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Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.I'm applying for some maths taught master's courses in Britain and I was wondering does anybody know of any funding I could apply for?
I've looked here http://www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk/ and there doesn't seem to be anything going.
I guess that the fact that I'm applying pretty late, not from Britain, and not doing a research master's will count against me. -
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Not alot as I found. You are entitled to apply for research council funding but as I am sure you know it only covers basic course fees for Irish students. Its frustrating. I had the same problem. If you apply to Cambridge there is the Robert Gardiner trust. That is generous and purely reserved for Irish students. It covers taught masters and even undergraduates but in my experience it helps the application if the masters is part of a long-term strategy into a PhD programme. In department bursaries are useful too but their usually limited, if available.
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.If you're applying for entry for September 2012, then you've missed pretty much all the funding competitions for the next academic year. As Robert said you can apply for Research Council money, but it's fees-only for us and other EU students who don't fulfill the residency requirements.
The Gardiner scholarships are Cambridge-specific, and while it's better than nothing naturally, the usual contribution wouldn't fully cover your fees, but if you had secured a Research Council scholarship it could be used towards maintenance costs.
Some universities might not have concluded their internal scholarship competitions so you could be lucky, but I imagine most will be closed by now. -
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Thanks guys. I think it is a bit late in the day for funding alright. My pocket will take a massive hit but I think I wouldn't have got funding if I had applied in March because I did so badly in third year. It's only because I did pretty well in fourth year that I thought I might be in with a shout.
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Irish students cannot apply for Career Development Loans as far as I'm aware, as there is a residency requirement as well as the fact that you have to have a UK-based bank account (with the accompanying financial history), which Irish students won't have (unless they have family based in the UK).
OP, you could try Irish banks or the Credit Union if you needed a loan, although in the current climate it's hard to say what their response would be... -
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Hi!
Im irish and have been offered a masters in Bangor. Ive applied for a maintenance grant through the new online application called SUSI. I received the maintenance grant throughout my undergraduate so hopefully i'll be eligable for this one. It only covers fees though, but still that would be a huge help if I could get a little from them.
I've also applied for money from my credit union which I'm quite positive about getting approved. However, if it doent get approved I doubt i'll be able to afford the year
Good luck anyway, and look into SUSI, you never know what you might be eligable for! -
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Are you sure you're eligible for the Irish student grant to study in Wales? I know they cover postgraduate courses in Northern Ireland, but I think the rest of the UK is excluded?(Original post by AwkwardEnough)
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Im irish and have been offered a masters in Bangor. Ive applied for a maintenance grant through the new online application called SUSI. I received the maintenance grant throughout my undergraduate so hopefully i'll be eligable for this one. It only covers fees though, but still that would be a huge help if I could get a little from them.
I've also applied for money from my credit union which I'm quite positive about getting approved. However, if it doent get approved I doubt i'll be able to afford the year
Good luck anyway, and look into SUSI, you never know what you might be eligable for!
Here's the relevant document: under 'approved postgraduate courses' it lists only Northern Irish colleges? (p. 17)
http://www.studentfinance.ie/downloa...ons%202011.pdfLast edited by gutenberg; 18-07-2012 at 09:57. -
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Well I rang up the SUSI crowd to ask them about it and they told me there was a huge list of universities and that basically if you can apply for it via UCAS then you can apply for a grant for it? I sent off all my information nearly two weeks now and havent heard anything back yet. If I don't get it It will be disappointing because i've been led to believe that its possible. And I would definitely be eligible for it... I'm going to ring them tomorrow anyway to check on the status of my application so I'll get back to you. No harm in filling out the application though, is it?
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Well you can't apply for Master's courses via UCAS, so therefore you aren't eligible for the grant. UCAS is for undergraduate courses, and the Irish student grant does cover undergraduate courses in England, Scotland and Wales (and NI of course), but for postgraduates they cover NI only. Universities manage their own postgraduate admissions, and so don't use UCAS.(Original post by AwkwardEnough)
Well I rang up the SUSI crowd to ask them about it and they told me there was a huge list of universities and that basically if you can apply for it via UCAS then you can apply for a grant for it? I sent off all my information nearly two weeks now and havent heard anything back yet. If I don't get it It will be disappointing because i've been led to believe that its possible. And I would definitely be eligible for it... I'm going to ring them tomorrow anyway to check on the status of my application so I'll get back to you. No harm in filling out the application though, is it?
The information is in the link I provided. It's also here on Citizens' Information: "Fee grants are available for approved courses below graduate level in Ireland and for approved postgraduate courses in Ireland and Northern Ireland."
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Did you have any luck with the student grants people?(Original post by AwkwardEnough)
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.well you guys scared me quite a bit so I rang up and they said that the university I accepted my offer for is definitely on the list (Bangor) so it all depends on whether I'm eligible or not.(Original post by gutenberg)
Did you have any luck with the student grants people?
The lady on the phone checked my status of my application and all she could tell me was that it has been received. I'm sure they are absolutely snowed under at this time of year though, and that SUSI website is a nightmare to get through. I'm sure they had lot of problems to listen to, it being the first year of the site and all. -
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.Yes I'm sure it is peak time for them. I hope it gets sorted, although from my reading of it Bangor is definitely on the list for undergraduate courses, but that only NI universities are covered for postgraduate (I'm no lawyer though!(Original post by AwkwardEnough)
well you guys scared me quite a bit so I rang up and they said that the university I accepted my offer for is definitely on the list (Bangor) so it all depends on whether I'm eligible or not.
The lady on the phone checked my status of my application and all she could tell me was that it has been received. I'm sure they are absolutely snowed under at this time of year though, and that SUSI website is a nightmare to get through. I'm sure they had lot of problems to listen to, it being the first year of the site and all.
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Re: Funding for Irish student to do taught master's.There an ET Davies scholarship available in King's College London for the Mathematics MSc. I think that's available until the closing date of the master's applications themselves. In the end I'm going to Edinburgh though so it won't happen for me anyway. As for other funding I'm only getting around to that properly now because I've been in a spin over the actual courses until now.(Original post by gutenberg)
Did you have any luck with the student grants people?
I'll check out Irish government grants; I don't think there's anything else left really.
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