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Bursary defects: govt acts

Salient Reporter

A Number of bursary anomalies were rectified under provisions announced by the Minister of Education in December last year.

Mr. Kinsella, in announcing the changes, said that it was not expected that they would be costly to implement.

"The number of individual students affected will probably not be large," he said, "but the changes are nevertheless important in principle."

In summary, the alterations are: Masters bursary: A bursary for part-time masters students is now available. Previously students required to meet training requirements in professions such as teaching, accountancy, and law could obtain no bursary.

Married students: Boarding bursaries are again payable to married students where eligible prior to marriage. The regulations are to be amended to give the department of Education the legal power to pay the bursaries.

Second courses: The absolute limit of five years on bursary assistance for double degree courses has been relaxed. Bursaries will be available for five, six, or seven years, depending on the courses taken.

Reinstatement of a Fees and Allowances bursary: Students are no longer required to pass one unit in addition to the units failed before a bursary is reinstated. Conditions for reinstatement are now the same as for Fees bursaries.

Fees and Allowances bursary: Any student who in any one year passes three stage I BA or BSc units, or any other full-time course, will now qualify for a fees and Allowance bursary.

Honours course: A bursary—either an extended Fees and Allowances bursary or a second Masters bursary—will now be available for students taking an additional subject to Honours level.

Repeat units: The present restriction on the payment of fees for repeated units is now removed. All alterations are operative from the beginning of the 1966 academic year.