Basically near about inapplicable to anyone studying in the UK or Ireland. Funding is so rarely granted prior to getting in, and your first and second and maybe even third years are plagued with funding applications to increasingly less money.https://twitter.com/megankatenelson/status/1231935955701051393 …
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They don’t do loans in Ireland so if you can’t afford it (as an Irish or EU student) then...people leave. It sucks.
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But tbqh telling people that on LUI go if you get full funding or if you’re rich means that probably nothing will change, because there will be so few grad students to affect change (and tbh it’s hard to organize as is).
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And then academia will remain a heavily elitist situation. We need to advocate for more funding from governments and institutions. We have to organize at a massive level.
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I couldn't imagine doing anything else either. Loyola offered full funding but only for 3 years (funding app hell after that while starting a dissertation). I took on debt as my son was born in year 1 of grad school. I'm lucky to have a good job and teach extra to pay off debt.
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Yeah being able to pay down debt is good. I’m grateful to have a fairly good repayment scheme. My bank loan is another story but yeah. Something to worry about later.
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