grants Archives – The College View

Harris announces maintenance grant increases- A reminder of Budget 2023

January 2, 2023

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has announced today that student maintenance grants have now increased. This measure was introduced as part of Budget 2023, which will see the

DCU students in receipt of more grants than other Dublin colleges

February 22, 2017

Many variables including geographic location and minimum entry requirements play into why DCU has the highest number of grant recipients of Dublin universities, DCU Access said.

New system sees a rise in SUSI grants

November 16, 2016

SUSI has awarded 14,000 extra grants to students compared to last year

USI backs calls for reintroduction of postgraduate grants

August 9, 2016

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has called for Ireland’s political parties to band together in order to honour pledges made in their General Election manifestos to reinstate grants for postgraduate students. The call

67% of Donegal students receive third level assistance

November 18, 2015

The Higher Education Authority said in a recent study that 67% of Donegal students receive some level of state funded assistance in comparison to only 35% of students from Dublin.

HEA report shows third-level class divide in universities

November 18, 2015

36% of first year DCU students were in receipt of a grant last year, a report looking into the distribution of third level grants has shown.

SUSI approves 43,000 grants compared to 6,000 this time last year

November 1, 2013

SUSI has shown a large improvement on last year, with 39.000 students having received grant payments on time

Over 11% of DCU drop outs are due to financial issues

November 28, 2012

Over the past four years 130 students have dropped out of DCU due to financial problems. In the 2010-2011 academic year when the registration fee increased to €2,000, 38 students dropped out of their course

Cuts to Erasmus programme may affect grants

October 17, 2012

Erasmus students might not receive their grants during the second semester of 2012/2013 due to cuts to the 2012 EU Budget, the European Commission has said. Eighty-four DCU students are currently abroad for the full