[…]Sharkey. At the end of the meeting, a cross-party coalition of Councillors committed to bringing a motion to Louth County Council, which will be sent to Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn. The provisional wording of the motion read as follows: “This Council calls on the Minister for Education and Skills to prevent any increase to the significant cost of third level education that is already pricing many families out of education. This Council calls on the Minister to protect maintenance grant supports for vulnerable families, which have already been cut by 12% since 2010.” Times and locations for this week’s […]
[…]on the Eighth Amendment. USI predicted that turnout would be the largest youth voter turnout in the history of the state. Speaking about the result of the referendum, USI President Michael Kerrigan said: “We directly registered 26,979 new student voters in the lead up to this referendum and we know from our two week roadshow on campuses that students see this as a real issue for them whatever way they vote. We’re expected youth turnout to be higher than the Marriage Equality vote in 2015, and we’re glad to see this hold true. “With almost 125,000 new voters on the […]
[…]be given the opportunity to earn a living wage and USI fear that the impact on Brexit will result in inflation on the price of living in Ireland, something that most students are already struggling to afford. The Government have packaged the Education Budget as €153m promised towards Higher Education, but this does very little to address the issues which is affecting the running of institutions. USI President, Lorna Fitzpatrick said: “Education is a pillar of any functioning society. A well educated workforce will lead to a strong economy post Brexit, and should be seen as a vital investment. Students […]
[…]nurses pay equity – because it’s about the movement’s fight for a fairer future in the Irish workplace, directly impacting a cohort of our nursing and midwifery graduates. In 2016, a USI survey with student nurses and midwives indicated that the levels of stress experienced in the profession was at 95%, and 92.5% of those surveyed indicated that they were considering emigrating upon qualifying from their degree. This is extremely worrying and we’ll be pursuing improvements to these conditions as a national union. Students’ Unions have been increasingly approached by student nurses who are worried about their future and are […]
[…]nurses pay equity – because it’s about the movement’s fight for a fairer future in the Irish workplace, directly impacting a cohort of our nursing and midwifery graduates. In 2016, a USI survey with student nurses and midwives indicated that the levels of stress experienced in the profession was at 95%, and 92.5% of those surveyed indicated that they were considering emigrating upon qualifying from their degree. This is extremely worrying and we’ll be pursuing improvements to these conditions as a national union. Students’ Unions have been increasingly approached by student nurses who are worried about their future and are […]
