66 NUIG STAFF AVAIL OF FREE FEES PERK

Date Published: 03-Jul-2012

66 staff in NUI Galway have availed of a free fees perk valued in total at 188 thousand euro.

420 staff in seven universities nationwide have received the exemption for the 2011/2012 academic year.

Figures published by the Irish Independent show that 66 staff from NUIG availed of the perk.

It provides an exemption from paying fees and the annual student contribution fee for the children, spouse or partner of a staff member.

University College Cork tops the list with 117 staff recorded to have benefited from the scheme at a cost of over 315 thousand euro.