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  • 19-07-2007 7:02pm
    #1
    alib
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi there everybody,
    Have been consistantly reading this forum for a long time now but first time to post.

    Does anybody know if the grant available for Irish students to study primary teaching in the UK extends to those who hold a masters?
    I would have thought so but heard a scary rumour recently that it doesn't!
    Would love to get a definitive answer on it if someone knows for certain as it would seriously influence future decisions.
    Thanks in advance.
    Alib


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  • #2
    gaeilgegrinds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭gaeilgegrinds


    No idea. I know I'll get eaten alive for saying this but a really good friend of mine trained over there last year & got no work, she is such a wonderful teacher and it's such a pity. I think Hibernia is a better option for those who are thinking of money. Ignore what I said or disagree but I have no hidden agenda for saying this other than what I see.


  • #3
    alib
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭alib


    Well, the way I see it, I'd have to pay fees in all the Irish colleges to do it as I've already had my fees paid and received a grant for my masters here.
    And EVERYBODY is constantly mentioning this famous £6000 bursary students receive in the UK. However I just don't think I'd be allowed to get it too, for the same reason as I wouldn't get anything here.
    Of course I'd love to study in an Irish institution and that would be the ideal but might just have to give up the dream for a few more years until I've saved some airgead for either Ireland or the UK...dammit I hate being poor! :(


  • #4
    gaeilgegrinds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭gaeilgegrinds


    I understand that predicament but Hibernia will ensure you can work (€140ish a day for subbing) when doing it. My friends all got 2/3 days a week on average so were well able to get by. Best of luck


  • #5
    alib
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭alib


    Thanks for the reply gaeilgegrinds.
    Would still love to know if I would be entitled to the UK grant though....if anybody knows, I'd really appreciate the info. Can't seem to find it anywhere on the net, but I could just be looking in the wrong places :confused:


  • #6
    paddyc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭paddyc


    as far as i know you can


    contact one of the colleges


    try stranmillis college belfast admission dept and i sure they will be able to tell ya


    paddy


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  • #7
    carebare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭carebare


    gaeilgegrinds wrote:
    No idea. I know I'll get eaten alive for saying this but a really good friend of mine trained over there last year & got no work, she is such a wonderful teacher and it's such a pity. I think Hibernia is a better option for those who are thinking of money. Ignore what I said or disagree but I have no hidden agenda for saying this other than what I see.
    I have not found that to be the case at all. I trained in London and got offered two permanent jobs within 2 weeks of returning and all the people I trained with got jobs straight away.


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