Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Karen Mullan
Said the Foyle MLA: “Students are paying for an education below the standard they expected and, in many cases, for rental accommodation they do not need.
“While the Executive and Assembly hasn’t the power to terminate these contracts, the Department for Economy must do more to support students.
“On a weekly basis, we have been calling on the minister to relax the Hardship Fund criteria and to make bids to support students either through a reimbursement of their tuition fees or through support for rental payments.
“The minister and her department must urgently heed these calls and support our students who have suffered financially, mentally and academically over the course of this pandemic.”
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