Senator Micheál Carrigy is to host a virtual meeting this evening, attended by Minister Simon Harris, to discuss reforms needed for the state SUSI grant.
Over 2,000 student nurses and midwives are to have their clinical placements suspended for at least two weeks in order to free up qualified supervisory staff for frontline duties in hospitals.
December 18, 2020 4:53 pm
Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris, has confirmed that 605 third-level students, many of whom come from rural areas, had their Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) grant removed despite qualifying for the funding.
Harris was answering a parliamentary question from Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín on the subject.
“Data released to us last month shows that the number of grants awarded by SUSI has been reducing year on year,” deputy Toibín said.
We know that 76,419 grants were awarded as of last month, an all-time low over the past few years.
“There can be no doubt in my mind that the number of students facing issues with their SUSI grants and contacting my office has increased on previous years.
Popular posts – last 3 days
Provost of Trinity election 30 March 2021 Sir, – I am concerned about the current state of the election of the Provost of Trinity College Dublin and…
There’s big problems with the market for academic e-books 29 March 2021 In the time since a small group of academic librarians launched the #ebooksos campaign with an Open Letter asking for…
Senator David Norris Calls for Suspension of Provost Election 31 March 2021 Trinity Senator David Norris has expressed concern about the exclusion of Prof Sarah Alyn-Stacey from the Provost election, arguing that…
Provost candidates diverge in stances on international student fees increases 30 March 2021 The future of fees for international students is likely to be determined by which of the three candidates in the…
“
Annie Hoey (Labour): I am raising the need to address the issue around higher education funding being potentially lost to students who withdraw from their courses and the knock-on consequences that this will have not only for free fees – a term I use lightly – but also for their access to Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants …” (more)
[