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Students commuting long distances risk missing ‘huge’ parts of college experience, warns university president
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Some student digs at TU Dublin went unfilled this year despite demand for college accommodation

“So, they’re not requiring accommodation, but the impact on everything is huge. If you’ve got a really long commute, then you’re also really missing out on all the other aspects of university life. You’re not engaged in societies or sports or hanging out with friends, because you’ve got to get the train.”

These plans could include providing “hundreds” of affordable on-campus beds in the next phase of TU Dublin’s Grangegorman campus. The investment will see the university consolidate all of its Dublin city activities on a purpose-built, state-of-the-art campus. However, he said the university is in talks with the Government over finding alternative funding solutions for its campus development plans.

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