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Masters after Blackhall Place Qualification completed

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  • 31-05-2011 2:24pm
    #1
    kingcrowley
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭


    Asking for a friend because I can't find any details online

    Friend has completed her Blackhall Place exams and is fully qualified but now wants to return to college to do a MA. Would she be eligible to get a grant/get her fees paid? Is the MA considered a higher level than the Blackhall exams? I can't see any listing for those types of professional exams on the Qualification thing here http://www.nfq.ie/nfq/en/


    Any info would be great!..Thanks!


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    #2
    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    Did you ever get an answer to this?

    I'm the process myself so trying to work out if the blackhall qualification rates higher than a Masters. I don't see anything (so far) saying it is.


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    nehemiah
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭nehemiah


    I believe that the answer is in here somewhere
    (c) a student or tuition student is ineligible for a grant if he or she already
    holds a postgraduate higher education and training award at or above,
    or equivalent to, Level 9 of the framework of qualifications, unless he
    or she meets the conditions at subparagraph (d);

    (d) a student or tuition student who already holds a postgraduate diploma
    at Level 9 of the framework of qualifications or equivalent and is
    pursuing one of the following, not having previously pursued a course
    at Level 10 of the framework of qualifications or equivalent, shall be
    eligible for a grant—

    (i) a masters degree at Level 9 of the framework of qualifications,
    (ii) the Barrister-at-Law Degree at the Honorable Society of King’s
    Inns, or
    (iii) the Professional Practice Course in the Law Society of Ireland;


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    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    Thanks, that seems to be what I'm looking for, where did you find it?


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,053 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    http://www.studentfinance.ie/downloads/Student%20Grant%20Scheme%202011.pdf

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    mango salsa wrote: »
    http://www.studentfinance.ie/downloads/Student%20Grant%20Scheme%202011.pdf

    Thanks very much.


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    NoQuarter
    Registered Users Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    Is that a yes??:confused:


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    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    NoQuarter wrote: »
    Is that a yes??:confused:

    It's not very clear, is it? I've been told it's a no but I'm going appeal and see where I end up.


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    kingcrowley
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭kingcrowley


    So, from my friend's experience the Dept of Education don't rank the Black Hall qualification as a Masters but the funding authority does - so...no grant and having the pay fees


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