[…]circumstances should never prevent a worthy student from accessing a high-quality education in a world-class institution. If we, as a people, are committed to this ideal then now is the time to demonstrate it. On behalf of the Union of Students in Ireland and the 354,000 students we represent on both sides of the border, we ask that you take the necessary action to help Erica and the thousands like her who deserve support. Le meas, Annie Hoey President The Union of Students in Ireland Jack Leahy Deputy President The Union of Students in […]
[…]Daft.ie released today, ‘Quantities, not prices are where the problems lie in the Irish rental market’ but the Union of Students in Ireland said the peaking rental costs in Ireland from the supply and demand ratio could push students out of the private rental sector and away from third level institutions. According to the latest quarterly report by Daft.ie, rents rose nationwide by an average of 3.2% in the third quarter of 2015, the largest three-month increase since early 2007. Supply on the market is at its tightest on record, with just over 4,000 properties available to rent nationwide. “This […]
[…]discusses the work of the DUWO (a Dutch student-housing corporation set up after the Second World War to assist with a huge lack of student accommodation in the Netherlands) and the establishment of an Irish Student Housing Trust. This would act as a long-term comprehensive solution to the accommodation problem, which is adaptable, and student focused. It must be noted that this ambitious request will not occur overnight, but should be considered by the Government as an extensive long-term goal by 2027 but must begin immediately. The recommendations can be found on the following pages and outline the key tasks […]
[…]ideas get pitched and tested. Some of the companies taking part in the USI Student Summit 2014 are Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Think House, Enterprise Ireland, Hays Recruitment and Ustart DCU. Key speakers include Niall Harbison (Founder of Simply Zesty), Richie Whelan (Founder of Popdeem), Sophie Morris (Founder of Kooky Dough), Caroline Downey (MD of Olympia & Ambassador) and Sharon McCooey (Director of Linkedln Ireland). Amongst the Irish start-ups taking part in Student Summit 2014 are Popdeem, Buzzoo, Fonesense, Jobbio, Boozedoc, Inner Party, Dub Starts, Hot House, Tipple.me, OPSH, Dub Net, Socialmedia.ie, Tree House, Run Last Man.com, Createmedia.ie and City Hook. USI […]
[…]we were brought onto a 3 month programme where we got mentorship in finance, software development, marketing, sales, etc. Most importantly we shared offices with a tonne of other amazing startups like Soundwave, Bizimply and BuildingEye. We were by far the youngest team on the programme so it was great to leverage off the experience of the other teams. We decided to leave StudyBuddy and set up a new company (Popdeem is summer of 2012). The second time around we did everything a lot more efficiently. We had learned a lot from doing StudyBuddy which helped. In September 2012 we […]
