Funding for Private Professional Course

mogrady14

Hi. I am thinking of doing Chartered Accountancy course/exams. The fees are €3000 for the professional course and the exams. Its a part time course so I can't apply for the Education Grant. What other sources of funding could I get?

wazky

Have you considered prostitution?

mr_edge_to_you

mogrady14 wrote: »

Hi. I am thinking of doing Chartered Accountancy course/exams. The fees are €3000 for the professional course and the exams. Its a part time course so I can't apply for the Education Grant. What other sources of funding could I get?

have you tried a Christmas charity single?

PizzamanIRL

Have a family member get caught smuggling drugs into a foreign country and set up a fundraiser to pay for their legal fees.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Pay for it yourself or get mammy and daddy to pay like happened the rest of us.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Credit Union loan?

Chucken

Have you considered getting a part time job?

Peregrine

You could try and get a loan. I don't know what the story is with education loans nowadays though..



AH answer: Do you have access to an old motorhome and some chemistry equipment?

mogrady14

I am working to pay off my credit card so don't have much earnings for Accountancy courses.

mr_edge_to_you

mogrady14 wrote: »

Hi. I am thinking of doing Chartered Accountancy course/exams. The fees are €3000 for the professional course and the exams. Its a part time course so I can't apply for the Education Grant. What other sources of funding could I get?

seriously though I'm a qualified accountant. if i passed an exam my employer refunded me for the sitting I passed. however i failed more times than passed so it cost me thousands over the years. worth it though.

its not cheap and can be a very long process.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mogrady14 wrote: »

I am working to pay off my credit card so don't have much earnings for Accountancy courses.

I don't mean to sound cruel but... tough. You can run up a credit card bill and can't afford a course but want somebody else to pay for it. I did my degree, masters and PhD in the era before free third level courses without a grant, by working, doing without much and paying my own way. Try it. It's very rewarding.

Usually the employer pays.

mogrady14

Srameen. Who paid the fees for your course? By any chance was it the taxpayer . I ran up the credit card paying registration fees.

Rayne Wooney

mogrady14 wrote: »

Srameen. Who paid the fees for your course? By any chance was it the taxpayer . I ran up the credit card paying registration fees.

Running on your credit card doesn't make the money inside come out.

I've tried.


Your best bet is to pull off a bank heist, it will only take a few months to plan and if you give me a cut I know where to get an elephant for the distraction.

Sunnyisland

wazky wrote: »

Have you considered prostitution?

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

have you tried a Christmas charity single?

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Have a family member get caught smuggling drugs into a foreign country and set up a fundraiser to pay for their legal fees.

Marjorie Millions Tenor wrote: »

Pay for it yourself or get mammy and daddy to pay like happened the rest of us.

OP have you considered posting on a different thread

hansfrei

Isn't this what linked-in was made for?

Cody Pomeray

Marjorie Millions Tenor wrote: »

I don't mean to sound cruel but... tough. You can run up a credit card bill and can't afford a course but want somebody else to pay for it. I did my degree, masters and PhD in the era before free third level courses without a grant, by working, doing without much and paying my own way. Try it. It's very rewarding.

era before grants?

when was this? 1925?

grants and other publicly funded schemes existed long before 'free tuition fees'.But older people are quick to forget them.

In reality the situation hasn't changed much. I am a part time postgraduate student, and most of my fees are privately funded, but there are public supports available for some students, as there always were, in living memory.

Gran Hermano

Quiet normal to have graduated before the early 1990s and paid your own fees in college.

antodeco

A/s/l/price?

Cody Pomeray

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Quiet normal to have graduated before the early 1990s and paid your own fees in college.

Now too.

I have spent about €50k (which I don't have), from the time I entered college as an undergraduate.

The idea that modern students/ postgrads pay nothing is a fantastical myth. I have no idea where it came from. The situation has hardly changed.

Over eight years in further education, and I've worked throughout. Think of it as investing in yourself.

anncoates

An employer generally pays AFAIK.

