Student fee hike and loan scheme ruled out
“Further increases to student fees or the introduction of a student loan scheme have been ruled out, the Irish Examiner can reveal. In a ‘highly significant’ development, the Government has rejected two of three recommendations contained in a 2016 report into how a gaping hole in third-level funding is to be filled …” (more)
[Daniel McConnell, Irish Examiner, 27 March]
Tags: Brendan Howlin, fees, funding, Jim Miley, Leo Varadkar, Peter Cassells, student loans