A helping hand for students

The government-funded Student Assistance Fund provides financial assistance for full-time higher education students who are experiencing financial difficulties while at college.

Demand for financial support from students has increased in recent years.
Demand for financial support from students has increased in recent years.

Students can apply to the fund, via their college, for help with either temporary or ongoing financial difficulties.

Demand for support from the fund has increased in recent years. A spokeswoman for the Department of Education said that earlier this year the Higher Education Authority (HEA) surveyed all higher education institutions to establish how much of their fund allocation had been spent by December ...