DD completed her foundation degree last year, and due to her disabilities decided against continuing on to the ‘top up’ year as it meant travelling further and dealing with a new environment and new staff. However, she’s now struggling to find something to occupy her time.
She does have a small part time job (currently furloughed) but is finding that more and more difficult (ASD and epilepsy) resulting in more seizures so realistically I’m not sure how much longer she can continue. She currently receives UC with the highest disability element, as well as enhanced PIP so the money element of any future job isn’t an issue (she’s highly unlikely to manage independent living/working etc) but she doesn’t want to simply stagnate at home.
Could she receive funding if she wanted to study further - either an HND or foundation degree? She’s already had 2 complete years of funding (with UC in the summer break)