[…]mirror those set by Construction 2020. By providing alternative housing to students, or purpose- built on-campus accommodation, we will relieve the rental market of the burden placed on it and prevent overcrowding and competition among those who are homelessness, seeking social housing or families. The current number of bed spaces suitable for student accommodation is estimated to be 31,296. With the current situation problems are arising for students in the private rental sector such as: increasing rents, exit of low- income student tenants, overcrowding and homelessness, state exposure to rising private rents, taking leases beyond capacity, not receiving deposits, and […]
[…]institutional style of living with a lack of protections for physical, mental and emotional well-being is in itself a barrier to taking up third-level study and to students reaching their potential. While many campuses have started implementing scholarships for those in Direct Provision, the number of places is extremely limited and do not go far enough to addressing the numerous other barriers, such as poor living conditions and the risk of deportation mid-study. MASI activist, Amanda Nyoni said: “At MASI we have always advocated for, and continue to advocate for, unrestricted access to third-level education. We aim to see that all barriers, seen and […]
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[…]the US it will most likely cause unemployment in the EU. “The biggest toxin in TTIP is its anti-democratic nature.” Donoghue said, “One of TTIP’s priorities is to introduce Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS), which allow companies to sue governments if those governments’ policies cause a direct loss of profits for the business. We’ve seen immoral, unethical and virtually uncontrollable samples of this before in Germany where Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, is suing the German government for billions of euro because of its decision to phase out nuclear power plants after the Japanese Fukushima disaster, which resulted in major profit […]
[…]the US it will most likely cause unemployment in the EU. “The biggest toxin in TTIP is its anti-democratic nature.” Donoghue said, “One of TTIP’s priorities is to introduce Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS), which allow companies to sue governments if those governments’ policies cause a direct loss of profits for the business. We’ve seen immoral, unethical and virtually uncontrollable samples of this before in Germany where Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, is suing the German government for billions of euro because of its decision to phase out nuclear power plants after the Japanese Fukushima disaster, which resulted in major profit […]
