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NUI Galway Laptop Loan Scheme

Student Laptop Loan Scheme

Round One Application Process has now closed

Now Closed!

We are pleased to say that for anyone who might have missed the deadline of the Laptop Loan Scheme, there will be a second chance to apply for the scheme in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on our social media and website for updates.

There were 688 applicants in the first call and staff are working to process the current applications and distribute the laptops as swiftly as possible.

Round One Laptop Collection:

Successful applicants will recieve an email informing them of the date and time they have been allocated to collect their laptop.

Laptop Loan Scheme Acceptance Form DS

Laptop Setup Instructions

As part of the package of COVID supports for higher and further education institutions, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has allocated funding to support disadvantaged students in the higher education sector in accessing ICT devices.

Under this scheme undergradute or postgraduate students may be eligible to receive a laptop, on long-term loan, in order to assist with online learning.

The NUI Galway Laptop Loan scheme is available to you this academic year if you need to borrow a laptop for your studies and meet the eligibility criteria. This scheme is open to new and continuing NUI Galway students.

Eligibility:

  • To be eligible for a laptop you must be registered as a full or part-time student in 2020-21 and be from a low-income household, with gross annual income below €49,840.
  •  Eligibility will be on a needs basis, prioritised as appropriate by NUI Galway. In all cases, NUI Galway must be satisfied that a student who receives a device under this grant has demonstrated a verifiable need for such a device e.g. they are from one of the identified target groups and they or their family do not have the means to purchase such a device themselves.

Allocation of devices will be based on the target groups identified in the National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education 2015-2019:

  • Students disadvantaged by socio-economic barriers
  • First-time mature students
  • Students with disabilities
  • Part-time/flexible learning students
  • Students who hold further education qualifications
  • Students who are members of the Traveller and Roma communities.
  • Students who are lone parents
  • Students who are members of ethnic minorities

Ineligible Students: 

  • Non-EU fee-paying students, Erasmus and Study Abroad students are not eligible to apply to this scheme. 
  • Students who are not taking a programme which is leading to a full NUI Galway award (e.g. those taking single modules only) are not eligible. 

Documentation Required:

Student applicants will be asked to provide evidence of their SUSI grant or means-tested social welfare payment to prove eligibility.

The application process has now closed.

There will be a second round in the coming weeks. Check back for updates.

For Further Information:

        Email: 

laptoploanscheme@nuigalway.ie

Downloads

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