23 May, 2014 - Statement from Dept of Education and Skills on All Hallows College
The Department of Education and Skills has been informed by All Hallows College of its intention to wind down the college.
This is no doubt a difficult time for staff and students of the college and our thoughts are with them. The Department welcomes the fact that the college intends to wind down in a phased and orderly manner in order to facilitate as much as possible the completion of students’ studies.
All Hallows College receives grant in lieu of tuition fee funding from the Department. This amounted to some €439,000 for 2013/14. While there is a cap on the number of undergraduate students eligible for the free fees scheme, the College has not reached that cap in the previous five years.
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Note on Funding:
All Hallows College receives grant in lieu of tuition fee funding from the Department. The following three undergraduate courses are approved for such funding (up to a cap on student numbers as set out below):
· BA (Hons.) in Theology and Philosophy (4 years)
· BA (Hons.) in Theology and Psychology (4 years)
· BA (Hons.) in Theology and English Literature (4 years)
| Academic Year | Cap on numbers | No. of eligible students for which free fees was re-imbursed | Amount paid |
| 2013/2014 | 130 | 119 | €439,555 |
| 2012/2013 | 130 | 121 | €470,279 |
| 2011/2012 | 130 | 103 | €423,688 |
| 2010/2011 | 136 | 112 | €524,860 |
| 2009/2010 | n/a | 116 | €531,706 |