[…]and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science that 400 doctoral students will be recruited through a public-private partnership on a €28,000 annual stipend, without increasing the pay for the 10,000 existing postgraduate research students, would be completely inequitable and unfair. This open letter, which I have signed on behalf of USI, calls for all stipends to be increased to €28,000 in order to address inflation, the housing and cost-of-living crises, and in recognition of the new government valuation on PhD-level research as seen in their most recent PhD funding initiative.” The open letter goes on to say that that PhD […]
[…]of Ireland, and we remember them all today. They are: Ashling Murphy Sandra Boyd Mary Bergin Ruth Lohse Alyson Nelson Louise Muckell Margaret Una Noone Lisa Thompson Larisa Serban Miriam Burns Hollie Thomson Lisa Cash Ioana Mihaela Pacala Sharon Crean Bruna Fonesca Natalie McNally According to figures tracked by Women’s Aid, 254 incidents of femicide have seen women die violently at the hands of men in Ireland since 1996 – 161 of those women have been killed in their own homes. And Women’s Aid statistics also show that one in four women in Ireland who have been in a relationship […]
[…]of Ireland, and we remember them all today. They are: Ashling Murphy Sandra Boyd Mary Bergin Ruth Lohse Alyson Nelson Louise Muckell Margaret Una Noone Lisa Thompson Larisa Serban Miriam Burns Hollie Thomson Lisa Cash Ioana Mihaela Pacala Sharon Crean Bruna Fonesca Natalie McNally According to figures tracked by Women’s Aid, 254 incidents of femicide have seen women die violently at the hands of men in Ireland since 1996 – 161 of those women have been killed in their own homes. And Women’s Aid statistics also show that one in four women in Ireland who have been in a relationship […]
[…]in Ireland is staging a demonstration and sleep-out in front of Dáil Éireann from 12 noon today, Thursday (September 23), to highlight the increasing anger among students and their families at the desperate situation facing students looking for somewhere to live to attend college or university. USI and student representatives from across the island will sleep out overnight on Kildare Street to kick-off a new ‘No Keys, No Degrees’ campaign to urge government to take urgent action to tackle the “worse than ever” student crisis accommodation. There has been no response from Government to USI’s calls last week for action […]
THE Potato Market in Carlow was full of life last Saturday Septmeber 7th between 9-2pm with members of the community engaging with numerous local businesses including the George Bernard Shaw Arts Centre and local third level students to discuss the educational issues facing them in the coming months. Members of IT Carlow SU (Institute of TechnologyCarlow Students’ Union) and Carlow College SU (Carlow College Students’ Union) hosted the event. IT Carlow SU President Podge Sheehan said: “Cuts across the education sector as a whole are really impacting families negatively, especially around this time of year. We are reaching out to […]
