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  • 14-04-2010 8:55pm
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    shanne hendry
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    My son should be going to University of Ulter in September 2010. We live in Donegal and have done so since 2007. We moved from Scotland then, he has a national insurance number and a PPS number, will he get finacial help and if so who from. Rememer I am his mum so please send reply in simple format....thank you


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    avalon68
    Registered Users Posts: 689 ✭✭✭avalon68


    The best thing you could do for now is contact your local authority and ask them directly whether he would be elligible for a grant or not. You cant start applying for grants until he has been offered a place in university.


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    Time Magazine
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    I think this is slightly more complicated because the University of Ulster is in the UK. However the people you would need to talk to are Donegal County Council - this page tells you who you need to speak to.


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    shanne hendry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭shanne hendry


    Thank you x


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    ardmacha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    UU is not any more complicated, if you are eligible for a grant then it can be used in any part of Ireland, but not abroad. So grants would not be payable in Scotland, for instance.


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    Minnesota
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    I looked at the university of ulster and I thought I could receive more financial aid than UCD. My situation is a bit different since I am British and American. From what I understand if you are a citizen of the UK you can will receive financial aid if you have have been paying the England (or maybe Scotland?) for three years straight. It might be different, but I would call the school financial aid office.


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    shanne hendry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭shanne hendry


    Hi

    Would you have a contact number please

    Many thanks
    Shanne


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    ardmacha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    Citizenship is not relevant to this issue, in general. Residence is the issue, if you live in place for the last 3 years is the general test. The OP is resident in Donegal and can apply for a grant there, having a UK social insurance number is not helpful unless you have been paying into it in the last 3 years, perhaps by working in NI.


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