Dundalk Institute of Technology Welcome College of Sanctuary

21/11/2022

Collection next week at for Direct Provision. Drop off Room S207. Please share

01/11/2022

Collection for direct provision residents. DKIT Room S207, Tuesday 29th November 2022

06/05/2022

To our Ukrainian friends, we are here to help if we can. Send us a DM

06/05/2022

Welcoming our friends from Ukraine this morning and hoping to help where we can

29/10/2020

The Irish Times has a spotlight today on Inclusion and Diversity. Some interesting articles

Diversity & Inclusion

23/10/2020

Thank you to everyone who has donated to this worthy cause. The residents are so thankful for all of your donations

16/09/2020

Next collection for us tomorrow (Thursday) at 5.30pm

03/09/2020

06/07/2020

NEWS!!!!! The DkIT Sanctuary Scholarship 2020
The DkIT Sanctuary Scholarship covers the full tuition fee waiver for a programme on which available places are advertised. A maximum of one scholarship will be awarded per academic year. The Scheme will be reviewed annually. In each year, the Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of CAO points.
The DkIT Sanctuary Scholarship is targeted at first-time higher education applicants who:
 Are an International protection applicant or those granted international protection e.g. an Asylum Seeker, individual who has been granted Discretionary Leave to Remain (DLR), or some other form of temporary status, provided that evidence has been provided.

 Must currently live in local Direct Provision Centres in either Dundalk, Drogheda or Monaghan

 Have applied through the CAO as a Leaving Certificate applicant for a full-time undergraduate
programme

 Must take up a place on a programme at DkIT that advertises ‘available places’ in the year of entry at DkIT

 Are not currently eligible for ‘free fees’ for a full-time undergraduate course or for a SUSI fee grant

 Are not currently eligible for mainstream support funding e.g. SUSI maintenance grant or Department of Social Protection and Family Affairs (DEASP) payments (other than a direct provision payment).

 Are not currently served with a Deportation Order

 Are not be in receipt of any other scholarship or grant.
Applicants must meet these strict eligibility criteria and be in a position to verify their circumstances in order to apply. Applicants who do not meet the criteria will not be considered for the bursary. Incomplete applications and/or applications without the required supporting documentation will not be considered.

Please note: Students should only apply if they are able to support their living, accommodation and travel costs themselves during their period of study at DkIT.
For an application form, please contact the Access Office by email [email protected] Closing Date for Applications: 28th August 2020
All applicants will be contacted by email by the end of September with the outcome of their application.

06/07/2020

On 30th June 2020, our members published this journal issue for the All Ireland Journal of Higher Education. Articles include this Case Study from our very own Bernadette Brereton:

EUvsVirus Hackathon project: A case study from a mentor’s perspective

Open-access, peer-reviewed, journal of scholarly research into Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

01/07/2020