[…]help from our friends In Ireland, we’re just getting started, but we are enormously grateful to the SEAI, the four universities, Gaelectric Holdings PLC for helping with the startup. We’re hugely grateful to a number of organisations for getting us where we are today – Ben & Jerry’s for supporting us from the start and Carbon Leapfrog (especially Bird & Bird, Andrew Woods and Garry Charnock) for securing us free legal and accountancy advice when we first started up as a not-for-profit. A lot of help from the European Commission. The SAVES2 programme is funded across Europe through the Horizon 2020 programme and we are […]
[…]help from our friends In Ireland, we’re just getting started, but we are enormously grateful to the SEAI, the four universities, Gaelectric Holdings PLC for helping with the startup. We’re hugely grateful to a number of organisations for getting us where we are today – Ben & Jerry’s for supporting us from the start and Carbon Leapfrog (especially Bird & Bird, Andrew Woods and Garry Charnock) for securing us free legal and accountancy advice when we first started up as a not-for-profit. A lot of help from the European Commission. The SAVES2 programme is funded across Europe through the Horizon 2020 programme and we are […]
[…]especially first year students moving away from home for the first time. For all students, whether they are leaving home or not, they will see changes in their spending habits and they may need new financial products and services. This guide tells you what to look out for, the questions to ask, how to avoid getting into unmanageable debt and where to go if things go wrong. USI aims to provide practical tips and advice on the wide range of topics covered in the guide. College is full of new and exciting experiences but with all this excitement comes anxiety […]
[…]for so many young people. Education should be a basic human right, not a privilege.” The Rock the Register event will kick off in DIT tomorrow from 10am at Kevin Street, Aungier Street and Bolton Street in Dublin. ENDS For interview requests, contact Fiona O’Malley, Communications Executive, on […]
[…]access to appropriate work supports, sufficient pay or proper recognition. In Ireland we stress the crucial importance of Postgraduates within our professional and economical backdrop – yet continue to undermine and take advantage of them in a student capacity. This is simply unacceptable.” Dave Curran, SIPTU Assistant Industrial Organiser said: “Many postgraduates experience precarious working conditions and low pay within their Higher Education Institutions. SIPTU and the USI have launched this campaign to address the issues of precarious work, living standards and proper support for postgraduates, in particular PhD students. While many postgraduates are not officially recognized in Ireland as […]
