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Colleges will be asked to help deliver 42,000 student beds

Universities will be urged to negotiate directly with private accommodation providers to house students, as part of a new third-level housing strategy hoping to deliver 42,000 beds. The ...
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Student awarded €7,000 over ‘incessant’ landlord demands and charge for using dining table

A French student who received ‘abusive and incessant’ demands from his landlord to pay a 17-page-long invoice for ‘additional charges’, including use of the dining ...
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Government to examine reducing number of visas granted to English language school students

The Government will examine reducing the number of visas granted to students in English language schools, with the sector due to face extra scrutiny as part of ongoing reforms. There are ...
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‘I’m a single parent, I’ll have to drain my savings to be on campus three days a week’ – UCD workers resist university’s return-to-office mandate

Half-empty offices and a serious lack of restaurant facilities and parking spaces – that’s how UCD school manager Claire Nolan describes the Belfield campus during the summer months ...
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Trinity Staff and Students Walk Out for an All-Ireland Day of Action for Palestine

In the 28th of November, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions called for an All-Ireland Day of Action for Palestine. In Trinity, workers’ unions and staff–Service Industrial Professional and ...
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UL highlights its consent policy after Instagram ‘sleeping’ page

A new Limerick-based social media account which has amassed almost 5,000 followers in less than two months has raised eyebrows. The UL Sleeps Instagram account, asks students to ‘send ...
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Derry could get huge 550-bedroom student housing building amid new plans

Derry’s largest single student accommodation scheme could be built in the city amid fresh plans. The early plans include the building of a huge 553-bedroom student development, located at ...
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University brings €1.05bn economic impact, says report

Ireland benefits from the impact of South East Technological University (SETU) to the tune of €1.05bn, a report published on Wednesday said. South East Technological University is Ireland’s ...
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IUA welcomes landmark Government investment in research infrastructure to drive innovation and future growth

The Irish Universities Association (IUA) warmly welcomes the Government’s announcement today of the new national INSPIRE research infrastructure programme, describing it as a transformative ...
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CUBS project scrapped: UCC pulls plug on €17m Cork city centre business school plan

A major plan by University College Cork (UCC) to develop a world-class business school on a city centre site that cost €17m has been abandoned, the Irish Examiner has learned …” ...
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Protest urges University of Galway to cut all Israel ties

A coalition of staff, students and graduates at the University of Galway plans to stage a further on-campus protest, calling on authorities there to end all links with Israeli companies and ...
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Young Fine Gael accuses UCC societies executive of trying to ‘suppress political expression’

Young Fine Gael (YFG) has accused the University College Cork (UCC) societies executive of ‘attempting to suppress political expression on campus’ by refusing to allow new ...