I assume you should get a lower level qualification and get taken on in a graduate position and take it from there.

Not my field so I may be a bit inaccurate.

Fr_Dougal

Candie wrote: »

Over eight years in further education, and I've worked throughout. Think of it as investing in yourself.

Woah there, working?! How dare you suggest that the OP should have to actually work to fund his education, these aren't the bloody dark ages you know!

Op, become a welfare tourist for every state in the EU.

MadsL

mogrady14 wrote: »

I am working to pay off my credit card so don't have much earnings for Accountancy courses.

What makes you think you are suited for Accountancy then?

Grayson

I'm paying 9k for a masters this year. No financial support at all. It's called getting a bank loan.

December2012

Honestly the only thing to do is save as much money as possible. Cut down on all spending. No coffees, no pints, bring lunch.

Pay off your credit card as quickly as you can. Switch card providers if it helps but cut the damn thing up and don't use it again.

It might take two or three years but it's worth it.




AH answer - sell some worn knickers

General General

ACCA level 1 would cost no more than a few hundred, no 'course' needed, just read the books & past papers. Find out from these exams whether you've got what it takes.

A lot of people waste money on courses that are more about the Uni' having an 'offering' on a subject than anything else.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mogrady14 wrote: »

Srameen. Who paid the fees for your course? By any chance was it the taxpayer . I ran up the credit card paying registration fees.

If you read what I said, I did so before free third level. My family and I paid - no taxpayers were involved!


And we qualified for no grants because my dad worked as a machinist in a factory! No car, or phone at home but we put a lot of store in education.

Annasopra

mogrady14 wrote: »

Hi. I am thinking of doing Chartered Accountancy course/exams. The fees are €3000 for the professional course and the exams. Its a part time course so I can't apply for the Education Grant. What other sources of funding could I get?

You might be eligible for tax relief on the fees

Annasopra

Marjorie Millions Tenor wrote: »

If you read what I said, I did so before free third level. My family and I paid - no taxpayers were involved!


And we qualified for no grants because my dad worked as a machinist in a factory! No car, or phone at home but we put a lot of store in education.

Not everyone has a family that can afford to pay huge college fees.

mogrady14

mogrady14 wrote: »

I am working to pay off my credit card so don't have much earnings for Accountancy courses.

So why do you expect other people to fund you? Pay for it yourself once you've paid your debts!

LETHAL LADY

mogrady14 wrote: »

Hi. I am thinking of doing Chartered Accountancy course/exams. The fees are €3000 for the professional course and the exams. Its a part time course so I can't apply for the Education Grant. What other sources of funding could I get?

Are you unemployed?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mango salsa wrote: »

Not everyone has a family that can afford to pay huge college fees.

You're not listening to me! We had no money when I was at college. We scrimped and saved. My father was an unskilled worker on a low wage but he and my mother did without car, phone, holidays etc and I worked 2 jobs to get through college. Then I got a full time job and did my masters. The PhD followed when I was better settled in a career and could pay my way. Many families in those days had very little but made sacrifices to get an education for their children. It was no joy at the time to be at college with no money for anything other than basic essentials. Trips home were by thumbing lifts. Accomodation was a damp one room bed-sit with a long walk in and out to lectures each day. So don't try to come back with the wealthy family line. For a long time in this country ordinary working class families got no assistance for education. I'm talking about the early 60s here. Not a very affluent time in Ireland's history!
No wealthy parent - no such luck. You cut your cloth to your means and you do additional qualifications as and when you can afford it.

April O Neill

Ramiro Chubby Toenail wrote: »

So why do you expect other people to fund you? Pay for it yourself once you've paid your debts!

I'm not sure there's an expectation there as such, but if funding is available, why wouldn't someone avail of it? There's no harm in the OP asking. Are you seriously telling me you would have turned down funding you were eligible for?

April O Neill

April O Neill wrote: »

I'm not sure there's an expectation there as such, but if funding is available, why wouldn't someone avail of it? There's no harm in the OP asking. Are you seriously telling me you would have turned down funding you were eligible for?

