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Student assistance fund

  • 03-08-2014 1:09pm
    #1
    QueenBee1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭


    Can someone please explain how the above works? I know it varies from college to college but just want to get a general idea thanks


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  • #2
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    This gives a broad idea

    http://www.studentfinance.ie/mp7235/student-assistance-fund/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



  • #3
    QueenBee1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭QueenBee1


    Thanks for this. Do you know does it cover travel expenses like petrol or diesel for travelling to and from college if someone wasn't claiming the grant?


  • #4
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    QueenBee1 wrote: »
    Thanks for this. Do you know does it cover travel expenses like petrol or diesel for travelling to and from college if someone wasn't claiming the grant?

    Its really upto the College but they wont fund 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



  • #5
    Red Soup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 113 ✭✭Red Soup


    It says on the website:

    "Unlike the student grant schemes, you cannot be considered for Student Assistance prior to registering in a participating college."

    So i suppose there's no point worrying about it until September


  • #6
    QueenBee1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭QueenBee1


    Do they ask for a copy of your bank statement from the past few months?


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  • #7
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    QueenBee1 wrote: »
    Do they ask for a copy of your bank statement from the past few months?

    They do in NUIG. Needed a bank statement, payslip from parents and receipts of equal value to the offered amount. (Makes no sense that you have to have the money spent before you get it but can just show rent or whatever)


  • #8
    QueenBee1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭QueenBee1


    shruikan2553 wrote: »
    They do in NUIG. Needed a bank statement, payslip from parents and receipts of equal value to the offered amount. (Makes no sense that you have to have the money spent before you get it but can just show rent or whatever)

    Does the bank statement have to be for 3 months or just the last few transactions? Do you know how much you are allowed have in it?


  • #9
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    QueenBee1 wrote: »
    Does the bank statement have to be for 3 months or just the last few transactions? Do you know how much you are allowed have in it?

    Not sure tbh for both, my girlfriend printed off those smaller statements from the machines inside AIBs which are 6ish months and has less in her account than Ireland and Greece put together. Hasn't heard back that there is something wrong with them so assume its ok. Other colleges may have different requirements.


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