, care leavers are supported by benefits/local authorities and then are then classed as independent students starting university so they dont necessarily have to have been in paid work.