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What do other mature students do for summer?

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  • 04-02-2011 12:11am
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    fifomania
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    Hope this is in the right forum!
    I'm a late 20's mature student and I'm already thinking about what to do for the summer.
    Last summer I moved back home, which was a very very long three months! :eek: I don't have any responsibilities like kids. I couldn't find part time work anywhere last summer and I wouldn't want to do any work that would mess up my grant/BTEA. I'm also not too keen on the idea of going travelling because I'd have to go it alone! I don't relish the idea of moving home again and I haven't the option to stay in my present accommodation so would have to look somewhere in Dublin short term but I don't exactly want to spend 100e a week on rent either! Confusing? yes! :p
    So I'm just wondering what other mature students do during the summer holidays?


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    Larianne
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    I work to put myself through college for the reminder of the year.

    Hopefully go travelling in September though this year.


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    paky
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    what! u get the BTEA for the summer???


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    W86indow
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭W86indow


    i am in a very similar situation maybe we should set up our own company

    and btea we get it until the end of june which is great because there is nothing out there , i have had 10 jobs i have no problem in finding one

    but there isnt any to find :(

    worse still i am moving out for the summer cheap student accomodation

    believe me i have to , i wont qualify for a grant or anything , but really have to get out of home


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    fifomania
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    paky wrote: »
    what! u get the BTEA for the summer???

    no, sorry i meant the dole!


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    Sardonicat
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    As i did not receive any grants or btea, i worked to put myself through the following year. That was during the boom. ironically,now i have my degree and masters, i cant find any kind of work. great innit?


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    stacedoll
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    You'll be back on jobseekers, full time work should not affect your for September.


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    JCDUB
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    My summer is bleedin short!!

    I have to go to the gaeltacht in June, so that's gone, and I've teaching practice in September, so that's gone too!!

    All I have is July and August, woe is me!!!

    I'll defo try and get work if I can, not that hopeful though!

    What's the deal with BTEA at the end of the year? How long does it run to? Do we need a letter from college to say when the course ends or anything? Do we get a letter telling us it's going to stop so we can go and sign on if that's what we have to do?


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    -Trek-
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    I managed to secure myself work experience, thank goodness is all I thought as a 3 month holiday would have driven me demented. Getting BTEA at the mo but I don't think that will be affected when the new academic year begins.
    JCDUB wrote: »
    My summer is bleedin short!!

    I have to go to the gaeltacht in June, so that's gone, and I've teaching practice in September, so that's gone too!!

    All I have is July and August, woe is me!!!

    I'll defo try and get work if I can, not that hopeful though!

    What's the deal with BTEA at the end of the year? How long does it run to? Do we need a letter from college to say when the course ends or anything? Do we get a letter telling us it's going to stop so we can go and sign on if that's what we have to do?

    I think towards the end of the college year SW will send a letter requesting the finish time and start time for the new academic year.


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