Our SETU access team in Waterford engage with schools, local/regional partnerships and community development projects to support and encourage third level access for members of the Traveller and Roma communities. Funding, provided through the dormant accounts fund has enabled our access team to further develop initiatives and strengthen links with our area partnerships. Ensuring that the risks associated with COVID-19 do not serve to widen the existing and very significant gap in participation in higher education by Travellers.
SETU in Waterford are part of the SOAR project, which is an inter-institutional collaboration on access. It brings together the south cluster – Munster Technological University, University College Cork and South East Technological University together with community partners to collaborate on devising and delivering strategies to increase access to higher education for under-represented groups. The project is funded by the programme for access to higher education (PATH) strand 3.
SOAR Project website: www.soarforaccess.ie
Access bursary for members of the Traveller community or Roma community
Applications for the Access Bursary 2023-2024 for members of the Traveller community & Roma community studying at SETU in Waterford is now open. This bursary is available to all full time and part time students who are members of the Traveller or Roma community.
This funding which has been secured through the dormant accounts fund, will support increases in participation in higher education and help to address the challenges arising from Covid 19.
For further information on this contact;
- Access office email- [email protected]
- Paul Bennett, SETU Traveller Education Project Coordinator – [email protected]