Hi everyone I’m wondering if someone is clued up to explain something to me. I’ve been reading online but just getting more and more confused!
When I was 18 I finished a level 3 course. When I was 20 I went to uni, completed one year and a term of the second year then dropped out at 21 bevause I got pregnant with my first baby. Haven’t been in education and have since had another baby who is now 3 months. I’m now a single mother too. I’ve decided I’d like to go back and study nursing to get a decent job within the nhs to support us myself (I have been on full universal credit which I hate).
To do this I need to do an access to HE course which I have a place on to start next month and I’ve applied for an advanced learner loan but not heard back yet. Then I’d be applying to go to uni September 2021.
My children are aged 2.5 and 3 months. Am I able to still keep getting UC while studying? I’m aware that I can’t take any maintenance loans as I already get housing benefit included in my UC but can I still get bursaries as a single parent with low income/benefits?
Can I even still get the funding as I’ve already done a level 3 btec aged 18? I got my first level 3 free as I was 17 when I started but I read somewhere that you can do 4 and get funding for them? Can I still get a degree level funding if I’ve already done half a degree course? Do the nhs fund healthcare courses still or do I have to apply for finance like everyone else?
I’m aged 24 if that changes anything.
Thank you!