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can you apply for jobseeker's allowance if you don't work but...

can you apply for jobseeker's allowance if you don't work but you are in full time education ? i am enrolled at uni full-time (15 hours a week). All i recieve is DSA (not alot) and i am not entitled to any grants atm only loans from the student loans company and i don't want any loans because of religious reasons. i struggled to pay the tutition fee out of my own pocket (money in my account i saved secondary school till sixth form), i don't work either.

Reply 1

SoapyDish

14

You can only get jobseekers allowance if you are seeking a job. I think there's a requirement that you have to have at least two interviews a week to stay on the allowance, and a meeting at the job centre regularly...

Reply 2

lizpop

Probably not. You have to be looking for work, 'job seekers'.

Reply 3

username156343

15

I have never seen anything on the jobseekers website indicating otherwise, but you have to be seeking a job, it shouldn't be free money (which is far worse than taking a loan).

I am actually applying right now for it.

EDIT:http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/WorkingAgeBenefits/Dev_008361.xml.html

Reply 4

NW8_SW1_EC3

Borrow money off family/friends and/or get a loan. Time to live in the real world.

Reply 5

somethingbeautiful

18

No. I was at college and considred it but they wouldn't allow it.
Then I dropped out of college and hey presto £50 a fortnight. Don't do it.

Reply 6

Reue

20

You cannot apply for job seekers allowance if you are on a full time educational course.

Reply 7

Absinth

15

If this was possible, wouldn't everybody be doing it? :confused:

Reply 8

Annie72

17

Are students allowed to claim JSA??. I dont know for sure , it would be best to ask those at the jobcentre just to make sure.

Reply 9

V87

Nope you can't get it, it sucks because a few years ago students could sign on.

Reply 10

eulerwaswrong

13

no.

why dont you want to take out a loan but would be happy steal money from us taxpayers?

I may not be religious but i would like to think i am a good honest and moral person - yet you are religious and you are willing to steal money (it is stealing in my eyes - taking money he doesnt deserve from hard working taxpayers). What does this say about religion

Reply 11

abc101

17

Er, why don't you just get a job? 15 hours a week is hardly a big commitment, you've got plenty of time to work.

Job-seekers' allowance is an absolute joke...I mean, yes, a hell of a lot of people more undeserving than you are on it (the vast majority of chav scum making up most towns), but you shouldn't want to join their ranks, man. Just get a job if you need money.

Reply 12

Prokaryotic_crap

OP

18

what about income support?

Reply 13

Prokaryotic_crap

OP

18

abc101

Er, why don't you just get a job? 15 hours a week is hardly a big commitment, you've got plenty of time to work.

Job-seekers' allowance is an absolute joke...I mean, yes, a hell of a lot of people more undeserving than you are on it (the vast majority of chav scum making up most towns), but you shouldn't want to join their ranks, man. Just get a job if you need money.