# student-grants - Monday 14 December, 2020
# SUSI
# SUSI
Grants for part time students and how Ireland compares internationally will also be examined.
# student-grants - Thursday 5 December, 2019
# SUSI
# SUSI
Barring orders were included on a list of acceptable documentation students could use to prove their parents were separated.
# student-grants - Monday 30 November, 2015
# Money Money Money
# Money Money Money
…but most of them haven’t submitted all the necessary documentation.
# student-grants - Friday 14 August, 2015
# No Susi - No!
# No Susi - No!
The students grants body says a number of people have received the email.
# student-grants - Thursday 11 June, 2015
# Chaotic Delays
# Chaotic Delays
The Department of Education has apologised for the error.
# student-grants - Sunday 3 August, 2014
# Reform
# Reform
A public consultation process has been announced ahead of the publication of the Data-Sharing and Governance Bill.
# student-grants - Saturday 30 November, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
In its latest progress report, the awarding body has confirmed it’s reached the finalisation stage for grants two months faster than the last academic year.
# student-grants - Thursday 21 November, 2013
# student-grants - Friday 1 November, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
A total of 43,000 students have a grant decision at this point compared to 6,000 students at this time last year.
# student-grants - Tuesday 1 October, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
The protests come as the USI attempt to mobilise a voting block of 50,000 students in a database by the local and European elections next year.
# student-grants - Friday 27 September, 2013
# SUSI
# SUSI
In its latest update, SUSI says it is more than two months ahead of where it was this time last year in processing grant applications.
# student-grants - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
A total of 55 cases of complaints against the grant system were accepted by the Ombudsman with 34 of them still open.
# student-grants - Thursday 5 September, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
Around 61,500 applications have been assessed by SUSI – and of these, around 40,000 students will end up getting a grant.
# student-grants - Wednesday 14 August, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
Some 82,000 applications were received by the deadline earlier this month but SUSI are still accepting them.
# student-grants - Tuesday 6 August, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
SUSI said today that they are still accepting applications and that delays in processing seen last year are not expected to be repeated.
# student-grants - Friday 2 August, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
The grant system website was hit with technical issues last night as the deadline drew near.
# student-grants - Monday 29 July, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
The head of operations at SUSI said that the students grants scheme has undergone a number of improvements.
# student-grants - Saturday 20 July, 2013
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: how many 1 cent and 2 cent coins were minted in Ireland in the last eight years (and may soon be obsolete)?
# student-grants - Thursday 18 July, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
Some 400 application appeals are still outstanding, but the body handling grant applications says that it is ‘confident’ that mistakes won’t be repeated.
# student-grants - Wednesday 19 June, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
SUSI authorities say dozens of students haven’t been ruled on from last year – leaving them in limbo for their college future.
# student-grants - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
Tom Hayes’ statement would appear to place him at odds with the education minister.
# student-grants - Tuesday 28 May, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
‘Did we get it wrong? Yes’: The education minister admits the reform of the student grants system was botched.
# student-grants - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
While 328 grants have still to be processed by SUSI, an additional 1,938 students remain in limbo as the result of ongoing disputes over documentation.
# student-grants - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
# Students
# Students
The USI said Joe O’Connor has firsthand experience with the college grant system which will help him represent struggling students.
# student-grants - Friday 1 March, 2013
# Education
# Education
While Labour TDs believe the change makes “perfect sense”, there is opposition from some Fine Gael TDs.
# student-grants - Monday 14 January, 2013
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
The union at Galway-Mayo IT is handing out bags of food to hard-up students as SUSI continues catching up on grant payments.
# student-grants - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
# Students
# Students
The money is to be used by third level students facing financial hardship, and comes as some students are still waiting for grants.
# student-grants - Monday 17 December, 2012
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming said that the office of the Ombudsman currently does not cover the student grant processing.
# student-grants - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
# SUSI
# SUSI
The Minister for Education says SUSI has taken on another 50 staff this week to clear the backlog of 21,000 applications.
# student-grants - Thursday 15 November, 2012
# Students
# Students
John Logue was arrested in the Dáil visitors’ gallery last night but was later released without charge.
# student-grants - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
# Grants
# Grants
CEO of SUSI, Jacinta Stewart said over 66,000 applications were received by the online system.
# student-grants - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
# Delayed
# Delayed
Around 48,000 students are still waiting for their grant applications to be processed. Ruairí Quinn has said the delay is “not satisfactory”.
# student-grants - Thursday 25 October, 2012
# SUSI
# SUSI
New figures show that 65,000 students applied under the new student grant system – but decisions have been made on just 12,000 applications so far.
# student-grants - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
The Taoiseach says the government remains committed to implementing the Croke Park deal despite missing targets on public allowances.
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
South Tipperary County Council says it decided not to link grant payments with the household charge after looking more closely.
# student-grants - Saturday 11 August, 2012
# Your Say
# Your Say
Fine Gael TDs are threatening a revolt over plans to consider the value of family farmland when considering a grant application.
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
A number of TDs – including a cabinet minister – are opposed to planned changes to grant criteria. So what’s going on?
# student-grants - Thursday 2 August, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Caught between fees and grants, a growing number of would-be students face missing out altogether. Welcome to the world of the ‘inbetweeners’, writes Patrick Kelleher.
# student-grants - Monday 28 May, 2012
# Student Grants
# Student Grants
One of the three students who sought the original judicial review has since dropped out of college due to grant reforms and is planning to emigrate.
