[…]seemed to be some action around the student accommodation crisis. But we have been left angry and frustrated after seeing that there was little new in what was announced and no plan to deal with this crisis that has been worsening year on year. “We were hoping for some clarity around this issue on Friday, but it was just a PR exercise aimed at making it look like there is action on student accommodation. It seems to just have been an election year stunt, hoping that no one will look beyond the headlines.” USI was originally told that the new […]
[…]for the vote. We will hold the Taoiseach to his word.” “USI believe the referendum must be standalone, and must take into consideration that 85% of the members of the USI are younger than 23, and approximately half are female. A referendum in June or July could see students denied a chance to vote. We will hold our Government to account and persistently question if students, and young people, are really being taken into consideration when setting a date for a referendum on the Eighth Amendment” USI addressed the Citizens’ Assembly on March 5th 2017 calling for a repeal of […]
[…]in its third year, Why Research Matters is a joint campaign by the Union of Students Ireland and the Irish Research Council that invites postgraduate students to submit a video explaining their research and why it matters. Video entries are judged on the communication of the research project, how they engage the viewer, and in the originality and creativity of their presentation. David Nolan was judged the overall winner. David’s video, ‘Sex Differences in Adaptation to Exercise,’ explains their doctoral project at the School of Health & Human Performance, Dublin City University. The video focuses on the broad area of […]
Why Research Matters is a postgraduate video competition run by the Union of Students in Ireland and sponsored by the Irish Research Council. The goal is to put the creative minds of the island’s postgraduate research community to work to produce a short video presentation about your research, and why it matters. While we all remain at home it can be difficult to maintain the same level of continuity with our work, so why not remind yourselves and the country about the value of what you do and how it may someday advance knowledge and change lives? This call opens […]
Targeted Cuts will be met with Targeted Voting […]
