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USI Calls for College-Owned Student Accommodation Plan in Budget 2022
USI President Clare Austick told Newstalk’s Lunchtime Live that college-owned accommodation was cheaper for students.
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Trinity Launches PhD Funding Awards to Honour Patrick Prendergast
The Provost’s 10-year term in office finishes next week.
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GSU Funding to be Withheld Until Union Deals with EGM Complaints
Funding will be withheld from the union until it deals with complaints about its April EGM 'in a satisfactory manner'.
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Over Half of Students Have Struggled with Mental Health During Pandemic
An annual report published by Aontas also showed that 55 per cent of the students struggled with motivation during the pandemic.
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‘We Won’t be Introducing Student Loans’, Harris says of Cassells Report
The report, which was published in 2016, gives three recommendations for funding models for higher education.
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Accommodation Providers Could Skirt New Rent Legislation Over Summer
A Bill banning student accommodation providers from charging more than two months' rent upfront is due to come into force in September.
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Science Gallery Launches Limited-Edition ‘Systems’ Publication
The ‘exhibition in a box’ aims to re-imagine methods of ‘exploring and untangling the many complex systems, both visible and invisible, that surround us’.
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Harris Announces €105m Fund to Enable Students to Return to Campus
The funding will target student mental health and wellbeing, the Students Assistance Fund and the Mitigating Against Educational Disadvantage Fund.
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GSU Board: No Findings on EGM, President and VP Failed to Engage Fully
The Board received two complaints about the events of the EGM.
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University Governance Bill to Come Before Government in Next Term
Under the proposed legislation, the Higher Education Authority (HEA) would be given a stronger regulatory role over third-level institutions.