[…]participation. This comes with the announcement by the Department for Education and Skills today to invest €16.5m in supports for key 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 […]
[…]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 […]
[…]speaking at the Student Summit Launch The Student Summit 2016 will take place on the 4th February this year in Dublin Castle, with 600 students, 35 start-ups, 40+ jobs for students, key speakers, 20 workshops and leading student brands. “The Student Summit is a fantastic event for young entrepreneurs, job-seeking students and young people looking to start up their own business.” Kevin Donoghue, Union of Students in Ireland president, said. “I’d strongly advise students to turn up for a day of commercial, PR and marketing education, as well as innovation and mentoring. Tickets start from €5 – well worth-it […]
[…]to get home this weekend for final campaign push The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is today launching four new posters as part of the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution. The Students For Choice poster campaign is calling on voters to vote ‘Yes’ ahead of polling day on May 25th. With youth voter turnout in mind, the posters state care in a crisis needs every yes, and that students are ready to get out and vote. Speaking at the launch, USI President Michael Kerrigan said: “It’s 2018, and we shouldn’t be relying on […]
[…]health campaign to get Irish students talking about mental health with the help of RTÉ Radio 2 DJ Ruth Scott, at Tallaght at 11am. In partnership with USI, St Patrick’s Mental Health Services, See Change’s Please Talk campaign for students and Twitter, thousands of “Chats for Change” tea packs will be distributed across college campuses nationwide to facilitate open conversation of mental health. The “Chats for Change” tea packs also include tips on taking the fear out of taking about mental health and useful support service contacts all aimed at encouraging students to make time and space to chat about their mental health while […]
