[…]hÉireann. A referendum took place across UCC campus on Monday & Tuesday of this week with thousands of students queuing to cast their votes. Students were asked “Should UCC Students’ Union campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment of Bunreacht Na hÉireann?” and the total valid poll was 3,363 – 2,837 of which voted ‘yes’, meaning the vote passed by a landslide of 84.4%. “We are delighted to have UCC backing the Students for Choice campaign, in favour of repealing the 8th.” USI Vice President, Annie Hoey, said, “It once again proves that Irish students are passionate about the future of […]
[…]first LGBT ally campaign. [tabgroup] [/tabgroup] Who should I contact about the campaign? The USI Equality and Citizenship Officer for 2012-2013 is Laura Harmon. Laura can be contacted at laura.harmon@usi.ie for any questions on the […]
[…]for postgraduates and early career researchers were a commitment in the programme for Government and must be a priority for this Government. We are calling on Government to provide further clarification to the 30,000 students in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in relation to their eligibility to receive this necessary support while engaging in education. These students lost their jobs through no fault of their own yet still must meet the excessive costs of third level education and so continuing to have access to the PUP is essential. We welcome the extension of the PATH 2 programme to an […]
[…]the event. Institution Teaching Heroes Department Athlone Institute of Technology Jean Russell Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology Pharmacology Clinical Laboratory Techniques Athlone Institute of Technology Joseph Egan Marketing Institute of Technology Blanchardstown Marie Brennan Department of Humanities Institute of Technology Blanchardstown Pamela Kelly Department of Humanities College of Computer Training Colette Kirwan Computing College of Computer Training Gemma Davis Business Cork Institute of Technology Roy Sleator Biological Sciences Cork Institute of Technology Maurice Murphy Management & Enterprise Dublin Business School Siobhan Magner Marketing Department Dublin Business School David Wallace Management Department Dublin City University Stella Vlachou Nursing and Human Sciences […]
[…]have registered over 80,000 new student voters over the past two years and hopes to register thousands more before the general election on the 26th February. Students from NUI Galway, Maynooth University and IT Tralee took the time to register at local Garda stations in a continuation of the student movement voter registration drive which has seen a huge increase in political engagements from students across Ireland. “The amount of students who are registering to vote for the upcoming general election is just outstanding,” Kevin Donoghue, USI President, said “Students are really energised to vote in this election and to […]
