Claiming JSA in the summer before uni

Why would I want an apprenticeship when I'm starting university in less than 3 months?

I want to sign on to get some money while I am looking for work which is what the system is there to do. You can't live for free I'm afraid.

Well if it is a paid apprenticeship, presumably for the money..?

The system is there to find you paid work so that you can support yourself and if you cannot, to provide some money.

The point I'm making is that, if you refuse to apply for jobs, apprenticeships etc, then the Job Centre can refuse to sign off on your JSA as they will deem you as not actively seeking work.

If it's unpaid apprenticeships, then fine I can understand you as having sufficient reason to refuse.

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Lol i acc just signed on this morning and I start uni in september, they said everything was fine just don't say your going to uni unless they ask you. They are sending my application to head office but the woman said everything was fine and I should get my first payment friday. The tax man overcharged me last year so an eye for an eye as they say.

Well if it is a paid apprenticeship, presumably for the money..?

The system is there to find you paid work so that you can support yourself and if you cannot, to provide some money.

The point I'm making is that, if you refuse to apply for jobs, apprenticeships etc, then the Job Centre can refuse to sign off on your JSA as they will deem you as not actively seeking work.

If it's unpaid apprenticeships, then fine I can understand you as having sufficient reason to refuse.

Easier said then done.

That's no reason to give up and get on JSA, you'd be suprised at what you have to do to get JSA as well. It isn't free money like EMA.

If you are 18 you can't but if you are 19 or over you can (I think), that's what I'm doing. Any jobs they give you you have to apply for, otherwise you don't get your money. You can say that you may be going to uni but I've found that I still get pushed towards apprenticeships and pernament full-time work.

Spongers? I'm claiming job seekers until I can find a job which will be at most 3 months of claiming it because in case you haven't noticed, you need money to live. I'm sure when I get my degree and start earning money I will pay back the money in no time at all because unlike some people I'm doing a worth while degree so if you want to blame anybody blame people that do terrible degrees and don't pay the money back which they borrowed. Oh and my dad pays about £30k tax per year so I'm sure he has pretty much covered me for longer than 3 months.

You are right. I tried that because as I wrote above I left my previous course and didnt think they would give me any since I was going back to uni and left a course if you see what I mean. I didnt say I was going back to uni just that 'I have left my university course' but at my advisor meeting she seemed to think I was going back to uni even tho it didnt say on any documentation I was that they have. There'll be a point were I wont be able to apply for much jobs at the moment I'm trying for 4-5 a week because I'll be full time at uni. Even at interviews I dont mention I'm going back to uni but the interviewers seem to assume I am probably from my grades so far. My summer will consist of checking online every afternoon and signing every second Thursday- one summer to be remembered lol. I have to travel 16 miles too and public transport isnt frequent to the town from my village. biked it twice and bus twice but had 2 hours to wait in the library until my sign time.

If your dad is wealthy enough to pay 30k tax per year, then surely he'd be able to help you out for the 3 months before you start uni..before you start trying to get your hands on money, 1) you quite clearly don't need and 2) don't really deserve...

If your dad is wealthy enough to pay 30k tax per year, then surely he'd be able to help you out for the 3 months before you start uni..before you start trying to get your hands on money, 1) you quite clearly don't need and 2) don't really deserve...

I finish my JSA in September as I start uni. stopped my previous course and went to them got my money. anyway the money I get from my JSA will have to go towards my £3465 tuition fees in NI because I dont qualify for a tuition fee loan. They havent told me of any jobs I have to apply for. Strange?! I have applied to well over 40 jobs got 4 interviews back and one tomorrow.

Claiming JSA isn't "giving up" it's to get some money to live on while you are looking for work. I didn't get EMA so I wouldn't know about that.

OMG. I thought people who are at uni were meant to have some sort of intelligence. Let me make this crystal clear.

I am not asking whether I can sign on I am asking whether I can say to them that I don't want to do any apprenticeships. I have already had 2 interviews this week so it's not like I'm going to claim JSA and not look for jobs. Some people on here who are taking the moral high ground need to just shut up and stop trying to make me feel guilty about signing on just because they are 18 years old and still get supported by their parents.

That's no reason to give up and get on JSA, you'd be suprised at what you have to do to get JSA as well. It isn't free money like EMA.

frig!! all that travelling must take a good chunk out of your dole? lol.. and its nothing illegal were basically screwing the government before they get the chance to screw us