[…]scheme will increase emigration and sends a clear message to our future students: take your €20,000 debt, your degree, and get out. Ireland currently charges the 2nd highest higher education fees in Europe after the UK, and we’ve seen in the UK that the poorest students will graduate with £57,000 debt hanging over their heads. If our Government reduced fees by a minimum of €250 a year over the next decade we can actually claim to be an island of saints and scholars, and not debtors and emigrants”. Over 12,000 people take to the streets on October 19th 2017 for […]
[…]students asks remain unanswered. It is evident that students have been largely ignored in Budget 2020, there were zero changes made to the student contribution fee or SUSI Grant. When it comes to carbon taxes, USI are concerned that while they may be a necessary step – we don’t believe the burden should fall on the individual, perhaps the Government should have turned their gaze towards large corporations in this budget. The national student movement fears that this tax will impact the price of public transport for students, should the provider up their ticket prices. When it comes to climate […]
[…]by security forces of two sit-ins in Cairo and other protests across Egypt which left up to 1,000 people dead in a single day. When the protest turned violent they took refuge in a nearby mosque. At least 97 people were killed as a result of reckless use of force by the Egyptian security forces. On 17 August 2013, they were all arrested and taken to prison. His sisters have been released on bail but Ibrahim is still in jail in Cairo over two years later. Amnesty International has conducted a thorough investigation of the case and are determined that […]
[…]be entered by anyone under the age of 30, with substantial cash prizes up for grabs – €20,000 per region, and €50,000 per county, with full details available at IBYE.ie Competitive Start up funds can be applied for by anyone up to three years after graduating and can be up to €50,000. There are also 18 Enterprise start up workshops across the country which will help students to develop their ideas. Pre registration with your local Enterprise Ireland Regional Office is required to attend this workshop. Gillian Slattery, Enterprise Ireland’s Programme manager for the Student Entrepreneur Awards added: “Enterprise Ireland […]
