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  • 30-12-2014 7:34pm
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    Minjor
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    I'm considering going back to college as a mature student next year.

    Previously I've dropped out of two courses, one Level 7 and the other Level 8.

    I'm guessing I would have to pay full fees if I was to return to a new course. Is this the case? I don't know too much about how the system works in this regard.


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    paperclip2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭paperclip2


    Minjor wrote: »
    I'm considering going back to college as a mature student next year.

    Previously I've dropped out of two courses, one Level 7 and the other Level 8.

    I'm guessing I would have to pay full fees if I was to return to a new course. Is this the case? I don't know too much about how the system works in this regard.

    It can depend on how long ago you left college and how much of the courses you had completed.


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    Minjor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭Minjor


    paperclip2 wrote: »
    It can depend on how long ago you left college and how much of the courses you had completed.

    Would have left in 2013 and done a year of each of the courses I mentioned.


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    Sup08
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    Minjor wrote: »
    Would have left in 2013 and done a year of each of the courses I mentioned.

    You may only be eligible for fees if you are progressing on your new course to a year greater than the highest year of your two previous courses at undergraduate level.
    If there was a gap of 5 years between entering the course from 2013 then it would be progression from the year of the course you last attended in 2013.


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    Minjor
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    Sup08 wrote: »
    You may only be eligible for fees if you are progressing on your new course to a year greater than the highest year of your two previous courses at undergraduate level.
    If there was a gap of 5 years between entering the course from 2013 then it would be progression from the year of the course you last attended in 2013.

    I would intend to start a new course from the first year of that course. Given that in 2015, it would be a gap of two years from the last course I was in, what level of fees would they be?

    Is it the regular rate around 3000 euro or a higher amount? Apologies, I don't quite understand what you are saying in the second part of your post.


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    Sup08
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    Minjor wrote: »
    I would intend to start a new course from the first year of that course. Given that in 2015, it would be a gap of two years from the last course I was in, what level of fees would they be?

    Is it the regular rate around 3000 euro or a higher amount? Apologies, I don't quite understand what you are saying in the second part of your post.

    You would not be eligible for free fees if you are entering the first year of a new course.

    If you attended a full year of an approved course, you are not eligible for fees until you progress to the subsequent year.

    Examples:
    Done Year 1 you must be entering year 2.
    Done Year 2 you must be entering year 3.

    So if you done a course 4 years ago and made it attended year 2 but then left and wen back to year 1 of a new course, then you would not be eligible for fees until you are entering year 3.

    It can get a bit messy when you have attended but not complete courses.

    A gap of 5 years from studies must be attained before you become eligible for fees for a new course once you have not gained a qualification.


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    Minjor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭Minjor


    Sup08 wrote: »
    You would not be eligible for free fees if you are entering the first year of a new course.

    If you attended a full year of an approved course, you are not eligible for fees until you progress to the subsequent year.

    Examples:
    Done Year 1 you must be entering year 2.
    Done Year 2 you must be entering year 3.

    So if you done a course 4 years ago and made it attended year 2 but then left and wen back to year 1 of a new course, then you would not be eligible for fees until you are entering year 3.

    It can get a bit messy when you have attended but not complete courses.

    A gap of 5 years from studies must be attained before you become eligible for fees for a new course once you have not gained a qualification.


    Thanks. Forgot to mention in the last year (2013-2014) I completed a part-time course.

    It was affiliated with D.I.T. Since a qualification was gained, does this change the picture in any way?


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    Sup08
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    Minjor wrote: »
    Thanks. Forgot to mention in the last year (2013-2014) I completed a part-time course.

    It was affiliated with D.I.T. Since a qualification was gained, does this change the picture in any way?

    What was the qualification?


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    Minjor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭Minjor


    Sup08 wrote: »
    What was the qualification?

    It's a CPD Diploma.


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    Sup08
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭Sup08


    Minjor wrote: »
    It's a CPD Diploma.

    In what field?

    Can it gain you advanced entry?


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    Minjor
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    Sup08 wrote: »
    In what field?

    Can it gain you advanced entry?

    Music.

    It would have given the option of continuing with a related degree course if I so wished but I didn't choose to do so at the time.

    I would most likely wish to do a course in an unrelated field and in a different college.


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    Sup08
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    Minjor wrote: »
    Music.

    It would have given the option of continuing with a related degree course if I so wished but I didn't choose to do so at the time.

    I would most likely wish to do a course in an unrelated field and in a different college.

    Well unless you are progressing from your previous courses then you would not be eligible for fees. Sorry.


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    PLL
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭PLL


    Correct me if I'm wrong, but, I think after you complete first year (which you won't be entitled to free fees for) you may be entitled to free fees for the years after that. It's worth researching anyways.


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    Sup08
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    PLL wrote: »
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but, I think after you complete first year (which you won't be entitled to free fees for) you may be entitled to free fees for the years after that. It's worth researching anyways.

    Yes once they progress to a subsequent year on an approved course.


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    Annasopra
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    It pretty much looks like you would have to pay full fees. Whats the course you are applying for?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Minjor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 231 ✭✭Minjor


    PLL wrote: »
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but, I think after you complete first year (which you won't be entitled to free fees for) you may be entitled to free fees for the years after that. It's worth researching anyways.
    Sup08 wrote: »
    Yes once they progress to a subsequent year on an approved course.

    Yeah, I remember hearing before this is how it works alright.
    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    It pretty much looks like you would have to pay full fees. Whats the course you are applying for?

    Looking at Politics in TCD, UCD or Maynooth perhaps.

    What would the full fees be approximately? Can't find any information on the figures online.


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    Annasopra
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    2014 Fees are all approximately 5800 per annum. This could go up in 2015.


    TCD - 5779

    https://www.tcd.ie/academicregistry/fees-payments/course-fees/

    NUIM - 5729

    https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/student-fees-grants/undergraduate

    UCD - 5857


    http://www.ucd.ie/registry/adminservices/fees/undergraduate2014.html

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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