Impact of wage cut on students ‘minimal’

THIRD-LEVEL bosses are insisting they will not allow students to lose out because of a Government order to cut their wage bills by 3% for the next year.

The first effects emerged this week as the Irish Examiner revealed a recruitment freeze being imposed by National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM) president Professor John Hughes.

But while the direct response of most colleges to the savings demand has yet to be decided, one university chief said all efforts would be made to ensure the impact on students is minimal.