[…]finance support (this finance support is usually larger). Congress further notes: The lack of structure, continuity and shared information amongst colleges and institutes nationally in relation to their access schemes, and particularly their distributions and allocating of access SAF funds. Congress further notes: The lack of dialogue within USI in relation to the Higher Education Access Route and information available to elected Students’ Union representatives in relation to the Higher Education Access Route and access schemes. Congress mandates: That the USI Vice President for Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance, along with the USI Vice President for Welfare, to investigate […]
[…]& Company” that the reintroduction of third-level fees needs to be examined, reported in today’s Irish Daily Mail. Prendergast suggests that a student loan scheme should be investigated alongside full fees being charged by Higher Education Institutes. Tom Lenihan, TCD Students’ Union President said: “These comments by the Provost are unwelcome and inappropriate as the Student Hardship Fund is more hard pressed than ever before. For the past few years, a lot of students find it hard to even go to college. We are trying to support these students in need as best we can but if students are forced […]
[…]its campaign, the USI is also encouraging third level students to lead by example and pass on the truth about harmful drinking and the many problems it causes to the next generation, particularly their younger brothers and sisters. Alongside its information and awareness-raising campaign, the USI will be providing alcohol brief intervention training, beginning with student union welfare officers and then extending to student counsellors and other relevant groups. The USI will also be working with students unions throughout the country to implement new alcohol policies and improve best practice, particularly around events and their promotion. “The mentaldrinking campaign and […]
[…]“We’ll see this Government at the ballot box.” The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has today expressed its anger and frustration as Budget 2019 again fails to deliver on the need for significant investment in third-level education and to alleviate the huge financial pressures students face across the country. The announced expenditure by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is a missed opportunity to begin to rectify the failure of successive Governments after years of cuts and neglect across Higher and Further Education. Additionally, measures to address the housing and homelessness crisis have entirely failed to include the lack of […]
