Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland indicating that they will climb down and pay pharmacy students on placement. Written guarantee must now be given. It would seem that protest pays! #PharmacyEducationNotExploitation pic.twitter.com/cohdr38KAb
— Mick Barry TD (@MickBarryTD) January 24, 2019
Hundreds of pharmacy students protest ban on paying for placement work + huge fee hikes #PharmacyEducationNotExploitation pic.twitter.com/gERsuPXM1w
— Mick Barry TD (@MickBarryTD) January 24, 2019
More than 200 pharmacy students demonstrated in Dublin city centre this morning against what they say are exorbitant fees that have trebled in recent years to more than €8000, and over the removal of payments for four- and eight-month internships they are obliged to complete.
While the students welcomed a “clarification” received yesterday that their internships could be “paid or unpaid”, they said the clarification was vague and they needed assurances that they would be paid.
Pharmacy students protest over work placement ‘ban on payments’ (RTÉ)