Study Full Time But With an Income?

jonny68

I curently work at credit management/accounts but frankly my job bores me and to be perfectly honest id like to go back to college and study for a degree in politics,but and this is the catch i cannot afford to do without my wages,there is no way i could possibly live on a small student grant,i can just about survive on the wages im getting,my question is....does anyone know of a course where you can actually get like a weekly/monthly income whilst studying?Silly question it probably is,but if i knew of a course where i got similar wages to what im getting or even a bit below id certainly be interested?im not into going to college part time as i done that for 2 years in the DIT and it was all a bit much what with working during the day then going to college 2 evenings a week,and trying to maintain some sort of social life,i studied IT before but i dont know why now as ive no real interest i guess i did at the time..any help would be appreciated.

ecksor

Any particular reason why you can't afford to take a drop in wages? I've packed my job in for similar reasons, but I saved first to allow me to get through a year at least without any serious cash needs. I'll be living like a student though.

jonny68

Unfortunately i have a lot of bills and there is no way i could possibly give up work,and saving is really out of the question as well...

ecksor wrote:

Any particular reason why you can't afford to take a drop in wages? I've packed my job in for similar reasons, but I saved first to allow me to get through a year at least without any serious cash needs. I'll be living like a student though.

ecksor

Well, if I suddenly start getting lots of money for part-time consultancy I'll let you know, but that's about the only way I could see myself doing it. I doubt if I'd have the time to do that though. Would a night degree be a suitable compromise? What subject do you want to study?

deRanged

Normally you'd only get paid for a post graduate degree - I packed in work to do a phd and I get paid - but the first year was a bit tight - I'd saved though so I survived. Depending on the course and department you may be able to get some sort of studentship - you give tutorials and so on and get paid a bit for it. It's not going to be a large amount but it's worth checking out.

Jorinn

Well, it is possible to earn essentially a full weeks wages while being a full time student. I've done it, just requires good time management and um, maybe 1 or 2 classes a week skipped.

therecklessone

Try an Arts degree where you can do Politics as an option.

I did my BA in UCD, three years it took but I never had more than 15 hours a week lectures/tutorials.

Managed to work a 32 hour week in my final year and get a 2.1.

Its do-able, just may not suit you staying in your current job. It doesn't suit office hours.

Oh, and you'll have no social life.

RicardoSmith

I have to keep working myself, so I'm doing a partime distance learning course. If its on the list you can claim it back against tax.