[…]Midlands and Western Region Síona Cahill – Candidate for USI VP Equality and Citizenship Niamh Murtagh – Candidate for USI VP Southern Region Aoife Ní Shúilleabháin – Candidate for VP Welfare https://youtu.be/fc1d6FeydTQ Dan Waugh – Candidate for VP […]
[…]receive prize of €500. Our judging panel will also be selecting two runners-up for most creative video and most informative video, with the winners of each winning prizes of €250, respectively. Eligibility The call is open to all postgraduates registered to a higher education institution on the island of Ireland, regardless of funding or area of research. How to Apply To participate in the competition, we are asking you to create a video about the research that you are doing, discussing why you are doing this research, what you have learned or hope to learn, and why you think this […]
[…]“This initiative will help everyone to feel accepted and welcome into the GAA community. The Share the gLove campaign will aim to use the high profile platform that GAA sports provides to show solidarity and support for LGBT+ players and fans. Share the gLove provides an open goal for people to do show their support for the LGBT+ community as well as the mental health charity, Aware NI. “The Out in Sport research carried out by NUS, examining LGBT students’ experiences of all sports, showed that only around a third of LGBT students (36.6%) agreed or strongly agreed that equality […]
[…]minutes in length and no more than five minutes. The only requirements are that you state your name, institution and funding source (if any) to video before you start your presentation and that you explain, by whatever means you chose, why your research matters. You may be as creative as you wish, using slides, graphics, presentations, props, performance or any other relevant means to convey your research and area of interest. Best of luck! Key Dates Call Open: June 1, 2020 Call Closes: June 18, 2020 Finalists Shortlisted: June 19, 2020 Finalist Judging Panel: June 19-26, 2020 Winner Announced: June […]
[…]and enhance the diversity of the studying experience. Perhaps the only valuable thing about this video is how true to life it is in its portrayal of exclusion where it occurs – and the reason the video falls flat is because viewers of the video know that the attitudes portrayed in it cause hurt and distress to the excluded. USI believes in freedom of speech – and chooses to exercise that right in the service of valuing all our members, bringing people together and dispelling […]
