College grant

Bar123

Does anyone know when the 2nd installment for the college grant, Cork City is due? End of January?

The Paws

Hi,

I never got any grants at all this year....how did you get your first one??

Thanks

Knifey Spoony

Bar123 wrote: »

Does anyone know when the 2nd installment for the college grant, Cork City is due? End of January?

I seriously doubt if the 2nd grant cheque will be in that soon, they were very slow in getting in the first one so you might be waiting a good month or two for the second one.
Keep an eye on this site: http://www.ucc.ie/en/financeoffice/fees/GrantChequesAvailableForCollection/
it should let you know when the next check is due.

The Paws wrote: »

Hi,

I never got any grants at all this year....how did you get your first one??

Thanks

You should have got the first cheque by now, did you even try going to the fees office in the north wing to see if the check was there for you?

The Paws

thanks,
Mine is Cork County Grants so mine could be abit longer...i tried ringing/calling into UCC grant office and they kept saying to check my bank account etc but no other news...I will email Cork County Grant Office on Monday to see if they are working!

I will keep you posted.

Papa_Lazarou

I thought everyones is getting payed into bank accounts this year? Id say we'll be finished college before we get the 2nd installment. After the floods/snow they just dont have the money to give out id say.

ReacherCreature

Bar123 wrote: »

Does anyone know when the 2nd installment for the college grant, Cork City is due? End of January?

I had a look today and the second installments are out. I'm not sure for which area but my region was there. There's been horrible delays and they really should have been out at December. Check as much as you can.

The Paws wrote: »

Hi,

I never got any grants at all this year....how did you get your first one??

Thanks

Seriously, go to the Finance office of the north wing. Find it and ask them face to face. There maybe still delays over it as Cork has a huge number but get on to them and keep finding out.

Papa_Lazarou wrote: »

I thought everyones is getting payed into bank accounts this year? Id say we'll be finished college before we get the 2nd installment. After the floods/snow they just dont have the money to give out id say.

It's optional about the bank accounts. Check or account is the choice afaik. We won't be finished college by the second instalment. Several regions have the first update of the second installment and the 3rd will come out around Easter I reckon. The floods have little to do with it IMO, it's a government issue isn't it?

Papa_Lazarou

I dunno. I just always thought it was the case of the council paying out the money and then they redeem it off the gov,although im probably totaly wrong.

Byron85

It's due at the end of this month as far as I know. I don't know the exact date though.

DitzyPurple

Bar123 wrote: »

Does anyone know when the 2nd installment for the college grant, Cork City is due? End of January?

Your just lucky you got your first one! I'm still waiting for mine to come through, I have NADA money left...:(

rebel girl 15

My application finally got processed and accepted Took long enough!!!

ReacherCreature

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

My application finally got processed and accepted Took long enough!!!

That's absolutely ridiculous at how long it took.

rebel girl 15

ReacherCreature wrote: »

That's absolutely ridiculous at how long it took.

Well I had to provide extra info in October, so I went back to the very very end of the queue! Now I can afford to buy a netbook, saving my lugging my big laptop to college which was killing my back! I'm just delighted I got it, cos I didn't get it last year, but circumstances changed in between so I was hoping I'd get some money!

Papa_Lazarou

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Well I had to provide extra info in October, so I went back to the very very end of the queue! Now I can afford to buy a netbook, saving my lugging my big laptop to college which was killing my back! I'm just delighted I got it, cos I didn't get it last year, but circumstances changed in between so I was hoping I'd get some money!

Once you've finally got accepted ,they've made things really really easy this year. The paying straight to bank account is dog handy,so no more having to queue over at the grants office and deal with some of the less than nice people over there.

TanG411

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

My application finally got processed and accepted Took long enough!!!

You're lucky!

I'm still waiting for the city council to send me out a letter to say they've sent the instalment to UCC. Fingers crossed it's soon

rebel girl 15

Larkin91 wrote: »

You're lucky!

I'm still waiting for the city council to send me out a letter to say they've sent the instalment to UCC. Fingers crossed it's soon

By processed, I mean I know I got it, got a letter saying that I am getting the grant and for how much - haven't got any money into my hand or bank account yet!

yeesh!

its april and dey havnt even considered my application yet,

rebel girl 15

yeesh! wrote: »

its april and dey havnt even considered my application yet,

Almost 1,700 students wait six months for grant
By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

ALMOST 1,700 students are still waiting for payment of their grants for more than six months, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has claimed.

As third-level undergraduates approach their end-of-year exams in just over a month, it is believed up to half the number who have not received grants are awaiting funding from awarding bodies in Cork.


"I know the Government is looking at using the bill to introduce a simplified online application process, which would make a big difference in speeding things up. But even if it was pushed through before the summer it is unlikely we would see the effects for the next college year," he said.

"This is unacceptable when, as recently as last week, there were still around 1,660 students who had not yet received their maintenance grants.

"There are still a big number, possibly as many as 800 of them, in Cork," Mr Mannion said.

More than 60,000 third-level students are expected to qualify for maintenance grants for the current academic year, up significantly on previous years, as a result of the rising numbers of families affected by unemployment or reduced wages and salaries.

The Student Support Bill, introduced by former education minister Mary Hanafin in February 2008, would hand the operation of all grants to Vocational Education Committees (VECs) which already handle around two-thirds of applications.

The proposed laws would also allow for the setting of timescales in which details of income thresholds for eligibility must be introduced each year, as well as streamlining the process with the aim of reducing delays for students.

The planned rationalisation of the 33 city and county VECs could also impinge on the smooth implementation of the new system if and when the legislation is passed.

Almost 250 delegates from more than 20 colleges on both sides of the border have gathered for the USI annual congress in Ballinasloe, Co Galway, where anger is also being expressed about mature students who receive the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) no longer being eligible to receive maintenance grants.

"Many of those affected are students targeted for widening access to third level and it is also hitting some students moving from certain qualification levels to others," Mr Mannion said.

The post of USI president will be decided in today’s election, contested by USI equality officer Linda Kelly from Ballyvolane in Cork, and University College Dublin Students’ Union president Gary Redmond from Arklow, Co Wicklow.