But it was the quality of education, the people, and Dublin culture that made it fantastic – not the fee remission.
Before September 2011, single parents claiming IS received a fee remission on further education; now they have to fund this themselves.
At the time, few students were aware of the loophole that made first-time UK students eligible for fee remission at Irish universities.
Accounts year to 31 August 2014 Total income: £62m (£56m - 2013) Expenditure: £59m (£55m) Gross school fees: £44m (£42m) Fee remission: £5.8m (£5.2m) Fee reductions: 21% of pupils (20%) Number of pupils: 1,300+ (aged 13-18) Like many private schools, Eton's fees make up a big proportion of its total income.
Includes donations Expenditure: £41.7m (£38.2m) Gross school fees: £38m (£36m) Fee remission: £2.55m (£2.61m) Fee reductions: 22% of students at Wellington College (25%) Number of pupils: 1,050 (Wellington College, 13-18), 370 (Eagle House, 3-13) This co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls was founded in 1853.
The fee remission system (whereby claimants with low enough 'household' capital and income can get all or part of any fee waived) does not in our experience adequately remove the deterrent effect of fees, as only a small minority of potential claimants are eligible, and the remission system itself is difficult to navigate if people are trying to deal with it themselves," she said.
The Charity Commission has thereby seen the amount of fee remission through means-tested bursaries that the schools give and the work the schools do with others in the state sector or within the community.
Accounts year to 31 July 2014 Total income: £28m (£2013– 2013) Expenditure: £26m (£25m) Gross school fees (including music fees): £25.4m (£24.3m) Fee remission: £1.6m (£1.8m) – scholarships plus bursaries Fee reductions: 281 awards made (271) Number of pupils: 804 (aged 13-18) Groschoolool fees (including music fees) came in at £25.4m in 2014.
The barriers to ED utilization are decreased for cancer patients owing to healthcare fee remission.
The program provided students with a 12-mo stipend and fee remission for those who had the opportunity to engage in regular semester research as well.
