[…]those things that inspire you and responding to the challenges you meet from critics and the marketplace.” The Student Summit will also be held by the Union of Students in Ireland on the 4th February in Dublin Castle with 600 students to launch 40+ start up jobs for students with the most cutting edge start ups in Ireland today; 20+ development workshops for young entrepreneurs; along with the student summit start up pitch which is putting the finest student start ups head-to-head for a cash prize of €1,500, working office space and mentoring with Enterprise Ireland. The official hashtag for […]
[…]budget fast approaching, students in the South and across the country are preparing to fight the rumored 100 million euro cuts to education. Students are mobilising their voting power via SERD, more cuts will be met with targeted voting ahead of next year’s Local and European Elections. It is imperative for the Government to listen and have the cost of college top of the agenda when making budgetary decisions. Fighting for the future of students now is crucial to the economic recovery of Ireland. Ciara Guinan USI VP for the Southern Region said: “Year after year we have seen students […]
[…]to avail of a free labour pool of unemployed workers desperate to get a foothold within the labour market. This abuse must cease, everyone deserves to be paid for their labour and we are calling on the government to phase out the scheme. Mandate Youth spokesperson, David Gibney said: “The JobBridge scheme is a direct attack on the concept of decent work. Many companies are abusing the system and undermining existing terms and conditions of employment in both their own company and their competitors. “When one employer receives free labour others must compete by either seeking the same free labour […]
[…]Knock Airport, County Mayo Hard Knock Life for the Youth of Ireland ACROSS the west of Ireland today, colleges are calling on the government to tackle the youth employment and emigration problems that Ireland has been experiencing the past few years. The colleges NUIG (National University of Ireland, Galway), GMIT (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology), IT Sligo, St. Angela’s Sligo, Athlone IT and the USI (Union of Students in Ireland) united today at Knock Airport for a photo stunt to hammer home the message to the government that emigration is an issue that needs to be sorted before more of the […]
[…]top of the agenda when making budgetary decisions. Fighting for the future of students now is crucial to the economic recovery of Ireland. Paddy Guiney USI VP for Campaigns said: “Students today face many challenges and that’s even before they engage with their degree. The rise in the cost of living, ever-growing student charges, and year on year student supports getting cut across the board, have left a place in college a distant reality for many students. Students are demanding the government to see that we cannot take any more cuts. We’re demonstrating outside the Dail and asking our elected […]
