Labour’s Higher Education Failings Make Seanad Motion More Than a Little Infuriating
“There is little point in relitigating one of the most extraordinary U-turns in the history of higher education policy in Ireland: that of then-Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn, who, just weeks after signing a giant pledge on behalf of the Labour Party to freeze the student contribution charge at €1,500, announced that the fee would, after all, have to be increased to €2,000 (and this was just the first in a whole series of increases) …” (more)
[University Times, 16 July]
Tags: Jan O'Sullivan, Labour Party, Ruairí Quinn, student contribution charge, student loans