Student Grant

Bigman3456

Hello Im Attending Gti. And i was wondering when the student grant will be coming in. thanks

Squeeonline

Bigman3456 wrote: »

Hello Im Attending Gti. And i was wondering when the student grant will be coming in. thanks

In my experience (though never been on the grant) it's up to the county councils and you should contact whatever one you applied through.

aoife365

Between now and the end of october i think!

constantg

if you applied late enough, would that have a huge bearing on matters? also how do you know when your grant is in or if you have been approved? does the awarding authority contact you via post/email/phone or is it done through the college?

InvisibleBadger

The college website...

http://www.nuigalway.ie/fees/June_2011/grants2.html

tigerblob

When you have been approved, your county council will notify you by post. As for actually receiving it, I don't think any grants are awarded until all are processed, basically everyone from the county gets them on the same day regardless of when they applied - that's from personal experience anyway.

constantg

thanks

achmairt

Bigman3456 wrote: »

Hello Im Attending Gti. And i was wondering when the student grant will be coming in. thanks

Plc's students are paid on the 15th of each months for nine months - that is if you have been awarded. If you are awarded late this will be back-dated. If you have missed the first payments, this means you will get two payments in the following month.:)

constantg

Any idea when regular students are paid in Limerick City VEC? Also any idea what happens if you're rejected? Are you sent a letter?

hillbloom

You will definitely get a letter one way or the other. It should arrive soon possibly before end of October.

constantg

hillbloom wrote: »

You will definitely get a letter one way or the other. It should arrive soon possibly before end of October.

Thanks!

aramush

do you really have to attend 100% of your lectures to collect a maintenance cheque in NUIG?

Euskadi1888

aramush wrote: »

do you really have to attend 100% of your lectures to collect a maintenance cheque in NUIG?

I should hope not. Lecturers already resort to sneaky methods of making sure you show up to their slideshows as it is, refusing to use Blackboard, putting out misleading information on it etc

Besides, not all lectures take attendance so there's no way of telling.

constantg

aramush wrote: »

do you really have to attend 100% of your lectures to collect a maintenance cheque in NUIG?

Jesus I never ever heard of something like that. I can't guarantee it definitively, but I would imagine that such a condition would have had to be signed off on by yourself when you submitted your grant form and couldn't be imposed by the college (seeing as its not their money to withold....)

The___________

aramush wrote: »

do you really have to attend 100% of your lectures to collect a maintenance cheque in NUIG?

Of course you don't, as long as you are registered you'll be able to collect to grant.
100% certain on this

skinny90

right after 4 months of appy getting numerous forms and documents including jc nd lc results(dont understand why),forms of revenue etc iv been eventually told today that im getting the grant,post came to my hse today,question do i have to get my parents to send up a form and get the college to stamp it or will the college be notified via co council,last week i got a few calls regarding the payment of half my fees before 31st of this month

aramush

skinny90 wrote: »

right after 4 months of appy getting numerous forms and documents including jc nd lc results(dont understand why),forms of revenue etc iv been eventually told today that im getting the grant,post came to my hse today,question do i have to get my parents to send up a form and get the college to stamp it or will the college be notified via co council,last week i got a few calls regarding the payment of half my fees before 31st of this month

Bring in the letter you got from the council saying that you have been awarded a grant to the fees office in NUIG (Aras Ui Chathail, first floor), they will take a look at the letter and will handle everything from there(they will get in contact with your grant awarding authority then). Once the Uni sees the letter then you will be fine.

constantg

skinny90 wrote: »

right after 4 months of appy getting numerous forms and documents including jc nd lc results(dont understand why),forms of revenue etc iv been eventually told today that im getting the grant,post came to my hse today,question do i have to get my parents to send up a form and get the college to stamp it or will the college be notified via co council,last week i got a few calls regarding the payment of half my fees before 31st of this month

Which council outta curiousity? still waiting on Limerick City Council to get back to me!

constantg

When are the Scholarship Maintenance Grants paid?
For the 2011/2012 Academic Year the VEC Scholarship Grants are paid in three instalments as follows: 1st Instalment - 18th November, 11. 2nd Instalment - 24th February, 12. 3rd Instalment - 20th April, 12.

From Limerick City VEC website.