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Today is World Access to Higher Education Day #WAHED2019 @WorldAccessHE
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Our education work, led by @CharlotteByrn3, broadens access to higher education for people in the asylum process.
This year our Education Fund made substantive grants to 65 people in 6 counties.
A thread:
Our education work, led by @CharlotteByrn3, broadens access to higher education for people in the asylum process.
This year our Education Fund made substantive grants to 65 people in 6 counties.
Thanks to @TomarTrust @CommunityFound @MHCLawyers @coilltenews @GibneyComm @salesforce and the public who make this work possible.
Video:
As little as €250 gives a student a one year course.
Donate here: https://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/integration-work-programmes/irc-education-fund
Video:
As little as €250 gives a student a one year course.
Donate here: https://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/integration-work-programmes/irc-education-fund
6 out of 8 universities in Ireland have a scholarship programme for people in the asylum process:
@DublinCityUni @tcddublin @ucddublin @UCC @UL @nuigalway
Some have been awarded #universityofsanctuary status by @POSIrl
CC: @universitytimes
@DublinCityUni @tcddublin @ucddublin @UCC @UL @nuigalway
Some have been awarded #universityofsanctuary status by @POSIrl
CC: @universitytimes
8 out 11 Institutes of Technology in Ireland also have scholarships or education access programmes:
@AthloneIT @itcarlow @CIT_ie @myIAD @GMITOfficial
@LYIT @LimerickIT @ITTallaght @ittralee
Our guide summarizes these programmes and other opportunities: https://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-IRC-Education-Information-Issue-14-08-Oct-2019.pdf
@AthloneIT @itcarlow @CIT_ie @myIAD @GMITOfficial
@LYIT @LimerickIT @ITTallaght @ittralee
Our guide summarizes these programmes and other opportunities: https://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-IRC-Education-Information-Issue-14-08-Oct-2019.pdf
We welcome @Education_Ire decision to broaden pilot scheme but very significant barriers remain. E.g. people granted permission to remain under the International Protection Act not entitled to apply for SUSI.
See @rtenews story on this by @emma_okelly https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0913/1075602-susi-grants/
See @rtenews story on this by @emma_okelly https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0913/1075602-susi-grants/
Correction: the Education Fund has granted to people in 16 counties, not 6.
