USI Launches Student Pre-Budget Submission
[…]mental health counselling and supports which will cost €5 million per annum. “Hundreds of thousands of students and their families are extremely concerned about the ever-rising cost of third-level education.” USI President, Annie Hoey, said. “Dramatic increases in accommodation costs, a shortage in appropriate part-time work, and the burden of €3,000 fees contribute to a burdensome annual cost of around €11,000 to attend third-level, according to Campus Life. Against a backdrop of drastically reduced family incomes, this arrangement is unsustainable in and of itself. Worse, there has been no increase in the sufficiency of core student supports while costs have […]