[…]A century ago, Ireland was going through a revolution and a unity achieved between socialism and nationalism in 1916 was being forged, while other political philosophies were endorsed and promoted, like feminism, by the likes of Maud Gonne and Countess Markievicz, and Cumann na mBan was born from it. As well as the women’s rights movement, the youth movement was rapidly growing in Ireland. Fianna na hÉireann was founded by Bulmer Hobson and Countess Markievicz to ensure the young Irish would be trained properly when they were old enough to fight for their country. What would Countess Markievicz say if […]
[…]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 […]
[…]work protecting students from the worst effects of the financial crisis, its campaigns for gender and marriage equality and its efforts to promote mental and sexual health. We hope that UCD students will join these campaigns again in the future, as their input has been profoundly influential over the years. Last Autumn, the students of Trinity College chose to remain affiliated to USI and tomorrow we hope to hear that students in NUI Maynooth will do the same. We will also hear whether students in Dublin City University have chosen to rejoin USI, after a decade of disaffiliation. As students […]
[…]Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Waterford Institute of Technology, National College of Ireland, and Cork Institute of Technology. The institutions are represented to the working group by senior institutional management and student representatives. The working group also involves project partners (USI, HEA, QQI) and sectoral experts from Irish Survey of Student Engagement and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education. The working group is chaired by USI Vice President for Academic Affairs Jack Leahy. The first meeting involved a series of workshops from Eve Lewis, director of Sparqs, encouraging institutions and students’ unions to find […]
[…]comes from its numbers. Being affiliated with the USI means a college has their voice represented and amplified on a national level to the media, the public, the government and politicians.” Kevin Donoghue, USI president, and Jack Leahy, VP of Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance, with the Coláiste Dhúlaigh Union The formalities of joining the Union of Students in Ireland were completed today – after a unanimous decision at the USI National Council to approve the Coláiste Dhúlaigh membership proposal on November 6th in CIT. “We’re delighted to join USI and are looking forward to working as part of the […]
