[…]that we are all ready and excited to run the campaign at our participating universities, a training workshop for all SAVES 2 Dormitory Coordinators was held 23rd – 24th of August 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The campaign takes place in the UK, Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Cyprus and Greece, therefore a total, eight Dormitory Coordinators came to the workshop – these included representatives from the National Union of Students (UK), Union of Students in Ireland, University of Sofia, University of Bucharest, University of Cyprus, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Technical University of Crete and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. The two day event was held […]
[…]released today by the Union of Students in Ireland. 36% of students feel down every day and the most common thing they do when feeling down is eat chocolate, cakes, crisps or ‘treat’ foods. 83% of students said talking to someone helped when they’re feeling down, which is why the USI is launching their ‘Chats for Change’ campaign with Please Talk and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, between November 9 and 13, urging third level students to talk about mental health while enjoying a cup of tea with someone. Thousands of tea packs will be distributed across college campuses nationwide […]
[…]than €3,000. Your best bet here is to contact someone within your college’s fees or finance department. A simple Google search will sort you out. How can I change course? It may well transpire that your course wasn’t what you thought it was, or that the grass on the other side is much greener. Arrangements differ from institution to institution, but your best bet to get the wheels in motion is to discuss the issue with a member of academic staff responsible for your course (maybe a course coordinator or head of department) and someone with similar responsibility […]
[…]of ensuring no student is disadvantaged at this time echo calls we have been making since the beginning of the pandemic. We strongly believe that Higher Education Institutions, in partnership with their students, need to develop policies that are suitable for, and supportive of, their students and align with other arrangements within their Institution. The details of these policies need to be worked out within the individual institutions as there are many different forms of alternative assessment and so there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach that can be applied equally across all institutions. We have developed a briefing […]
[…]of ensuring no student is disadvantaged at this time echo calls we have been making since the beginning of the pandemic. We strongly believe that Higher Education Institutions, in partnership with their students, need to develop policies that are suitable for, and supportive of, their students and align with other arrangements within their Institution. The details of these policies need to be worked out within the individual institutions as there are many different forms of alternative assessment and so there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach that can be applied equally across all institutions. We have developed a briefing […]
