AQW 5856/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy for a timescale for the completion of her Department's review into Postgraduate Education in Northern Ireland.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 27 July 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 27 July 2020
- Answer due by
- 11 August 2020
- Answered
- 31 July 20204 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Postgraduate Loan Review is a complex piece of work comprising differing strands of the postgraduate funding systems in Northern Ireland. The appropriateness of the current Postgraduate fee loan, of up to £5,500 towards the cost of taught postgraduate courses, will be reviewed alongside a range of potential options for maintenance loans or grants. Separate from that, there will be a review of the Postgraduate Awards Scheme.
It is anticipated that a public consultation on the Postgraduate Loan Review, comprising the different options for fee loans and maintenance provision, will be published before the end of this year.