High price of living risks undoing benefits of Ireland’s higher education reforms
With the cost of living and housing crises far from over, 2023 promises to be another tough year for staff and students in Irish higher education institutions faced with low stipends and precarious contracts.
A national review of PhD supports, including stipends, funding and contracts, started in November. Thousands of students now eagerly—and perhaps anxiously—await its outcome, to be publicised early this year. The review will make recommendations on PhD finances, but whether the ongoing recession will leave enough money in the kitty for this is another matter.
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