[…]campaign on graduate employability and entrepreneurship today (Friday, March 7th) at 12pm in the National College of Ireland (NCI). The campaign, in partnership with HAYS Recruitment and Enterprise Ireland, will consist of three components: A new graduate jobs website providing advice to students and graduates on their CV, Cover Letter, Interview Skills, Social Media and Rights as a Worker, as well as a graduate jobs platform to assist students in finding employment. A nationwide Road Show hosted by HAYS Recruitment and Enterprise Ireland across all USI-affiliated member colleges, North and South of the border. -The first-ever Student Summit on Enterprise […]
[…](5.6% APR). The move comes as students have finished the current academic year, and are looking at finance options for postgraduate studies. The new interest rates available at Bank of Ireland will make studying at 4th level a more affordable option. In addition, postgraduate students will be able to borrow up to €7,500 and defer repayments for up to one year while they complete their course of study. Joe O’ Connor, President of the Union of Students in Ireland, said “The cost of studying at postgraduate level is extremely prohibitive for very many people, and this has been an ongoing issue […]
[…]the next month The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is today launching a two week roadshow beginning at Maynooth University as part of the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution. The Students For Choice ‘Repeal Mobile’, will be visiting campuses all over Ireland mobilising tens of thousands of students to canvass and campaign for a ‘Yes’ vote ahead of polling day on May 25th. Speaking ahead of the launch, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “We’re confident that students will flood the ballot boxes, and knock on every door. This roadshow is all about making […]
[…]Our hospitals need nurses to stay in Ireland to work. Understaffing is already a massive issue in the healthcare sector; conditions need to change now, starting with increasing the starting wage. Everyone has a right to a living wage, especially hard working nurses”. There will be photo opportunities at the launch, with student nurses dressed in scrubs and using hospital props to get across the message to Minister James Reilly that salary changes need to be made before under staffing and emigration reaches epidemic levels. USI President Joe O’Connor, USI officers, local Students’ Union officers and student nurses will all […]
[…]to the detention of a young Irish citizen whose life is now in peril. Congress in its long standing support of human rights states its solidarity with Ibrahim Halawa in his righteous fight for freedom. Congress therefore mandates USI to call on the Irish government to intensify their efforts for the release of Ibrahim Halawa. Congress further mandates the USI Vice-President for Equality & Citizenship to engage with the relevant human rights organisations to support the campaign for the release of Ibrahim […]
