[…]Welfare attended the Students Sport Ireland Board meeting. USI pledged support to students in Northern Ireland ahead of the Assembly Elections on March 2nd and demanded candidates come #Out4Love. The Vice President for Equality and Citizenship attended an Association for Higher Education Access and Disability (AHEAD) board meeting to discuss students with disabilities USI pledged support to campaign on the issue of increasing car insurance. USI made a submission to the Low Pay Commission on the National Minimum Wage recommending a Living Wage and change to ‘If and When’ contracts. The Vice President for Equality and Citizenship attended an European Network Against […]
[…]troubling findings are consistent with the arguments of the student movement over many years: “The point of the grant is to provide support to those students who most need it – who don’t have the financial means to put them through a course of education. We’ve said for several years that the falling value of the grant puts more and more pressure on students to make ends meet. Food, transport and accommodation prices have all risen in recent years, whilst the value of the grant has fallen in cash terms and against inflation. We said many times that families and […]
[…]also need to be supported by their colleges to deliver activities to connect students with one another. The USI’s full Higher Education Delivery for Semester 1, which outlines the union’s full views and the supports that are required and been published today and is available here: HE Delivery For Semester 1 – […]
[…]can tackle those needs to best support young people and students in Ireland”. Responding to the good news, Minister McEntee said, “We are delighted to be working more closely with USI to see this project grow. The potential of this project will allow my department identify what students need in relation to mental health. We’re looking forward to seeing how Government and the department can approach students in relation to mental health, teach resilience and promoting services. We see the USI as a key stakeholder in this and I am looking forward to the research and the campaigns to come […]
[…]staff, incremental wage increases and entitlements all need to be examined before Budget 2013. Further cuts to the grant and increases in tuition fees are inequitable and unsustainable ways to fund a sector that is overflowing with wasteful spending. UCC President Michael Murphy is now on record saying that he finds it ‘challenging’ to live on €232,000. Dr Murphy is the highest paid university President in the country. His comments come after a Deloitte and Touche report detailed the spending splurge of former WIT President Kieran Byrne and the comments of Dr Ed Walsh, founding President of UL, on Prime […]
