For the Government to restore grants for student teachers’ attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses. Students starting their programme of initial primary teacher education since the 2012/13 academic year have been required to self-fund fees relating to three weeks of mandatory Gaeltacht placement. These costs had previously been covered by a €637 state grant for the three-week placements. With roughly 1350 participants, the overall cost of the grant was in the region of €860,000 per annum. In May 2012, a Gaeltacht Placement Working Group report to the Teaching Council warned that the withdrawal of government funding for student teacher placement was […]
Our friends at Vodafone are offering tickets to this Thursday’s sold-out Strypes gig at Dublin’s Academy. The Strypes provide the music to their new ad spot. If you’d like the chance to win the tickets, just go to our Facebook page, watch the video and tell us on FB where they met that girl. We really can’t make it simpler than that. Terms and Conditions If you don’t like the Terms and Conditions below, please don’t enter the competition. We like good deals for students and we want to make students aware of them. The companies we run competitions for aren’t […]
What is the USI Rent Book & Accommodation Guide? The USI Rent Book & Accommodation Guide is a useful source of information for students moving out of home and renting during college with checklists, tips, space to record inventory and space top keep a record of rent paid. Where do I get my free copy of the USI Rent Book? Please visit your local Students’ Union for your FREE copy or you can read the online copy on http://issuu.com/theusi/docs/rentbook2012 Where will I find accommodation? If you are moving away from home and you’re not sure where to look for accommodation, there […]
This is the Student Accommodation and Finance Guide 2014 from the Union of Students in Ireland. The details in the document apply to all students – and USI members can pick up a copy from their Students’ Union when the term begins. USI Accommodation & Finance Guide by […]
General: Nominations for the USI officer board elections are open. For information as to how to participate, click here. Nominations close on Monday the 20th of February. Nominations for the Student Achievement Awards Ireland 2017 are now open. Click here for more information and to enter. President of NUS-USI Fergal McFerran, President of NUS Malia Bouattia and President of USI Annie Hoey met in Dublin and issued a joint statement calling for candidates in the Northern Ireland Assembly election to focus on building a stable future which delivers hope and opportunity for students and young people. Policy and Campaigns: Assisted National […]
