College fees will not rise under current Government, says Taoiseach
Students currently pay €3,000 annually to attend college, a rate that is among the highest in Europe.
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Students currently pay €3,000 annually to attend college, a rate that is among the highest in Europe.
The survey finds that 55% of students say they are missing their lectures in favour of paid work.
Comments by two Fine Gael ministers this week landed them in hot water with students.
Fine Gael has promised they won’t go up, but should they come down?
Students in the UK are graduating with loans of £57,000, Labour says the same can’t happen here.
She handed out approximately $22,000, by our calculations. Hon the Nicki!
Lucas Lima (25) was offered between €1,000 and €3,000 to bring the bag from Spain.
The student contribution charge has been hiked by an extra €250.
I’m a young, unemployed student. I desperately needed to pay my college tuition, so I signed up to a website seeking a ‘financial arrangement’ with a wealthy man.
New research says that just 55% of parents are.
Dr Tom Healy added that further investment in the sector is needed.
Everybody’s talking about the death of a man found outside Cabra House pub, the murder of Michael Hunt in London and surrogate mothers.
The new rates will be in place by this September.
The hike in college fees last October translated into a 4.6 per cent rise in education costs over the last 12 months.
More and more Irish students are seeking help to pay college fees.
Families who agree to take on a student for the full year – 52 weeks – will have their fees completely set aside, while those who take in a student for 40 weeks will have their fees reduced to €1000.
It’s the morning after the €3.5 billion day before… so let’s bring you up to speed. Good morning!
The Government has announced plans to introduce a €250 hike in college fees and a reduction in the income threshold for those eligible for maintenance grants.
Bank of Ireland announces a loan scheme for postgraduate students which will go some way to replacing their former grants.
Bank of Ireland is rolling out a nationwide loan programme for students’ parents – but it’s not part of national plans.
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The government started talking with AIB last December with the idea that students would pay back loans based on their future income.
Fine Gael’s Alan Farrell said a monthly direct debit system would ease pressure on families.
Ruairí Quinn told students in Limerick that the reg fee could be €3,000 by 2015 – double what it was in 2010.
Neither side is helping in the debate around college fees – and young people are the losers, writes former student union official Ian Power.
The Union of Students in Ireland has launched a new campaign to prevent further increases in college fees.
Academics have said that Irish universities face a “speedy decline” if fees are not brought back. So what do you think?
Twitter user claimed his campaign to stop reintroduction of third-level fees was dismissed by a ‘zzz zz’ tweet from the Labour TD. Costello says it was caused by an iPhone ‘glitch’.
The Minister for Education wants to minimise the burdens to third level – but warns that Ireland has “lost its cheque book”.