Decline in numbers applying for student grants
Of nearly 72,000 applications received by Student Universal Support Ireland (Susi) up to the start of the week, 34,050 are from new applicants who are mostly people who did the Leaving Certificate in June. That is down from 36,376 at the same stage a year ago, and from nearly 38,300 in 2016.
Susi is still working on the expectation of 60,500 new applications coming in this year, just 200 less than in 2017. But last year’s 60,694 new applicants were nearly 1,400 fewer than in 2016.
