[…]resources to complete grant payments by the end of the month.” -ENDS- For more information contact USI Media and Communications Executive, Ronan Costello, on 085-1164263 or email […]
[…]rooms was the overall goal. We issued media packs and over 100 sample posts to 26 Students’ Unions and organisations like RTB, Threshold and SpunOut.ie to spread our campaign to different audiences. We used images, polls, videos or quote tweets to make our commentary real-time and engaging. We used TweetStorms during the heavy media campaign to bring the conversations on the housing crisis from traditional media onto Facebook, Twitter and Instagram”. USI Vice President for Campaigns, Daniel Waugh said, “On Twitter, the campaign reached 294,790 people and made an overall impression of 1,357,345 with an average Engagement Rate of 1.8%. […]
[…]the Student Achievement Awards Ireland 2017 are now online. Click here for more information and to enter. The awards take place on April 20th in Dublin Castle. USI attended the NUS-USI Conference with the NUS President and discussed key issues for students in Northern Ireland. Policy and Campaigns: The USI President, along with the USI Vice President for BMW Region and the President of AIT Students’ Union, presented to the Oireachtas on April 5th on the future of higher education funding emphasising the need for a publicly funded system. Tommy Broughan TD facilitated the briefing and made a strong statement calling […]
[…]Contribution Charge – the highest fee for an undergraduate degree in the EU and urgent action on student accommodation issues, as well as other areas blocking access to higher education in Ireland. The island-wide day of action is also calling for an end to tuition fees in Northern Ireland, which are also among the highest in Europe and an overhaul of student supports for students who need them. Almost 500 students have registered to take part in the USI virtual protest on Zoom at 1pm on today. USI Vice President for Campaigns, Craig McHugh said: “Students are highlighting a range […]
[…]Students Action Group, an offshoot of the national student movement, is to stage demonstrations and direct actions to directly tackle Government on the student cost-of-living crisis. In the letter, which is attached, they say: “We can no longer afford to be quiet about the terrible conditions currently impacting students and staff that are breaking the futures of Ireland’s youth, so we are speaking out.” The six main demands are: Permanent funding to bring student counselling services to a 1:1000 ratio of counsellors to students Increase in core grant funding for institutions to plug the €307 million funding gap in the third-level […]
