04/08/2009
1,000 College Places For Unemployed
The Republic's Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe has announced details of 1,000 education places for unemployed workers in September.
The new part-time, post-graduate, third-level places will be in the country's seven universities and 13 institutes of technology across a wide range of specialist, higher diploma and graduate certificate-level programmes.
The move follows the minister's allocation last week of 1,500 part-time undergraduate college places for the unemployed.
Last week, Minister O’Keeffe also announced an extension to the income limit to qualify for the full maintenance grant for new students and avoidance of the student services charge.
Parents or guardians with fewer than four dependent children can now earn up to €51,380 without having to pay the student services charge which this year will be up to €1,500, depending on the third-level institution.
This top income threshold has been increased from €49,690 last year.
Announcing the changes, Minister O’Keeffe said: "In our changed economic circumstances, these increases in the income limits mean that students from families on low to middle incomes will continue to get financial help from the Government in covering the costs of third-level education."
(DW/KMcA)
The new part-time, post-graduate, third-level places will be in the country's seven universities and 13 institutes of technology across a wide range of specialist, higher diploma and graduate certificate-level programmes.
The move follows the minister's allocation last week of 1,500 part-time undergraduate college places for the unemployed.
Last week, Minister O’Keeffe also announced an extension to the income limit to qualify for the full maintenance grant for new students and avoidance of the student services charge.
Parents or guardians with fewer than four dependent children can now earn up to €51,380 without having to pay the student services charge which this year will be up to €1,500, depending on the third-level institution.
This top income threshold has been increased from €49,690 last year.
Announcing the changes, Minister O’Keeffe said: "In our changed economic circumstances, these increases in the income limits mean that students from families on low to middle incomes will continue to get financial help from the Government in covering the costs of third-level education."
(DW/KMcA)
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