UCD students call for university fees to be refunded

More than 1,100 university students are calling for compensation for the fees they have paid to study here, citing issues around distance learning, lack of income and no access to facilities.

In a move that could be replicated at many Irish universities, 1,128 students at University College Dublin (UCD) are calling on the university to partially refund them for the disruptions to their courses caused by Covid-19.  The majority of these students are international students, who pay up to €37,000 for one year’s tuition.