[…]– these tweaks and changes will not make much of a different to students who are struggling to pay their bills. In practice, the rate of SUSI will only go up by €8 a week for those on the non-adjacent rates.” Speaking on the lack of measures for postgraduates in Budget 2023, USI Vice President for Postgraduate Affairs, Waqar Ahmed said: “This is a grossly insufficient budget for PhD researchers in Ireland and has nothing for young researchers. Minister Simon Harris continues to ignore a whole generation of PhD researchers whose working conditions are jeopardising their research, career and lives. […]
[…]Richard Bruton, should include steps to correct damage caused by five years of “regressive” politics. Richard Bruton, Minister for Education, has also said “The Programme for a Partnership Government contains a commitment to ‘increase financial supports for post graduate students with a particular focus on those from low income households’. All proposals made in relation to education expenditure, including changes to postgraduate student grants, will be considered in the context of the Budget 2017.” USI is asking Minister Bruton to make a public statement to outline his precise plans to reintroduce student grants for postgraduate students, as per discussions which […]
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[…]helped create the Share the gLove initiative and is a student who plays Gaelic football for Eoghan Rua, Coleraine said: “This initiative will help everyone to feel accepted and welcome into the GAA community. The Share the gLove campaign will aim to use the high profile platform that GAA sports provides to show solidarity and support for LGBT+ players and fans. Share the gLove provides an open goal for people to do show their support for the LGBT+ community as well as the mental health charity, Aware NI. “The Out in Sport research carried out by NUS, examining LGBT students’ […]
Today’s announcement of extra Government funding to increase the postgraduate stipends of Irish Research Council researchers is welcomed by the Union of Students in Ireland as one of the steps needed to address the unacceptable precarious working conditions of postgraduates in Ireland. USI has campaigned for several years for a necessary increase to stipends for postgraduates – which were cut severely in 2012 – to bring them in line with the Living Wage. Many postgraduates are not being fairly compensated for their teaching and USI has been campaigning for the stipend for postgraduate students to be brought up to at […]
