On Wednesday, 25th September, we held ‘The Higher Education Funding Debate’ with Political Party Spokespeople. The debate provided an opportunity to hear from the higher education spokespeople of the main political parties as to how they propose to deal with the funding challenges for higher education and research over the next 5 years.
Media Coverage:
The Irish Times – Sept 25 – Abolishing college fees not a priority if returned to Government, say Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
NewsTalk – Sept 25 – Colleges could face closure without budget funding boost universities association
Watch it back
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The event was held in the Seamus Heaney Lecture Theatre, DCU St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra and was moderated by Professor Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics in the DCU School of Law and Government.
This event is in partnership with:
- British-Irish Chamber of Commerce,
- Irish Universities Association,
- Royal Irish Academy,
- Technological Higher Education Association,
- Union of Students in Ireland.
— From left to right: Richard Boyd Barrett TD, People Before Profit. Senator Annie Hoey, Labour. Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics, DCU. Senator Joe O’Reilly, Fine Gael. Senator Malcolm Byrne, Fianna Fáil.
— From left to right: Nathan Murphy, USI. Prof. Veronica Campbell, President, SETU. Senator Joe O’Reilly, Fine Gael. Prof. Daire Keogh, President, DCU.
— From left to right: Senator Annie Hoey, Labour. Paul Lynam, Deputy Director General, British Irish Chamber of Commerce. Nathan Murphy, USI. Sinead Riordan, Head of International Relations and Policy, RIA.