Robbed of 2,500 by my college

1der

Hey
I have been attending a college course for the past 5 months and I have paid the fees through a grant. The course runs three days a week from mon-wed from 6:30 to 10:30 so it is about 12 hours a week (not including extra time spent with assignments and such). At the start of the year I was told by the college that it was classed as a full-time day course and I was entitled to recieve a grant.
I quit my job in which I had a salary of about 20,000 so that I could attend the course and I have been unable to find employment since which suited the hours that I was available (due to the college course). Also because I was geting a grant I could not get social welfare while I was out of work.
After spending five months so far scraping through the year on no money I recieved a letter from my college saying that my course was in fact not a full-time day course but a part-time course and that i was not elligible for the grant- even though I recieved a letter from them previously stating that it was a full time course. Now I am expected to pay the college E2,200 in fees and I am expected to pay the Clare VEC E200 because of a screw up by the college.
I took the issue up with my course director and he looked into the matter for me. I recieved an e-mail from him today saying that nothing could be done and that the best that they could do was allow me to pay it back in installments!
Also, a friend of mine is in the same position as myself but he recived over E4000.

Any advice?

seamus

As per the charter, I'm afraid legal advice cannot be given out on this forum. The only advice you'll get is to contact a solicitor.