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No grant, any other help in UCC?

  • 22-09-2011 12:05PM
    #1
    b743k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭


    I have just been told that to get a grant for my post grad course my parents means will be assessed, they are slightly over the threshold so I won't get it. I'm in my late 20s and have lived away from my parents without support for years but because I registered as a first year undergraduate as living with parents I have to wait for 3 years after my graduation to be considered independant. I found this out after I registered and I really want to do the course but I don't have a spare 5.5k.

    Does anyone know of any help available in UCC for people in this situation?


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  • #2
    ncur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭ncur


    Hiya, I don't know anything specific about student funding in UCC, but I was sent this link in a work email. You'd have to look through it to see if anything is applicable to you. There's a postgrad society in UCC that may be able to help you with info.


  • #3
    pirateninja
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭pirateninja


    If you call into the welfare officer in the Students Union, he'll be able to help you apply for the student hardship fund. Afaik there's a couple of hundred grand put aside for it from the college so you should definitely apply for it.


  • #4
    b743k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 134 ✭✭b743k


    Thank you. I'll give them a go. I really don't want to drop out.


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