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Going to college sees big changes THE Covid-19 pandemic will see the cost of third-level education increase in the short term, according to the Higher Education Minister. However, students are being told that fees will not increase in the next couple of years, which come as a relief to the thousands attending Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and other institutions. A plan outlining how colleges and universities can reopen in September is to be published before the end of the month. Minister Simon Harris said fees would not be looked at until the budget in October. “We’re not going to be able to have everybody on campus the same way they were pre-Covid. That’s not the way this virus works.” “Fees and supports for students are things that myself and Minister Collins will work on in the context of the budget in October. “Our immediate priority now must be getting people back into
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learning, getting colleges back open and getting as much face to face time as possible.” Meanwhile, ‘hybrid’ and ‘blended’ are the buzzwords of the new academic year, according to UCD says it will deliver its elective modules at a distance, where possible, while Trinity, DCU and Maynooth University say their larger lectures will be delivered online. UCC says all module content will be prepared for virtual access, but delivery will include some face-to-face time. WIT says it intends “to create a student experrience that will involve on-campus activity appropriate to the individual programme of study and proportionate to the learning required by the student but mindful of the requirements on national health advice.” As the national plan for the return to normal operations unfolded WIT would publish more detail on its September start.
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