Yet watch how an FFFG government will be elected on the next election again. Country is supporting this election after election so stop complaining.
Its the students fault for wanting to go to college – Government Press Office!
With these kind of prices I am surprised why ANYONE would like to study in Ireland? Just pack your bags and go study anywhere in EU, you will have a great time and much better value for money
This is a direct result of the immigration/migrant issue.
The government is prioritizing migrants over students.
“Yeah fuck young people they don’t vote FFG the sooner they emigrate the better” – FFG
UCD cancelled the construction of 1,200 more beds on campus in their new student village, because of rising costs. It was to be the second phase after delivering a thousand beds and the new student village centre just after Covid.
The beds were cancelled because of rising costs making the whole thing uneconomical to deliver.
If a university can’t make financial heads nor tails of renting student accommodation – and UCD is often criticised for the prices it charges in the rent – then there is something very systemically wrong with our ability to deliver any housing for anyone at an affordable cost.
The government will probably step in to provide additional funding directly to make it happen, but I think it’s a very pertinent case in point as to how screwed the supply side is for housing.
Do colleges not have an obligation to ensure they have capacity for students when calculating capacity? Teaching capacity is one part of it but surely accommodation is factored into it too.
Dangerous territory here where the only people who can send their kids to the big city universities are parents who can already afford to live in the city
Just bring back online lectures ffs.
Peak COVID lockdown years were great in that students didn’t need to move or commute.
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Yet watch how an FFFG government will be elected on the next election again. Country is supporting this election after election so stop complaining.
Its the students fault for wanting to go to college – Government Press Office!
With these kind of prices I am surprised why ANYONE would like to study in Ireland? Just pack your bags and go study anywhere in EU, you will have a great time and much better value for money
This is a direct result of the immigration/migrant issue.
The government is prioritizing migrants over students.
“Yeah fuck young people they don’t vote FFG the sooner they emigrate the better” – FFG
UCD cancelled the construction of 1,200 more beds on campus in their new student village, because of rising costs. It was to be the second phase after delivering a thousand beds and the new student village centre just after Covid.
The beds were cancelled because of rising costs making the whole thing uneconomical to deliver.
If a university can’t make financial heads nor tails of renting student accommodation – and UCD is often criticised for the prices it charges in the rent – then there is something very systemically wrong with our ability to deliver any housing for anyone at an affordable cost.
The government will probably step in to provide additional funding directly to make it happen, but I think it’s a very pertinent case in point as to how screwed the supply side is for housing.
https://dublingazette.com/dublinlocalmatters/ucd-student-accommodation-53376/
https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/news/2024/april/25/taoiseachannouncesstatefundingforstudentaccommodationwithproportionheldatdiscountedrentsforstudentsmostinneed/
Do colleges not have an obligation to ensure they have capacity for students when calculating capacity? Teaching capacity is one part of it but surely accommodation is factored into it too.
Dangerous territory here where the only people who can send their kids to the big city universities are parents who can already afford to live in the city
Just bring back online lectures ffs.
Peak COVID lockdown years were great in that students didn’t need to move or commute.