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(Another!) BTEA Question

  • 23-04-2014 1:57pm
    #1
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I've been on the dole for quite some time. I've done college before (Level 7) and was only eligible for registration grant in my final year because my sister was starting college that year.

    I then decided on a career change and did a FAS course full time from 2012 to 2013. I've been on the dole since then and am having no luck in Ireland getting a job.

    However, I have secured 8 weeks of soccer coaching in America so obviously I'll be signing off for that duration. I've also decided to return to college in September (if they'll have me!) and I'm wondering where I'll stand with BTEA after signing off for the 8 weeks? Does that rule me out? The course is also a Level 7.

    I'm also living at home and I've been means tested so I only get half of the €188.

    Thanks for your help.

    Mars Bar


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  • #2
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,157 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    If you have a level 7 already you wont btea to do another level 7 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



  • #3
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I won't get BTEA for another Level 7. Poopy. :(

    Any sort of financial support at all out there?


  • #4
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,157 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    I won't get BTEA for another Level 7. Poopy. :(

    Any sort of financial support at all out there?

    I cant think of any.

    Which area do you live in? Maybe ask the adult education adviser at your local education and training board!

    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



  • #5
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I'm in Tuam. Do we have one of those?!


  • #6
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,157 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    I'm in Tuam. Do we have one of those?!

    Yep

    Contact:

    Suzette Liddy
    Adult Education Guidance Counsellor

    Address:

    Adult Learning Centre
    Chapel Place
    Tuam,
    Co. Galway

    Tel:

    087-2069565

    Email: aegs@cogalvec.ie


    www.countygalwayvec.com/english/services/adult-education-guidance/index.html

    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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  • #7
    paperclip2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭paperclip2


    If you have a level 7 degree and are eligible for the grant apparently you can get a tuition fee grant, maintenance grant and registration fees from SUSI for the full duration of a level 8 degree provided you meet the income, residence and nationality criteria. I confirmed this with SUSI here: http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057142046


  • #8
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    It's a Level 7 I want to do although there is a similar Level 8 course available.


  • #9
    ronano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,153 ✭✭✭ronano


    paperclip2, you answered my query a few years ago about level 7 to level 8 degree fees before but perhaps the guidelines have changed, just from what i read of your posts.

    I have a level 7 degree, i'm currently in year 2 of level 8 degree receiving btea, my income is below all the limits for grants and payment of fees. Would i get my fees covered next year if i applied to susi from what you post above and the link to the other thread?


  • #10
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    ronano wrote: »
    paperclip2, you answered my query a few years ago about level 7 to level 8 degree fees before but perhaps the guidelines have changed, just from what i read of your posts.

    I have a level 7 degree, i'm currently in year 2 of level 8 degree receiving btea, my income is below all the limits for grants and payment of fees. Would i get my fees covered next year if i applied to susi from what you post above and the link to the other thread?

    If you already received the grant for your level 7 you won't get it again. However if you didn't receive it already then because you are progressing then you would be eligible for the grant to cover your fees only and get btea weekly. That is my current situation also.


  • #11
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    anna080 wrote: »
    If you already received the grant for your level 7 you won't get it again. However if you didn't receive it already then because you are progressing then you would be eligible for the grant to cover your fees only and get btea weekly. That is my current situation also.

    I didn't get a grant for my level 7 apart from my registration being covered in my final year. Would that mean I'd be entitled this time?


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  • #12
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    I didn't get a grant for my level 7 apart from my registration being covered in my final year. Would that mean I'd be entitled this time?

    The registration being covered in final year is still considered the grant though. No harm in applying but I wouldn't say you'd get it.


  • #13
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    :(
    Thanks anna


  • #14
    paperclip2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭paperclip2


    What I only found out recently from SUSI is that the grant can fund you up to level 8 hons degree. If you have a full level 7 degree then under the Free Fees Initiative you cant get tuition fees for a repeat period of study i.e first 3 years of level 8

    HOWEVER under the grant you may, if eligible get the fees, grant and registration for a new level 8 degree providing you complete it within 4 years, that it's a stand alone level 8, i.e not an add on degree, and as long as you meet the grant requirements re income, nationality etc. The info is in the (labyrinthine) Student Grant Scheme 2013.


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