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thinking of taking a year off from work

space_monkey_al · 2011-05-13 20:28:58

Im thinking of taking a year off from work to go back to full time education at cit. My employer says i can have the time off but wont get paid for it, my question is will i be able to get a grant or any other allowance ?

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13-05-2011 9:28pm

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Im thinking of taking a year off from work to go back to full time education at cit. My employer says i can have the time off but wont get paid for it, my question is will i be able to get a grant or any other allowance ?

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#2 14-05-2011 3:37pm
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space_monkey_al wrote: »

Im thinking of taking a year off from work to go back to full time education at cit. My employer says i can have the time off but wont get paid for it, my question is will i be able to get a grant or any other allowance ?

I actually don't think so. You can't draw JB/JA obviously as you are still technically employed. You also can't get BTEA as you also need a minimum of 9 months JA/JB. You may be better off doing it part time/night classes?

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