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THERE HAS BEEN a slight reduction in the annual cost of living for students living away from home but Covid-19 will mean more financial hardship is on the way for those in third-level education. a new survey has found.
The report found that just 36% of students expect to gain part-time work compared with 63% in 2019.
The survey by Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) found the projected cost of living has dropped for the first time in a decade from €12,171 to €11,948.25 for students living away from home.
The study found this marginal decrease is due to lower mobile phone costs, and the end of social activities due to Covid-19.
Anxiety about infection and social distancing was the most cited concern expressed by students, with financial concerns a close second.
The survey showed that while 63% of students had part-time work last year, only 36% expect to have a job in the coming semester while 12% of part-time students were also concerned about their finances.
The lack of work over the summer will also have a serious impact on finances for many, according to TU Dublin. The survey also revealed that the uncertainty and worry about the pandemic have significantly impacted students’ mental health.
Dr Brian Gormley, Head, Campus Life at TU Dublin, said the coming year will be difficult financially for many families.
“If you are experiencing financial hardship, contact the Student Assistance Fund in your college, and they will do their best to provide advice and support. To respond to the challenges faced by students during Covid-19, TU Dublin is launching a campaign to raise funds to provide additional support for our students.”
Since the last guide was issued, average rental prices for students have increased by 6.4%, but are expected to drop in the coming year. Last year, the average national monthly rent for students was €469 while this year, the average figure has increased to €499. In Dublin, the average figure is projected to be €596, compared with €574 last year.
There will be increased availability of spaces for students this year due to new student accommodation blocks opening; a decrease in the numbers of international students; and short-term lets returning to the long-term rental market.
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Good. He’s an obnoxious person.
Him and Trump……well suited
Trumplethinskin’s fluffer in chief. Such a brownnoser!
He actually wrote an article saying he didn’t agree with the Muslim ban!!! Now he’s saying there’s no Muslim ban? How easy his principles can slip. Not even surprised.
@Daisy Chai NSaw: You are being humourous and scathing with “fluffier in chief” but you are actually also pointing to a literal factual truth about Trump.
just remember a lot of people like him that’s why he is on TV ?
@David Cullen: Are you talking about Moron or Trump?
He didn’t ban muslim countries where he has business interested, dummy.
*interests
@Irish Actors: I think most are well aware that the list is made up of those Muslim countries where Trump has no business interests are are well aware that the nastiest one of all is not on the list! Those countries that have caused zero deaths to Americans make up the 7.
The one that has caused most deaths to US citizens is not on the list. Why do you think he won’t put the Saudi’s on the list?
Therefore it’s not a Muslim ban ! Just a ban on bat crap crazy countries!
Totally agree. But PM’s argument is purely semantics… the reason people from this country are banned is because they are Muslim.
They’re all acting like a bunch of children
Piers is a complete tit….he just can’t help himself
Morgan loves all this. He knows he’s just an irrelevance and this is the only way he can get publicity.
Shouting “f/ck off” in front of a partisan audience isn’t really much of an argument
A similar tactic works for Trump.
It’s Jim just being Jim.
@Emeralds: And of course the teenagers that wrote this article were always going to come down on the side of a female kids book writer too. I wouldn;t mind of they knew of Harry Potter as their own kids liked it, but no, it’s the authors themselves that think Harry Potter s good! And they laugh at Morgan? FFs. I’ve no idea who the other clown is.
He didn’t only shout that, dumbell. He destroyed Piers’s argument. Watch the clip again and have someone explain it to you.
It’s good versus evil. Simple as that.
@Emeralds:
Harry Potter is demonstrably a moral fable though. As the author why wouldn’t you admit to your own self belief in the work?
“My stuff is crap” is generally a bad way to go about getting published. She can ape it for the rest of her days for all I care. She’s created a monolith of imagination that’s made an awful lot of people happy. Trying to compare it to anything Trump does is about as abstract and meandering as it gets.
Attention seeking Pr!ck
This whole affair is proving his point. When he points out the fact that Trump’s illl concieved ban is not simply a ‘Muslim ban’, those who hate trump and the social media ‘hero’s’ become hysterical, piss blood and tell those they disagree with to “f@ck off”. I’m no fan of Piers but he’s spot on in all of this.
U mean the ban he now won’t go to the Supreme Court over ?
@bmul: Yes, that ban. The one that affects 6 countries that are war zones and/or failed states as well as Iran, yet doesn’t affect the many more muslim majority countries of the world.
