[…]time, 10,000 vulnerable students are still waiting on their first maintenance grant payment from SUSI and countless secondary school students wonder if they can afford to attain what should be their right; an education that best equips them to play their part in our country’s recovery. I have spent the last three years dealing with students facing these enormous difficulties first-hand. These experiences will not only inform my term as USI President but also provide the necessary motivation in our fight to protect access to higher education. While the challenges ahead will test the student movement like seldom before, I […]
[…]and Dublin Region, Cian Power, said, “I’m delighted to see NCADSU join USI and fight alongside us and other colleges in Ireland for publicly funded higher education. We are better together”. NCADSU initiated the referendum to join USI with a Q&A for class reps this week. NCAD students voted to join USI on April 6th, 2017 through a referendum in tandem with their own Students’ Union elections and a referendum for the Students’ Union to campaign to repeal the 8th amendment. USI is a membership based organisation with 354,000 members, and counting. USI protects and improves the lives of students […]
[…]management, controlled timing of parturition in beef cattle, evaluating by-products for inclusion in ruminant and monogastric diets; and an advancement in fertiliser technologies for improved efficiency and reduced gaseous emissions. Irish farming is at the forefront of all of these modernisations so it’s no wonder there’s been an increase in the amount of young people applying for agriculture and horticulture courses over the past ten […]
