ONLY 5 STUDENTS SUSPENDED AT NUIG IN SEVEN YEARS

Date Published: 09-Feb-2009

Only 5 students have been suspended from NUI Galway in the seven years since 2001.Figures obtained by the Irish Examiner that the number of students expelled or suspended by Irish Universities is very low.According to NUIG, the decisions relating to the 5 students who were suspended since 2001, were made by a joint staff-student Discipline Committee.Only one staff member has been dismissed at NUIG since 2001 for "gross misconduct."3 staff members were suspended at NUIG during the same period.