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My friend cannot do a postgrad in the Irish language without being charged a fortune

  • 11-08-2022 10:05PM
    #1
    jolivmmx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 858 ✭✭✭


    My friend is a self-taught Gaelgóir. He taught in an Gaelscoil in Ireland for the last academic year. He grew up in Australia and studied up to MSc-level there. His area of expertise is linguistics and he is a prize-winner for same.


    His parents both hail from Ireland and they left for Australia a while back. He is an Irish citizen

    He wishes to pursue postgraduate studies in the Irish language. He has fulfilled all the matriculation requirements for the Irish language postgrad in NUIG. However, while he is an Irish citizen, he does not fulfil the criteria for Irish/EU-fees on the basis of not being an Irish resident for 2 years. This means that to pursue further studies in the Irish language, he would have to pay €17,000 per annum.


    I was wondering if there is anything that he can do to help his case?


    Thanks Guys!



Comments

  • #2
    crazy7001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭crazy7001


    Hello,

    I'm a Gaeilgeoir and work in higher education! What a lovely story of someone taking on the language on the other side of the world. I would recommend that your friend apply for various scholarships. Depending on whether it is a masters/PhD that they want to do, there are some options. In terms of PhD research, the Irish Research Council (now under Research Ireland) have their yearly round of PhD scholarships. Given that this is a new research org, I expect them to announce new partnerships/postgrad opportunities over the next year or so. There are also a load of other supports for people looking to do a postgrad in Irish, here's a doc with some that could help: https://www.tairseachcogg.ie/Container/Documents/Insert_10_Bursaries%2C_Scholarships_and_Grants_20240301160222126_20240306171943484.pdf

    — edit: I did not realise this was a 3 yr old post, oops. Hope it all worked out!!

    Wishing your friend all the best!



  • #3
    GBUK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭GBUK


    It is really hard for him to anything else.



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