If you have had a realistic look at all the expenses of the coming academic year and know you cannot cover it out of savings and/or earnings then it is time to look at credit options.

A number of the bodies involved in the Public Services Card expansion have said they will be talking to the Department of Social Protection on how best to approach the Data Protection Commissioner's recent adverse ruling in relation to the card.

UCD students' union has claimed the competition for higher education has now reached an “alarming level” as entry requirements for a course at the university exceeded 600 points for the first time ever.

It’s not too late to apply for financial assistance for college, but you should apply as soon as possible — and you don’t need to have decided on a course.

A PhD student will have her monthly grant cut by €400 after a shorter route to her university was calculated via an unnamed road on Google Maps.

A group of University College Cork (UCC) students protesting on-campus over an incoming increase in the university’s capitation fee have occupied the president’s wing this afternoon.

There’s just a fortnight to the June 13 priority closing date for making renewal applications for Susi grants.

Students looking for a grant should apply as early as possible, according to awarding body SUSI.

There has been a broad welcome to the news that the Government has ruled out increasing the burden on students

Major demonstrations will take place on the main campuses of UCC and CIT as part of the 'Fund the Future' campaign.

With CAO applications submitted since the start of the month, Leaving Cert students are turning their focus to their upcoming exams and getting the points they need for the courses of their choice. The thousands of mature students who also applied may not have exams to sit, but they can still get to work preparing for college life, particularly when it comes to finances.

Here's all you need to know this morning.

Maynooth University increased its annual payment to governing authority chairwoman Nuala O’Loan by 70% to €20,500 last year.

New applications for student grants are down more than 2,000 so far this year, figures from the awarding body reveal.

Tax reliefs worth millions of euro are not being claimed by students or their families for third-level fees, a college support service estimates.

Today is the deadline for priority grant renewal applications in the SUSI third-level student grants support scheme, with a further four weeks available for first time applicants.

THE SUSI grant process for the 2018/19 academic year opened last week. Prospective students and their parents should apply as soon as possible.

Latest: Trinity College claims it's introducing a fee to repeat exams so that it can help students save time and money.

More than €2.8m in overpayments of grants for college students were outstanding at the end of 2016.

The Union of Students in Ireland is calling for the student grant to be restored to pre-2011 levels and a reduction in college fees.

68,000 students have been awarded third level grants through SUSI so far this term.

Students should take their finances in hand from the start, writes Gráinne McGuinness

Only two asylum seekers qualified last year for third-level grant support under a Government scheme designed to assist young people in the protection system.

Rising employment and income levels have seen grant applications drop, despite funding being available again for postgraduate students this year.

It is predicted third level grant applications will exceed 100,000 for the upcoming academic year.

Alternative routes to training and careers can no longer be a Cinderella service, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray

Setting off to college this coming September? Gráinne McGuinness has some sund financial advice for you.

Almost 70,000 students have received grants in the first two months of starting back to college.

The Irish Refugee Council is seeking changes to a scheme set up to provide financial support to asylum seekers attending college after just two people benefited last year.

Around 15,000 Leaving Certificate students were already approved for college grants this year before the main business of courses being offered began today, writes Niall Murray of the Irish Examiner.

Around 15,000 Leaving Certificate students were already approved for college grants this year before the main business of courses being offered began today.

Leaving Certificate students get their results tomorrow and, for many, it marks the start of an exciting new chapter in their studies.

Public Accounts Committee members were once accused of behaving like ‘wolves’. Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe talks to its head, Seán Fleming, on the restrictions it faces.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today