Higher Education
Ahead of Budget, USI Calls for €500 Reduction in Student Contribution Charge
In their pre-budget submission, USI also calls for the government to invest €140 million in higher education.
Editorial
For Student Accommodation, Private Companies Cannot be the Only Solution
Private companies are filling the gap left by the accommodation crisis, but we cannot consider their intervention a complete solution.
After Years of Cuts, Debate on Higher Education Funding Begins in Northern Ireland
With a £94.5 million funding gap predicted by 2018/19, universities are already calling for an increase in tuition fees.
Why it’s Okay to not Live up to Leaving Cert Expectations
It can be the journey, the experiences or the college itself that end up being more important than your points, or your course.
How Does Trinity Sell Itself To Applicants?
In order to attract applicants, Trinity needs to convince students that this is where they want to study – but does it do enough?
From Medicine to TSM: How Trinity’s Points Have Changed
A compilation of Trinity's CAO points over the past six years shows just how dramatically some courses have changed, and how others have stayed largely the same.
Dramatic Drops for Music and Early and Modern Irish, while STEM Courses See Little Change
Points for medicine and law have remained largely unchanged, while deaf studies sees drop of 40 points.
Editorial
In Arguing for a Properly Funded System, More Allies are Available to Us
From Northern Irish students to postgrads to parents going into debt – the free-fees movement has parallels and allies.
Agus muid ag Éileamh Maoiniú Ceart, Tá Níos Mó Comhghuaillithe in Aice Láimhe
Idir mic léinn as an Tuaisceart, iarchéimithe agus tuismitheoirí le fiachas - tá macasamhlacha agus comhghuaillithe ag an ngluaiseacht ar son oideachais saor in aisce.
As Decisions on Funding Loom, USI to Revive National Demonstration Day
The march, replaced by a voter registration day last year, will highlight support for a state-funded system rather than protest.