[…]am honoured to have received overwhelming support and a comprehensive mandate from USI Congress today. With more and more families being priced out of higher education due to ever-increasing fees and dwindling student supports, the need for effective national representation is more acute than ever. At this 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 […]
Today sees the launch at University College Dublin Students’ Union, Waterford Institute of Technology Students Union, University College, Cork Students’ Union, St Angela’s College Sligo Students’ Union and Queen’s University Belfast Students’ Union of Ireland’s first LGBT ally campaign. [tabgroup] [/tabgroup] Who should I contact about the campaign? The USI Equality and Citizenship Officer for 2012-2013 is Laura Harmon. Laura can be contacted at laura.harmon@usi.ie for any questions on the […]
[…]financial pressures that students face. It is vital this payment is made quickly as students are struggling to make ends meet as we speak. The full review of SUSI which was announced today is also welcome. There must be student involvement in this process, which needs to be conducted as quickly as possible and the recommendations need to be implemented as soon as possible. This cannot be another exercise of kicking the can down the road. A full overhaul of the student financial support system in needed, urgently. We will be keen to be involved in this review. The increase […]
[…]the taxpayer. We benefit student volunteers by giving them transferable skills and experience in marketing, communication and campaigning. And of course everyone benefits from the reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Occasionally we dress up as an Eco-Power Ranger which is of benefit to… OK, no one’s perfect! A little 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 […]
[…]the taxpayer. We benefit student volunteers by giving them transferable skills and experience in marketing, communication and campaigning. And of course everyone benefits from the reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Occasionally we dress up as an Eco-Power Ranger which is of benefit to… OK, no one’s perfect! A little 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 […]
