Student Nurse - finance advice

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Hey I am starting a Nursing diploma in september and was just wondering if any student nurses culd give me an idea of the financial help available. I am a single mum to DD 14 months and get IS, HB and council Tax paid and get CTC. What will change and what will go and what will i get instad? Is it feasible to do it without any other income or help from family/partner? And are there any other new nurses out there? I am doing mental health branch at DMU

I did this a couple of years ago, you will be eligible for full tuition fee payment which the NHS pay directly to your Uni/college, on top of this you will get a bursary which is dependant on your income. You can still claim child tax credit and the bursary will cover 85% of any childcare fees. You can claim additional help from the Uni. You won't have to pay council tax as you will be a full time student and may be able to get housing benefit but this depends on the bursary. It is managable to do the course without income from a partner, I did paediatric nursing but found the chidcare for the shifts really difficult.
The NHS bursary unit has a web site you can look at, it will give you a guestimate of what you could get.

You won't get Income support. You will still get HB and CTC. Not sure about getting council tax paid. You can apply for a contingency fund from your specific uni and you can get a lone parent grant too.

If you are the only adult in your home you will not have to pay council tax.

Good luck with your studies

Thank you all for your replies. I have booked in at the uni finance office to go through evrything and get an guessimate of it all. I am sure it must be enough to live on. Thanx

Good luck!