Read what giuliani said it’s a Muslim ban
Only on the Muslim countries that trump has no business interests in I give you that part
@ Philip Snot for brains, last time i heard that i was 8. Bedtime for you clownboy, get mammy to tuck you in, you sound like you need some love.
The last time you heard that you were 8, huh? Now that you’re 9, what kind of insult would you prefer?
JK Rowling loves attention doesn’t she?
@Fox in the Box: Peirs Morgan needs publicity; Rowling does not.
@Fox in the Box: I don’t think JK Rowling needs much of anything anymore ;)
I agree with Piers. People needs to get over the fact that crooked Hilary lost and let Donald ‘leader of the free world’ Trump get on with the job. He’s had a great start. Would have been even better if it wasn’t for all the barriers he keeps coming up against.
And the Trump fan boys need to realise that many that oppose Trump don’t hold much regard Hilary either. Anyone who says Trump has had a great start needs some lessons in objectivity!
That works both ways. Many of us who couldn’t stand Hillary and think it’s hilarious watching lefties lose their sh!t, are also wary of Trump.
@Reg:
Ffs… you mention objectivity? I presume you are talking to the Liberal Left, the ABTs, the ones that are anti Free Speech! That shower could not be objective about anything that comes out of the current US administration. In fact if they manged to find a cure for cancer, stop all the ongoing wars & feed the starving masses those same hysterical liberals would still not acknowledge be happy!
@Warthog:
…would still not be happy!
We all knew Morgan is a bit of a gobshoite. We didn’t know Rowling was a bit of an eejit.
Piers Morgan is a pure stooge.
He’s generally right on the money about most celebs but they can’t handle it – his diary books are excellent
How dare he like someone the liberal elite dont. Hang him.
Original open borders, did you come up with line yourself? Oh, no I did. Not to bright are you?
Half wits are the reason he won. Gullible, uneducated, racist white trash are his base.
Vile man
He’s pro-Trump, anti-Brexit and pro- gun control. He’s an absolute hack
Laughably for was for the remain side before the referendum. He just switches sides and has zero integrity.
@Showbiz Babyyy: Speaking of ‘hacks’ ..
He was anti Brexit before the referendum. This was obvious when he hosted Good Morning Britain. Lies from you Deborah.
@Showbiz Babyyy: You do know you can have varying opinions, you can be pro Trump and be anti gun whats the problem, should everyone be lumped into a designated corner left or right?
Unfollowed him on twitter earlier he was entertaining till he stuck his nose up trumps a…
Piers will surely be reeling as a consequence your recent disengagement.
Does it not disturb you that he orchestrated a spy network casually destroying well-known people and their families just to sell newspapers? If you were well-known then he would have done the same to you!
My not following him will not bother him but if thousands stopped it would hurt his rather larger ego
I agree with that notion but the man’s ego is on a par with Trumps! Here is a man who broke the law on a massive scale while running a national newspaper. He scarpered to the US for fear of UK prosecution, only came back for the Leveson enquiry to give spurious evidence and now he’s gotten away with it so much that he is presenting daytime tv like some national treasure! Anyway, Jim Jefferies is a legend, always has been, and it’s great to see him getting airtime on US tv. More Jims and less Piers’ would make the world a better place.
Ok I’ll pit it out there. Here’s piers referencing Potter in an article. How could he compare Armstrong to a Potter character without having read the book?
You do realise that there were a few HP films…
He loves the attention like that other t.r.a.m.p Katie Hopkins, two Gobsh**es
Agree with Moran 100%. It’s not a Muslim ban.
Piers Morgan’s keen support of Trump almost makes me dislike Trump a little bit.
There is no bigger twitter tool than Morgan. Such a knob jockey
A Pr*ck with ears if there ever was one
Jim Jeffries special on Netflix is well worth a watch.
Let’s see, We would be in a war with Putin by now if Hillary got in but with Putin there will be a civil war and a war with China later.
All we can do is count our own blessings?
Not Putin I mean Trump… lol.
So basically The media will turn against any popular figure who has a more open view of Donald trump.
Noting about piers Morgan’s was in the news lately until he makes his comments about trump. Then we start to see all this dodgy journalism & writing about him.
It’s So one sided it’s unreal.
JK Rowling says, I know where I’m putting this lol.
Another important report from the Journal about what is going on on Twitter
He never really finds an audience. Just bounces around following the offers then is dumped.
What does Morgan do?
Mars expedition one way…he’s a tool
Piers mongo
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