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bobby123
bobby123 Community member Posts: 188 Courageous
in PIP, DLA, and AA
I currently receive pip standard living, UC and lwrca for 2 years.  If I wanted to go and finish my degree over the next 2 years part time.  Would I lose any of my benefits.
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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Community member Posts: 21,964 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hi and welcome to the community, I am sorry I dont know much about benefits for students but your PIP wont be affected.

    Hopefully someone can help I will tag in @Adrian_Scope who may be able to give more advice
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  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,011 Scope online community team
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    Thank you for the tag @janer1967. 

    Welcome to the community @bobby123. This depends very much on whether you'll be entitled to a maintenance loan, grant or bursary. Your PIP will be unaffected but UC can be depending on what support you're eligible for at Uni.
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