[…]happening and that we finally have some detail on how government plans to fund higher education in the future. The Cassells Report was published in 2016 and was sent to the European Commission in 2019 for further analysis, so this announcement was a long time coming. USI welcomes the increase in core funding for colleges and universities, which is needed and will come with reform of our institutions. But we have to stop relying on students and their families to pay such a significant amount towards the funding of higher education. “While there has been mention of bringing down the […]
[…]www.yourmentalhealth.ie has specific advice on how to mind your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak You may have grown up with a parent or older sibling with substance use problems which may be affecting your mental health and relationships – www.alcoholactionireland.ie/silentvoices has a range of helpful resources. If you feel you are at risk of suicide during the pandemic, call 999/112 or present to the nearest Accident and Emergency Department Domestic issues Issues in the home? www.stillhere.ie has information on domestic and sexual violence support services available during the COVID-19 outbreak Reach out for help and dial 999 if you […]
[…]target groups in the National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education 2015-2019. Welcoming the further €3m to the SAF, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “Today, USI’s call and lobbying efforts have been heard by the Department for Education and Skill ahead of Budget 2018. USI campaigned for the additional allocation of €1m in the Budget 2016, but it was clear that this figure did not meet the needs required of SAF in our Higher Education Institutes. While this allocation is welcome, it must be noted that the SAF requires a total of €12million to meet the increased demand […]
[…]is exciting because it is a novelty this year. If nothing is done it will very quickly become the norm as the brightest and fittest jet in to Ireland from abroad every Championship season to hammer those who have yet to leave.” UCD graduate Brian Collins could have been playing for his home county of Sligo in this year’s Connacht championship, but instead he’s reached the final with the ‘Exiles’: “When I left university I really struggled to find permanent work in Ireland. In the 18 months after I graduated, I found a few short fixed-term positions, but to pursue […]
[…]Ireland. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris today announced that the stipend for PhD researchers in state-funded positions will increase from €19,000 to €22,000 in January. While this increase in a step in the right directions, it falls short of the increase to €25,000 USI called for in its Pre-Budget Submission, the amount recommended in the Independent National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers, commissioned by Minister Harris’s office. The increased amount does not even give PhD researchers, who contribute greatly to third-level institutes and Irish research in general, a payment equal to full-time […]
