March 2009

Irish Indendent : Almost 60pc say college fees are bad idea

March 2, 2009

THE Government faces a revolt if it reintroduces tuition fees for students in third-level colleges. A massive 58pc of adults do not think fees should be reintroduced, according to a new Irish Independent/Millward Brown IMS poll. Only a fifth (21pc) believe they should be brought back; 17pc say “it depends” and the remainder are in [...]

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Sunday Business Post : O’Keeffe weighs up Australian model – but is it flawed?

March 2, 2009

As college fees look set to return, Martha Kearns looks at the model on which our new system is likely to be based – a model which is being reviewed in the country that created it. It looks like there is no way out for the country’s third-level students – college fees are on the [...]

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