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Wed 09 Sep 2009'The Irish policy has this unwelcome attitude. It says, remember you are here as a student and then go back'
A STUDENT'S VIEW:The proposed five-year cap on non-EEA students in Ireland is “absurd”, says Ying Yun Wang, a research student in Dublin. “If someone comes here and does a language course for one year, followed by an undergraduate degree for four years, that is already five years,” she says, and it would leave no room for non-EEA students to continue in education.
This could make Ireland less attractive for these students, with a resultant loss of the drastically higher tuition fees paid by the students . Non-EEA students are allowed to work 20 hours a week and like many Chinese students, Ms Wang has worked part-time during her seven years in Ireland.
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