Simple… Money and the influx of refugees because Europe seems to think we have unlimited land and housing.
If the college has places, offer them. The accomodation is not the universitys’ problem
Money. International students pay high fees and universities are underfunded so need the cash.
How is a housing crisis the university’s problem. Should everything just stop because of a housing crisis?
Universities make a lot more money from foreign students than domestic. Foreign students pay ‘foreign student fees’ which are easily 10x more than what a domestic student brings in. If you ever wonder why Unis have big drives to entice foreign students, that’s why. They also make a lot of money per head of enrolled domestic student too.
The absolutely do not care about the accommodation crisis after they get their enrollment numbers though.
One word… covers everything from Ukraine, housing disaster, climate crisis and basically any worldwide problem. GREED
Money money money
Anyone want to start a construction company? Built to rent only. It’s the way the world is going so let’s get in first.
Universities aren’t going to just shutter their courses due to the housing crisis. It’s just not how things work.
Course numbers are all over the place after covid / predicted grades as well.
Because they would lose money and our government would lose more money than they are at the moment and also dont have the intelligence or pro-activeness to to something about it.
I’m an Australian looking to move to Ireland next June. These stories aren’t a huge vote of confidence re: my fears of being homeless 🙃🙃🙃🙃
Why else?
I always found it strange how the universities in Ireland had such a lack of student accommodation to those in UK
At some point word travels and it would seem Irish universities may not get as many foreign apps. Who wants to go somewhere without proper accommodation?
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Simple… Money and the influx of refugees because Europe seems to think we have unlimited land and housing.
If the college has places, offer them. The accomodation is not the universitys’ problem
Money. International students pay high fees and universities are underfunded so need the cash.
How is a housing crisis the university’s problem. Should everything just stop because of a housing crisis?
Universities make a lot more money from foreign students than domestic. Foreign students pay ‘foreign student fees’ which are easily 10x more than what a domestic student brings in. If you ever wonder why Unis have big drives to entice foreign students, that’s why. They also make a lot of money per head of enrolled domestic student too.
The absolutely do not care about the accommodation crisis after they get their enrollment numbers though.
One word… covers everything from Ukraine, housing disaster, climate crisis and basically any worldwide problem. GREED
Money money money
Anyone want to start a construction company? Built to rent only. It’s the way the world is going so let’s get in first.
Universities aren’t going to just shutter their courses due to the housing crisis. It’s just not how things work.
Course numbers are all over the place after covid / predicted grades as well.
Because they would lose money and our government would lose more money than they are at the moment and also dont have the intelligence or pro-activeness to to something about it.
I’m an Australian looking to move to Ireland next June. These stories aren’t a huge vote of confidence re: my fears of being homeless 🙃🙃🙃🙃
Why else?
I always found it strange how the universities in Ireland had such a lack of student accommodation to those in UK
At some point word travels and it would seem Irish universities may not get as many foreign apps. Who wants to go somewhere without proper accommodation?
We need students tho