[QueenOfLeon]

Originally Posted by smithy77

When should applications for grants be sent?

There's a good thread here in the Student Finances Forum outlining everything to do with the grant application

Looks like the applications have opened since June 12th, I'm not entirely sure when the closing date is but its usually in August. You're able to apply even though you haven't been offered a course yet.

[iMMer5ion]

If we only pay the Student Contribution Fee and the government pays the Course Fee (eg; €5,000) then why do the colleges show the Course Fees and scare the living daylight out of us by not explaining?

[Anita Blow]

Originally Posted by iMMer5ion

If we only pay the Student Contribution Fee and the government pays the Course Fee (eg; €5,000) then why do the colleges show the Course Fees and scare the living daylight out of us by not explaining?

We've had free fees for well over a decade now so I guess they assume that students already know.
Also, I'm not sure of any college that displays the full fees openly on their website under each course, but they show the full course fees when you're paying the contribution because they then invoice the difference between it and the course fee total to the government.

[randylonghorn]

Also the full course fee is paid by international students, and these are usually the ones looking up the fees pages on the websites.

Most Irish students should at this stage know that if they are entering college for the first time they don't pay course fees (as it stands at the moment).

But Irish students undertaking first year for a second time (within a certain time limit) *will* have to the full fees, as QoL said, so they need this info too.

Many colleges break it down, e.g. here.

[iMMer5ion]

Originally Posted by randylonghorn

here.

right so we pay C (the Student Contribution) and B (the Student Levy) and the Government pays the Tuition Fees. I understand now, thanks.