Access awards encourage students to progress to third level education
By William O’Connor
THE Access to Third Level Scholarship Programme encourages students from disadvantaged areas of the county to progress to third level education by funding any additional expenses they may incur.
The awards have been running since 2006 in conjunction with South Dublin County Council and the Institute of Technology Tallaght to fund an access to Third Level education.
The awards were presented to eight first year students and eight second year students who received awards in 2017 and who have successfully completed their first year studies, amounting to €2,500 each for the academic year 2018/2019.
Payment in the second year is subject to successful completion of the first year and progression to the second year.
Students must be registered on a Level 6, 7 or 8 Programme in the Institute of Technology in Tallaght.
A first year scholarship is awarded to the student who has achieved the highest points in the Leaving Certificate from each of the following schools: Collinstown Park Community College; Deansrath Community College; Killinarden Community College; Mount Seskin Community College’, St Aidan’s Community School and St Kevin’s Community College.
A first year scholarship was also made to two students selected from colleges of further education: Greenhills CFE and Tallaght Adult Education.
Students were presented with their Scholarship by the Institute of Technology Tallaght President Thomas Stone, SDCC Colm Ward Director of Housing, Social and Community Development, Councillor Emer Higgins and Brian Leonard.
2018 First Year Scholarship recipients were Megan O’Shaughnessy, Killinarden Community School; Miracle Madu, Deansrath Community College; Jessica Moylan, St Kevin’s Community College; Chloe Bailey, Collinstown Park CC; Natalie Thunder, St Aidan’s CS; Dylan Byrne Carr, Mount Seskin; Keith Sherlock, Greenhills College and Olga Andronachi, Tallaght Adult Education.