Trinity College Dublin is still trying to recover almost €1m lost to a computer fraud at its fundraising wing last year.

Significant increases in the grants paid to students and restoring supports for postgraduate students have been recommended by the expert group on third-level funding.

The Government must choose from three schemes. The ICL loan, whereby graduates only pay once they’re earning a minimum amount, has generated most debate, say Darragh Flannery and John Cullinan

Jessica Ní Mhaolain, who is now applying for her PhD, explains how a rare eye condition meant her school years were a struggle for resources that were often not available

The introduction of a student fees loan scheme looks increasingly possible as Fianna Fáil has indicated its willingness to consider the option.

The urgency of solving the gap in funding of colleges requires more immediate action than awaiting the political consensus sought by Education Minister Richard Bruton, third-level figures have said.

With all attention strongly focused on the possible introduction of income-contingent student loans, Niall Murray examines what they are, how they might work — and at what cost.

Employers’ group Ibec does not object to increasing a levy on business to train people for work once the extra €150m a year is properly spent.

The Cassells report proposed three different options to the higher education funding issues. The option given the most attention, both in the media and in the report itself, is the proposed loan scheme, writes Annie Hoey

Students are relying on their parents for more than €100 a week to keep them in college, with most families depending on their savings or turning to credit cards and loans to meet the bills.

Food, travel, and education expenses are pushing up the cost of going to college, an Irish League of Credit Unions survey has found.

The Irish League of Credit Unions today published its survey into the cost of third-level education in Ireland. This is on top of an earlier survey in 2011.