Grant

Kappar

Hi can anyone help me with this I am applying for a grant for college and think that I am eligible for "Part Fees (50%) only*"[1] what does this mean? Aren't there no fees? Will I have to pay the six hundred odd service fee or is this what that is do i only get half of that and I pay the rest?

Any help would be great.





[1] http://www.oasis.gov.ie/education/third_level_education/maintenance_grant_schemes_for_students_on_third_level_courses.html

whosurpaddy

no it means you will get your fees paid and the 600 euro charge thing, but you will get only 1/2 the full grant amount(which is around 800 per year if i remember correctly). afaik fees are still in operation its just that the govt pays them on your behalf when you get the grant.

Tommy Vercetti

damn, I thought this was about Grant Mitchell

leeroybrown

The grant rates are listed on that oasis page:

You'll get your statutory free fees. Everyone(EU) gets them for their first college degree.

Then the state will pay your full non tuition fee (~€700 now). You may have to pay it yourself then get a refund depending on which College you attend.

On top of this you should also receive a 50% maintenance grand. €1,475 / €590 depending on whether you are adjacent (live within 15 miles at home) or not. It's smaller for adjacent students.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by Tommy Vercetti
damn, I thought this was about Grant Mitchell

for some reason it was him that popped into my head when i saw the thread title

Kappar

Originally posted by leeroybrown
The grant rates are listed on that oasis page:

You'll get your statutory free fees. Everyone(EU) gets them for their first college degree.

Then the state will pay your full non tuition fee (~€700 now). You may have to pay it yourself then get a refund depending on which College you attend.

On top of this you should also receive a 50% maintenance grand. €1,475 / €590 depending on whether you are adjacent (live within 15 miles at home) or not. It's smaller for adjacent students.

Thanks but is would that not be "Part Maintenance (50%) and full fees" like what are the "fees" doesn't everyone get their fees payed for? what other fees are there?

leeroybrown

Apologies, my confusion.

I've been finished college a while so I had forgotten that they had introduced an option that covered only the non tuition fee. Casting my mind back, I think when it was introduced it covered all the non tuition levy but I'm not 100% sure and they may have changed it since.

Edit: From Oasis

"* Full student service charge is paid where income is at or below this level."

So your full non tuition fee will be covered. All you should have to pay in fees is the much smaller student levy (non academic facilities) some colleges charge, and _everyone_ has to pay that.

flogen

me in my stupidity never applied for a grant last year, I wonder if I'll be able to apply this year (second year of a 2 year PLC course)

flogen

eirebhoy

Who the hell would have 8 or more dependant children in this day and age by the time their 18/19 year old son goes to College?

Big Chief

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
for some reason it was him that popped into my head when i saw the thread title

glad to see i wasnt the only one then about the grant mitchell thing..

eirebhoy

Full student service charge is paid where income is at or below €42,360.

Is this Net or Gross?

Kappar

Originally posted by eirebhoy
Full student service charge is paid where income is at or below €42,360.

Is this Net or Gross?

That's a good question does anyone know?

sceptre

Originally posted by flogen
me in my stupidity never applied for a grant last year, I wonder if I'll be able to apply this year (second year of a 2 year PLC course)

flogen

If the course is grant-eligible you can apply in second year.

flogen

Originally posted by sceptre
If the course is grant-eligible you can apply in second year.

pretty sure it is, a few class mates got grants last year, thanks for that

flogen

penguinbloke

I'm also a member of the Grant Mitchell brigade. He was in the paper during the week.

himself and peggy are coming back to sort out Andy who screwed Sam? over

apparently.

all happening at christmas, although I don't watch it .........................honest................I feel so dirty...

sceptre

Originally posted by flogen
pretty sure it is, a few class mates got grants last year, thanks for that

flogen

The one thing to check (and I'm not sure about this so ask at the grants office when applying) is if you're thinking of continuing to a higher qualification after (degree or below, wouldn't affect a post-grad), whether you're precluded from getting a grant for that later course if you choose to do it. Just something to ask. The amounts for maintenance grants for PLC students are here. Might as well be you getting the money if you're eligible rather than McCreevy so be sure to apply (it's your local VEC to apply to).

eirebhoy

sceptre, any idea if the figures for annual earnings are net or gross income?

flogen

Originally posted by sceptre
The one thing to check (and I'm not sure about this so ask at the grants office when applying) is if you're thinking of continuing to a higher qualification after (degree or below, wouldn't affect a post-grad), whether you're precluded from getting a grant for that later course if you choose to do it. Just something to ask. The amounts for maintenance grants for PLC students are here. Might as well be you getting the money if you're eligible rather than McCreevy so be sure to apply (it's your local VEC to apply to).

thanks for that link sceptre... now to find someone living over 15 miles from college who is willing to let me live there until my grant comes through...:D

flogen

CareBear

That grant system is a load of crap. I'm going back to college in september and rang up bout getting the grant. They told me I wasn't eligible for it! I'm 20, living on my own since the beginning of April (not by choice), I'm only getting one day a week at work during the summer which amounts to 65 yo-yos, I have bills left, right and centre flying at me and still I can't get it! What the hell like!!!

sceptre

Originally posted by CareBear
That grant system is a load of crap. I'm going back to college in september and rang up bout getting the grant. They told me I wasn't eligible for it! I'm 20, living on my own since the beginning of April (not by choice), I'm only getting one day a week at work during the summer which amounts to 65 yo-yos, I have bills left, right and centre flying at me and still I can't get it! What the hell like!!!

As I see it, it's the biggest hole/fault in the system. If you're under 23 they take it on parents income regardless, which can be extremely unfair on (admittedly a small) number of students. Mind you, even if you were over 23 you'd still be caught out as they'll want a utility bill from last october/November with your name or your parents' names (take note flogen).

AFAIK, those figures are gross, eirebhoy. I'll compare them with last year's figures (which I have somewhere) after the weekend just to make sure.

tribble

Sorry to jump in on your thread Kappar but my question in similar.

I'm 23 (since last year) and applying for a CAO course for the second time (i failed the first).

Am i eligable (sp?) for a grant?

I looked at the oasis website but it's ambigious at best.

tribble

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by tribble
Sorry to jump in on your thread Kappar but my question in similar.

I'm 23 (since last year) and applying for a CAO course for the second time (i failed the first).

Am i eligable (sp?) for a grant?

I looked at the oasis website but it's ambigious at best.

tribble

if you would have qualified before, then you will qualify now. moreso infact, ask about the fact that you are a mature student at the grants office, they get mucho deniros. they are always cagey about how much more they get than regular granters, but theres definitely some extra allowance for being "mature".

tribble

So who do I apply to then?

How soon do they give a decision?

Is there a closing date for applications?

tribble

Kappar

You're local County Council

I don't know

and 31st Aug

tribble

Thanks Kapperl