State to review students grant application process
The State has said that it will review the student finance grant application process before the end of this term.
This new development comes as some students have struggled to secure fundingfunding for their studies due to the way grants are calculated.
As a result, some have called for the system to be reassessed. Many students have been missing out on the grants.
One of the things the review will consider is the criteria by which applicationsapplications are considered.
The process for student grant assessment has been unchanged for so many years, and predates the current committee.
One of the local students,who is heading into her second year at university, said she had narrowly missed out on a grant from the States because her family income put her just outside the eligibility criteria.
She said she had reapplied for a grant, but had still not had a reply from the States.
Another student who did not want her real name used, said she was “lucky” to have received a grant, despite it not having risen with inflation.
“It’s still a good amount of money, you know, and it’s a grant, not a loan, so I’m not coming out of university in thousands of pounds worth of debt,” she said.
State to review students grant application process
