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In Third-Level, Number of Students With Disabilities Rises by 17%
Some 14,720 students with disabilities enrolled in third-level courses for the 2017/2018 academic year.
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No Higher Education Funding Plans to be Ready for Next Election
A group of financial management consultants will spend the next year looking into higher education's funding crisis.
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DKIT Staff Lift Strike Threat, After Institute Promises to Pursue TU Status
The decision averted planned strike action by staff over concerns about the college's strategic future.
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Tacaíonn AMLÉ le Comharthaí Dátheangacha in Ollscoileanna an Tuaiscirt
Aithníonn an rún tréaniarracht na gcumann agus na haontais ó thuaidh mar chuid den feachtas ar son comharthaí dátheangacha.
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USI Votes to Support Student Rent Strikers
After a lengthy discussion, USI's national council voted without objection to support students participating in rent strikes.
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USI to Lobby for Free Menstrual Products for Students
The mandate came after Ireland’s National Strategy for Women and Girls identified students as a group at risk of period poverty.
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UCCSU Cancels Competition for Tickets to Versatile Concert
The union said that the 'controversial and provocative lyrics and attitudes' of the group caused upset among many UCC students.
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Amid Protests, Trinity Lets Students in Hong Kong Decide Whether to Stay
A spokesperson for College said Trinity is 'careful to respect the autonomy, independence and decision-making of each student'.
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Trinity Student, and College Lobby Group, Up for Red Cross Awards
Jessie Dolliver, a botany Scholar, and lobby group TCD Plastic Solutions have been nominated for the Young Humanitarian Award.
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‘Let Her Stay’: DCUSU Urges Government to Revoke Student’s Deportation
Students gathered at the Justice Department demanding that the government revoke a deportation order issued to Mehwish Saqib.