I'm a full time student nurse and after working out my income with bursary, child tax credits, housing benefit, council tax benefit etc included I have a gross income of around £20k a year.
Upon qualification I will be earning around £21k a year however I will receive no help with housing, council tax etc and my child tax credits will be dramatically reduced. Plus of course, tax and national insurance will come off this giving me a gross income of around £17k a year.
This means I'm financially better off now than I will be when I qualify!
AIBU to find this an utterly depressing thought?? 3 years studying and hard work when the end result will be a drop in income?
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To think a student shouldn't have more income than a qualified nurse??
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MuckyCarpet · 20/01/2012 08:40
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