All candidates may submit a 500 word candidate’s statement for inclusion in the main Congress Document. All candidates may also submit a photo to be printed alongside their statement. The statement and photo should be sent via email to: manager@usi.ie by 12 midday on Tuesday 18 March. Any not submitted by this time will not be included in the document, with no exceptions. All other live notices are available on the main Elections […]
[…]is that it’s costing significantly more, at a time when student finances are already past breaking point. Some opt to spend multiple nights sleeping on couches or in hostels every week, others aren’t even able to attain that. There is now a real danger that this will start to impact on retention rates and it requires immediate attention from Government.” Harmon’s warning comes less than a month before CAO offers are set for release. Parents and prospective students are already facing difficulties, with all 3,000 purpose-built student beds in the city now booked out for the coming academic year. USI […]
[…]student charges or reductions in the maintenance grant will merely serve to further attack struggling families already crippled by wider recessionary measures. We would call on the Government and Minister Quinn to have the costs of college at the forefront of their minds when making upcoming Budgetary choices- Third level is at breaking point and neither parents nor students can take any more.” -ENDS- For more information contact USI President, Joe O’Connor on 087-2191862, or USI General Manager, Ben Archibald on 01-9052091, or email […]
[…]top of the agenda when making Budgetary decisions. Fighting for the future of students now is crucial to the economic recovery of Ireland. USI President Joe O Connor says: “The maintenance grant has been hit in 4 consecutive Budgets, the cost of college continues to spiral upwards, and hard-pressed students and families have now very much reached breaking point. Students from all across the country are gathering in 3 regional locations today as one united voice- To send a message that any continued targeting of our most vulnerable members will be met with firm resistance. Higher Education is not public […]
[…]of the Union of Students in Ireland, said. “The cost of education is pushing students to breaking point. It’s unaffordable and the compromises so many students have to make to stay in college, such as working to the point of burnout, ironically restrict their academic success.” USI stressed that the dropout rate and the rate of students who fear having to drop out of college is directly linked with the cost of education, and are calling on Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton to put more financial support in place for students such as increasing the maintenance grant, […]
