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The College Finance Committee has approved a three per cent increase in non-EU undergraduate and postgraduate fees for the 2016/17 academic year, The University Times has learned. The proposed increase will go to the College Board for final approval. This increase comes a year after a three per cent increase was implemented for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses for the current academic year, after being approved by the committee on October 29th, 2014. A five per cent increase had been implemented the previous year. At that meeting, the committee had invited the College’s Financial Planning Manager to submit a proposal for fee increases in the 2016/17 academic year during last year’s Trinity term, but the proposal was pushed back until the most recent meeting. Unlike EU students, students from non-EU countries are not eligible to have their tuition costs paid for by the Higher Education Authority (HEA). In Trinity, a typical arts student will pay €16,925 in tuition fees, while medicine and dentistry students may pay up to €30,000. While the state decides the level of EU fees, as well as the student contribution, it is within the remit of each university to set its own non-EU fees. According to the most recent Senior Lecturer’s report, there were 1,775 non-EU students in Trinity in the 2013/14 academic year. The increase in non-EU fees comes against a backdrop of consistent rhetoric from College that seeks to promote Trinity globally and attract international students, with the 2014–19 Strategic Plan emphasising the need to “attract students of the highest calibre from all continents”. In recent years tuition fee-paying non-EU students have been seen as a way to offset the deficit in state funding. Lynn Ruane, President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union, was critical of the proposed increase: “I think it’s unfair to have an increase in any sort of fees, when the situation in Trinity College, and in Dublin, hasn’t improved. We’re still at a really high cost, in terms of the cost of living. Rents are still really high, accommodation is still poor, and I’m definitely against an increase until these things are addressed.” However, Ruane added that she would not automatically oppose an increase of fees in the future if international students were consulted in terms of “their say and the quality of education that they receive.” College did not return a request for comment by the time of publication.
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I gColáiste na Tríonóide, íocfaidh gnáth-mhac léinn ealaíona neamh-EU táillí de €16,925 in aghaidh na bliana, le mic léinn leigheas agus fiaclóireachta ag íoc suas le €30,000. Níl na mic léinn seo incháilithe go n-íocfaidh an t-Údarás Ardoideachais (HEA) as a gcostaisí teagaisc, agus tá luach na dtáillí neamh-EU leagtha síos ag na coláistí éagsúla, ag braith ar a rogha féin. Don chuid is mó, tá cuma chothrom ar an difríocht seo idir mhic léinn EU agus neamh-EU, sa slí is nach bhfuil mic léinn neamh-EU ná a gclanna tar éis rud ar bith a íoc isteach sa chiste cánach a úsáidtear le híoc as ardoideachas na tíre. Déanann sonraí sainiúla an tsocraithe seo soiléir, áfach, na cúiseanna go mothaíonn mic léinn neamh-EU go minic fágtha ar lár, agus nach bhfuil maitheas leo ach amháin leis an airgead breise a íocann siad. Toisc nach dtiteann mic léinn neamh-EU faoi chúram an HEA, fágtar iad leo féin i gcoinne fadhbanna airgeadais i slite atá deacair a thuiscint do mhic léinn Éireannacha. Níl fáilt ar bith acu do dhíolúine tháillí, fiú i gcásanna ina bhfuil éigeandál sláinte nó deachrachtaí le tinneas intinne i geist. Lena linn sin, tagann an t-ardú molta sna táillí go gairid i ndiaidh ardú trí faoin gcéad an bhliain seo caite agus ardú cúig faoin gcéad sa bhliain roimhe sin. I dtéarmaí iomlánacha, tá na táillí a íocann mac léinn leighis cheana féin tar éis ardu níos mó thar dhá bhliana ná luach iomlán táille sintiúis na mac léinn. Tagann na harduithe seo de thoradh ar thoil Choiste Airgeadais an Choláiste, nach bhfuil ach ionadaí amháin ar son na mac léinn aige – uachtarán ar Aontas na Mac Léinn, Coláiste na Tríonóide. In ainneoin iarrachtaí an oifigigh aonaránaigh seo, tá sé deacair a shéanadh nach bhfuil sna mic léinn neamh-EU ach mar smaoineamh dearmadta do TCDSU. Dhá bhliana ó shin, d’fhreagair an t-uachtarán ar Aontas na Mac Leinn ag an am, Tom Lenihan, ar ardú sna táillí leis an ráiteas: “ tá an leibhéal riosca go gcuirfeadh sé seo drogall ar mhic léinn idirnáisiúnta íseal”. B’é seo an fhreagra a bhí ag an t-aon ball ar an gCoiste Airgeadais atá i gceannas ar ionadú a dhéanamh ar gach mac léinn. Is í sin an fhadhb bhunúsach. San ollscoil seo, teipeann ar dhaoine go minic smaoineamh go soléir ar an slí go bhfeicfear ar na heachtraí seo ó mhalairt de sheasamh. Glactar leis an tuairim gur cheart go mbeadh na mic léinn neamh-EU buíoch as socrú níos fearr a fháil anseo, ná mar a bheadh acu ina tír féin – rud nach bhfuil i gcónaí fíor – agus tríd an loighic sin, bheadh údarás ag baint le hardú ar bith sna táillí. Ach más fíor go bhfuil an ilchineálacht tábhachtach don ollscoil agus dá Aontas, is gá athmheasúnú a dhéanamh ar an tuairim sin. I ndiaidh go mbeidh cúis cheart tugtha don éagsúlacht sna táillí, is ceart an dínit agus an meas céanna a thabhairt do gach mac léinn. Incháilithe – eligible Athmheasúnú – reevaluate Ilchineálacht – diversity Díolúine – Exemption Táille sintiúis na mac léinn – student contribution charge Údarás – authority