Maintenance Loan for the final year (migrant worker)

Hi! I am an EU student, studying business management with HR at NTU. I'm currently going into my fourth year at the university, last year was a placement year for me. I fall under the EU Scheme (I came to the UK in August 2020 and started uni in October 2020) and I wasn't eligible for a maintenance loan during my placement year due to that.
I know that I need to have a migrant worker status and get a part-time job in order to apply for a maintenance loan. My placement got extended until the end of August so I was working full time. I've been actively looking for a part-time job since the beginning of August, I found one and I was supposed to start on 1st September, then 5th September (I have an official e-mail with that start date), today I went for an induction and found out that it has been postponed until 12th September. Due to the fact that postponing the date is not my fault, will I still be eligible for a full maintenance loan when I apply? When do I need to start work to be eligible? Please do let me know or please advise what steps I can take now to be eligible. Thank you for your help

I was in full-time employment until August 31st. Also, the start of the university academic year at university is 20 September, so I'm not sure if I understand, as the date has not passed yet.
Would I be eligible if my part-time employment contract had the date September 1st?

Hi,
Do I understand correctly that if my part-time employment contract had the date of 31st August I would still be eligible?
Additionally, would the extension of contract from July count? I was working full-time in the HR department and I do have a contract and payslips backing that as it was a full-time job.