To advise ds not to give up job for benefits

[Lallyhead87]

My Ds is starting a full time course.
The tutor has told him he should apply for a benefit allowance that you can only get if you are unemployed. My ds has worked all summer and is now working weekends, the tutor advised him he would make more if he got the allowance instead.
I've told him to keep working even though the others will "earn" more than him with the allowance. I think its good for mental health and social skills to be out and earning money.
AIBU?

Be careful here - yes it's an ETB or further college course and you can claim support while doing it IF you were unemployed - HOWEVER assuming he qualifies for either job seeker benefit or allowance he cannot claim for 9 weeks after voluntarily handing in notice. If you are fired you can sign on immediately for job seekers but not if you resigned. Welfare will ask for a copy of a letter from employer to check. You can make an anonymous call to your local welfare office OR to the local college/ ETB finance office and ask them to talk you through it

@MissTrip82

So as you have said that supporting yourself is not optional I presume that you paid for your medical studies yourself and didn't accept any government funding?

As you seem to be arguing that this person (who is not in the U.K.) should refuse funding specifically designed to support students because he has a job?

@labyrinthian yes this is exactly what I was thinking! I thought if you were unemployed you can do the course and get the payment but not quit employment and then get the payment, I think tou are right you would need to be unemployed before the course started.
Happy it's a free course and no fees

they clearly said ‘if it stopped him from doing as well’ that ‘low paid work’ is counterproductive,

In your case low paid work did not stop you from getting a first in medicine, but not everyone is as fortunate as you.