[…]is greater in value than the combined economies of Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. In other words, American students owe the combined value of all transactions in those countries in a year. Home-ownership in under-40s in New Zealand has drastically fallen since the introduction of student loans, from 57% to 25%.” Charging no tuition-related fees, Germany has 41 universities that are considered by the Times Higher Education to be among the best in the world. In France, where they have registration fees of under €200, there are 27. 70% of the 2015 college graduates in the UK are not expected to ever repay […]
Thursday, February 28, 2012 For Immediate Release Students in DCU have voted to re-affiliate with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) this evening, after more than a decade outside the national representative body. This result follows Maynooth’s decision to remain affiliated, with close to 87% of students there voting ‘Yes’ to USI. In DCU, 768 students voted to affiliate with 642 in opposition. In Maynooth, 1639 students voted ‘Yes’ to affiliation, with just 253 opposing. These positive results come after a vote for affiliation in Trinity in the first term. USI President John Logue said: “We are delighted to […]
[…] their particular skills and expertise, and to be able to develop practical skills valued by recruiters that assist them in their first foray into the employment market. The USI is hopeful that the ‘Future Focus’ campaign and roadshow facilitates this and USI want to thank our partners in HAYS Recruitment and Carr Communications for making it possible”. Hays Ireland Director James Milligan said; “We are really pleased to have this opportunity to work with USI to help up-skill students for their impending job searches. It’s amazing how many jobseekers make simple mistakes in the process of searching for a new […]
[…]of Education and Skills, instead of addressing operational failures in the system. Speaking today, USI President, John Logue, said: “Following the introduction of the new grant process twelve months ago, the Government boasted that it would ‘make it far easier for students applying for grants and should make the processing of applications more efficient and consistent’ and that SUSI had a ‘comprehensive communications plan’ in place. However, today’s report confirms that Minister Quinn’s pursuit of radical reductions in public sector costs undermined the ability of SUSI to provide for vulnerable students and families.The Minister’s only contribution to the launch of […]
[…]USI Student Summit 2014 are Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Think House, Enterprise Ireland, Hays Recruitment and Ustart DCU. Key speakers include Niall Harbison (Founder of Simply Zesty), Richie Whelan (Founder of Popdeem), Sophie Morris (Founder of Kooky Dough), Caroline Downey (MD of Olympia & Ambassador) and Sharon McCooey (Director of Linkedln Ireland). Amongst the Irish start-ups taking part in Student Summit 2014 are Popdeem, Buzzoo, Fonesense, Jobbio, Boozedoc, Inner Party, Dub Starts, Hot House, Tipple.me, OPSH, Dub Net, Socialmedia.ie, Tree House, Run Last Man.com, Createmedia.ie and City Hook. USI President Joe O’Connor said: “This event is the first of its kind and […]
