UCC to offer bursaries to students affected by Budget cuts
University College Cork is to offer a number of grants to students who have lost funding as a result of changes to the Student Grant Scheme announced in the 2012 Budget.
In a statement, UCC said it was concerned that changes in the scheme may affect the numbers of postgraduate students.
The bursaries are designed to ensure that students who were previously in receipt of a local authority grant and are no longer eligible, are not disadvantaged.
To be eligible, the student must have qualified for local authority, VEC or Department of Education grants in the last year of their bachelor's degree.
The scheme is open to students from any Irish Higher Education institution who graduated since 2009 and who will commence a full time taught postgraduate programme in UCC in September 2012.