No, but there's a serious sense of entitlement from OP. I got funding for my Master's, but spent ages searching for it and it took me 2 years to get it. I certainly didn't expect it and was delighted to get it, having funded my own undergrad degree. OP hasn't even bothered to research options himself and seems to only want to do it if someone else pays.

Marcusm

To be honest, if you are seeking to pursue a chartered accountacy course and neither have a job in an accounting firm nor funding then you are on a fool's errand.

BlurstMonkey

Only in Ireland can you find such animosity directed toward a stranger asking a perfectly reasonable question. Grants and the like exist. There's nothing wrong with making an inquiry about what's available, and there's no shame in asking either.

General General

Marjorie Millions Tenor wrote: »

If you read what I said, I did so before free third level. My family and I paid - no taxpayers were involved!


And we qualified for no grants because my dad worked as a machinist in a factory! No car, or phone at home but we put a lot of store in education.

In the late 80s, I recall reports that fees (such as the IR£1400 or so for TCD) were actually only a contribution, the cost per student of running the course & associated spend was a multiple of that; iirc, IR£5-8k. So, actually, if that was your situation, then the taxpayer was most certainly involved.

General General

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

Only in Ireland can you find such animosity directed toward a stranger asking a perfectly reasonable question. Grants and the like exist. There's nothing wrong with making an inquiry about what's available, and there's no shame in asking either.

& your evidence for this is..?

ProfessorPlum

General General wrote: »

In the late 80s, I recall reports that fees (such as the IR£1400 or so for TCD) were actually only a contribution, the cost per student of running the course & associated spend was a multiple of that; iirc, IR£5-8k. So, actually, if that was your situation, then the taxpayer was most certainly involved.

In the same way that the government (via the taxpayer) funds primary and secondary eduacation, and continues to fund 3rd level. That's because most governments consider investing in the education of the population a very worthwhile investment. Srameem's point, which I think he made very clearly, is that s/he went to university during a time when students also had to pay tuition fees, as well as registration fees, so the overall cost was more than it is now, when students don't have to pay tuition fees for their primary degree.

General General

ProfessorPlum wrote: »

In the same way that the government (via the taxpayer) funds primary and secondary eduacation, and continues to fund 3rd level. That's because most governments consider investing in the education of the population a very worthwhile investment. Srameem's point, which I think he made very clearly, is that s/he went to university during a time when students also had to pay tuition fees, as well as registration fees, so the overall cost was more than it is now, when students don't have to pay tuition fees for their primary degree.

Oh, I see. I got confused when he wrote: no taxpayers were involved!

Complete with exclamation mark.

Dr Turk Turkelton

mango salsa wrote: »

Not everyone has a family that can afford to pay huge college fees.

Way to miss a point.
Well done.

NegativeCreep

Marjorie Millions Tenor wrote: »

You're not listening to me! We had no money when I was at college. We scrimped and saved. My father was an unskilled worker on a low wage but he and my mother did without car, phone, holidays etc and I worked 2 jobs to get through college. Then I got a full time job and did my masters. The PhD followed when I was better settled in a career and could pay my way. Many families in those days had very little but made sacrifices to get an education for their children. It was no joy at the time to be at college with no money for anything other than basic essentials. Trips home were by thumbing lifts. Accomodation was a damp one room bed-sit with a long walk in and out to lectures each day. So don't try to come back with the wealthy family line. For a long time in this country ordinary working class families got no assistance for education. I'm talking about the early 60s here. Not a very affluent time in Ireland's history!
No wealthy parent - no such luck. You cut your cloth to your means and you do additional qualifications as and when you can afford it.

Oh no! Did your mother survive without the cars and holidays for four whole years??

ProfessorPlum

General General wrote: »

Oh, I see. I got confused when he wrote: no taxpayers were involved!

Complete with exclamation mark.

Glad I could clear that up for you:D