Student Finance (Grants and Scholarships)
VEC Grant Application 2012-1013
Useful articles on Finance
Some Changes to Eligibility for Grants
Means Test of College Grants (Agri Colleges)
Third Level Grants that give a sporting chance
Are you Eligible for a Grant (Examiner Jan 2012)
Overhaul of Grant Scheme-single Dublin Authority (Examiner June 2011)
What’s the talk of education?
LEFTFIELD:AS READERS of The Irish Times know, there have been serious differences of opinion recently about the structure of Irish higher education. Put briefly, a number of institutes of technology – possibly all of them, by the time you read this – have declared in clusters that they are seeking a new status, that of a “technological university”.
TO BE HONEST: An unheard voice in education:I’ve put more than one child through the Junior Cert and I have one more waiting in the wings. I must admit that I am following the reform process with trepidation. All the talk about critical-thinking skills, continuous assessment and self-directed learning is, frankly, making me nervous.
Visa changes could see the UK's top universities and schools lose their appeal to international students, says a report.
Kevin Bridges has re-visited the people and places that have influenced his stand up material in his latest project, a six-part television series What's The Story.
Private companies should be encouraged to take over and run state schools as profit-making enterprises under a "John Lewis-style" business model, a think tank suggests.
