[…]Childers said, “[Labour’s] mandate with [its] members and the public is being stretched to breaking point.” She wrote of the need to discard the orthodoxy of austerity and urged parliamentarians to demand that Labour’s distinct policies be delivered. One of these policies is a commitment not to increase fees and to protect the maintenance grant. USI President John Logue said: “There is now a consensus building around the need to re-negotiate the Croke Park agreement. Pat Rabbitte, Brian Hayes, James Reilly and Leo Varadkar have joined Minister Quinn in his call for pay and pensions to be examined as a necessary […]
[…]to women not being taken seriously. The reward at the end of the day is an end to the stain of shame on our nation. This stain of shame cannot be allowed to define our future as it defines our past. Together we demand a better future for women in Ireland. And we must go hell for leather to repeal that awful 8th amendment. As Ailbhe Smyth said at our last rally – ‘we will not rest’ until this is done. We simply cannot risk it. Thank […]
[…]Stuart Brand, Director of Learning Experience at Birmingham City University, and Marese Bermingham, Head of Strategic Student Engagement and Retention at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). The full report of the Working Group on Student Engagement, including the principles developed by the group, is available at: […]
[…]Unions include: Institute of Technology Blanchardstown Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology National University of Ireland Galway Waterford Institute of Technology IT Tallaght National College of Ireland St. Angela’s College Sligo Dublin Institute of Technology Limerick Institute of Technology Letterkenny Institute of Technology NUI Maynooth Dundalk Institute of Technology University College Dublin University College Cork Institute of Technology Carlow Trinity College Dublin Institute of Technology Sligo Athlone Institute of Technology Mater Dei Institute Queens University Belfast Galway Mayo Institute of Technology IT Tralee LIT Tipperary Submissions can be made online at: http://www.president.ie/featured-posts-with-news/president-invites-your-submissions-here/ The deadline for submissions is September […]
[…]on policy developments in higher education at the European level; Organising seminars, training, campaigns and conferences relevant to students; Conducting European-wide research, partnership projects and campaigns; Producing a variety of publications for students, policy-makers and higher education professionals. See also ESU’s statutes and standing orders (as adopted at the Board Meeting in Bucharest, Romania, April 2012), ESU’s activity reports and ESU’s Plans of Work. ESU’s mission as adopted at its 61st Board Meeting: ESU’s mission is to represent, defend and strengthen students’ educational, democratic and political and social rights. ESU will work for sustainable, accessible and high quality higher […]
