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  • 05-07-2011 6:11pm
    #1
    smurflly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    HEY if any one as any suggestions i would be grateful.. i am a mature student andi was offered a masters last year, on applyng for a grant they told me i had to be three years out of college so i deffered it, now i want to take my place this year but it has been increased to five years and you have to be living independantly since last year, does any one no is there any other funds or assistance out there ???


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  • #2
    Paul Tergat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,785 ✭✭✭✭Paul Tergat


    Huh?

    They changed it to 5 years now? Thats kinda ****ed me over as well then in that case!


  • #3
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    smurflly wrote: »
    HEY if any one as any suggestions i would be grateful.. i am a mature student andi was offered a masters last year, on applyng for a grant they told me i had to be three years out of college so i deffered it, now i want to take my place this year but it has been increased to five years and you have to be living independantly since last year, does any one no is there any other funds or assistance out there ???

    Who told you it has changed to five years? I'm certains that's not true at all

    It might be different if you are not living independently

    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



  • #4
    smurflly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭smurflly


    some clown in the VEC, said it ??


  • #5
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    smurflly wrote: »
    some clown in the VEC, said it ??

    ask them where this rule is laid out?

    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



  • #6
    rhonda15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭rhonda15


    smurflly wrote: »
    HEY if any one as any suggestions i would be grateful.. i am a mature student andi was offered a masters last year, on applyng for a grant they told me i had to be three years out of college so i deffered it, now i want to take my place this year but it has been increased to five years and you have to be living independantly since last year, does any one no is there any other funds or assistance out there ???



    Were you looking to get fees only covered or were you also looking for maintenance?

    I'm also in this position looking to go back to do a masters (been out over 5 years) - hoping to get fees covered. Maybe it's only if you're also applying for maintenance that the living independently rule kicks in?

    But that really sucks - it's terrible how they can just randomly change things like that.

    edit:

    I've been searching around on the net and I've found no mention of the changes you outlined - I even trawled through some long gov pdf.

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

    I'd definitely get a second opinion, call around and get it independently verified.


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  • #7
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    The "three year rule" has not change to five years

    http://www.studentfinance.ie/downloads/Student%20Grant%20Scheme%202011.pdf
    “Re-entry”, for the purposes of this Scheme, means a mature student
    entering an approved course following a break in studies of at least three years,
    having previously attended an approved course.

    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



  • #8
    Paul Tergat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,785 ✭✭✭✭Paul Tergat


    Johnnymcg wrote: »
    The "three year rule" has not change to five years

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

    Thanks God!

    Cheers for the efforts Johnny and RM for your work on the forum!


  • #9
    JayC5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭JayC5


    Howdy,

    Sorry for jumping on board your thread, but what is this 3 year rule you speak of? I'm going in to my final year of an undergraduate degree and qualify for free fees/grant etc at the mo, are you saying I have to wait for a 3 year gap to avail of the same at postgrad level?!?

    J


  • #10
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    JayC5 wrote: »
    Howdy,

    Sorry for jumping on board your thread, but what is this 3 year rule you speak of? I'm going in to my final year of an undergraduate degree and qualify for free fees/grant etc at the mo, are you saying I have to wait for a 3 year gap to avail of the same at postgrad level?!?

    J

    Yes and No

    The three year rule is if you take a year out after your undergrad then you won't be eligible for a grant for a postgrad as an independent mature candidate for 3 years. If you go straight into a postgrad that's fine. If you wait 1 year you can still apply as a dependent student.

    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



  • #11
    needaname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭needaname


    Sorry for hijacking this thread but does this mean I can't apply as a mature dependant after a 2 year break :confused: I had never heard of this


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  • #12
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    needaname wrote: »
    Sorry for hijacking this thread but does this mean I can't apply as a mature dependant after a 2 year break :confused: I had never heard of this

    No the 3 year rule means that you cannot change your status from dependent to independent for 3 years. Once you are dependent then the 3 year rule should not affect you too much

    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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