We are pleased to announce the recipients of our 2025 Scholarships.
Congratulations to our Higher Education Scholarship winners who are to receive a share of €50,000 towards their third level education!
Once again, we received a high volume of applications, reflecting the strong interest in the education support we provide to our members. Our judging panel faced a challenging task in selecting the top candidates, given the high quality and depth of the submissions. After much discussion and careful deliberation, we are excited to announce that four members have been chosen as this year’s scholarship recipients. While a further two members have been selected as runners up.
2025 Scholarship Winners
We are delighted to announce our 2025 Scholarship Winners are:
Winners
Natasha O’Kelly – General Nursing
Aimee Spencer – MSc Bereavement & Loss
Conor Mahon – Physiotherapy
Mark Seale – Professional Masters of Education
Runners Up
Emmet Bellew – MSc Psychological Science
Ashley Viju – Integrated Children & General Nursing
The runners up will receive a once off payment for this academic year as a contribution to covering their third level education costs.
We are proud to support each of this year’s successful applicants in their educational journeys and wish well in their studies. All of this year’s HSSCU Scholarship winners have been notified of their success directly. As we congratulate the winners, we also wish every applicant the best of luck in their studies this coming academic year.
We extend our sincere thanks to all applicants and encourage those who were not successful this year to apply again in 2026, if eligible.
Scholarship Applications 2026
Our annual €50,000 scholarship fund is one of the key benefits of HSSCU membership and remains one of the largest offered by any credit union in Ireland. This initiative is proudly Made By Our Members. Applications for next year’s scholarships will open at the start of summer 2026. As a reminder, applicants must be members to apply. So if you don’t have an account open and activate yet do so today.
Find out how we support education in our information video here
