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Partner wants to go to uni, worried about finances

78 replies

Bellfox95 · 18/12/2024 14:22

My partner is 37 and has decided he would like to go to university and study social work. I’m really happy for him he’s been stuck in a care role for the longest time and has struggled with deciding what he wants to do.

I am just slightly concerned how we are actually going to live for the next 3 years while he doesn’t have an income.
It’s just me and him at home, and his daughter who’s 17 is going to move in during the summer and go to a college near us.

I work full time and earn £25,500. We have about £6000 of debt, and our monthly outgoing are about £1050, not including food or clearing the debt at all.
Im also not really sure how student finances work or what he would actually be entitled too, I am presuming tuition fees and a maintenance loan?

OP posts:
Porkyporkchop · 18/12/2024 14:25

Wages are not high in social care

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 18/12/2024 14:25

He'll have to take a loan for the tuition fees (not sure how exactly that works as a mature student. It sounds like it will be very tight and also what would his earning potential be in the future?

Porkyporkchop · 18/12/2024 14:25

He will owe a ton of student debts at the end of the course - is he understanding this. It really eats into your wages.