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Budget 2012??

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  • 15-11-2011 2:28pm
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    eire-kp
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    So any idea about what changes are going to be made in budget 2012 that will affect mature students...BTEA etc?

    I'm sure there will be some changes..I'm hoping to go back to college next September so I'm a bit nervous!


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    CJKeane
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    I'd say it's safe to say we're going to get a cut across the board. I'm in third year and have lost money for each of the budgets since I started...


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    Pity Thanks
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    Things look bleak

    I really want to go to college next year but there's no way I'd be able to pay course fees

    I wouldn't qualify for BTEA, and I could get over not getting a €1200 grant, but the fees for the course I'm interested in are way out of my budget range


    Hopefully free fees will remain, along with the registration fee payment, otherwise I'll have to cancel any hopes


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    Gareth2011
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    eire-kp wrote: »
    So any idea about what changes are going to be made in budget 2012 that will affect mature students...BTEA etc?

    I'm sure there will be some changes..I'm hoping to go back to college next September so I'm a bit nervous!


    Im in same boat. I dreading this budget as without the BTEA I wont be able to go to college. Yet the government says we need to upskill and all that but when people try to we might not be able too. :eek:


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