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Tutition Fees, BTEA & previous education

  • 28-11-2011 2:37pm
    #1
    Skcornnelg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Hey all,

    Hoping someone might have the answer here because I am having trouble finding it.

    I am hoping to return to college in Sept 2012 under the BTEA scheme and I am wondering about having to pay the fees or not.
    I have been in college before for 2 years but I didn't complete the course. The last year I did was 2006/2007.
    Does anyone know if I am successful in getting a college place and qualifying for the BTEA do I still have to pay the fees for the course?

    Thanks


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


    Skcornnelg wrote: »
    Hey all,

    Hoping someone might have the answer here because I am having trouble finding it.

    I am hoping to return to college in Sept 2012 under the BTEA scheme and I am wondering about having to pay the fees or not.
    I have been in college before for 2 years but I didn't complete the course. The last year I did was 2006/2007.
    Does anyone know if I am successful in getting a college place and qualifying for the BTEA do I still have to pay the fees for the course?

    Thanks

    I am fairly sure that there is something called a "second chance student" where if there is a break of five years you become eligible for grants again. I am not 100% sure if this also applies to free fees

    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



  • #3
    Aoibheann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,383 ✭✭✭Aoibheann


    From here:
    students who have been verifiably absent from 3rd level education for a minimum of 5 years since attempting, but not completing, a first-time degree AND who belong to one of the above categories may be considered “second chance” i.e. eligible for a further round of funding under the Free fees Initiative.

    it would seem that it does apply to free fees. :)


  • #4
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,158 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Aoibheann wrote: »
    From here:



    it would seem that it does apply to free fees. :)

    It seems that way but i think that was changed in the last year or two and they changed the rules in relation to free fees - I'm not 100% certain though.

    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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