[…]covered, meaning that students are likely to have worse cover than at present. Up to 30,000 students could be affected by the changes, should they be implemented. We are continuing our lobbying efforts and will monitor the debate as it goes forward to the Seanad. USI will work as part of the Alliance to ensure that insurance costs are kept at a reasonable rate for international students. The bill is due to be debated in the Seanad this coming Wednesday [18th December] and anyone wishing to help in lobbying efforts can contact the following health and education spokespeople: […]
[…]Summit 2016 will take place on the 4th February in Dublin Castle. The event will have over 600 students, 40+ start ups, 22 workshops and powerhouse business speakers from Silicon Valley and Ireland, with speakers from Paddy Power, Silicon Republic, Ireland AM, Mór Gin, Cool Beans and Humans of Dublin. One Student Start-up will walk away with a €1,500 investment in their business idea. Enterprise Ireland is sponsoring a €1,500 prize for the winner of the Student Start-Up Pitch. A panel of judges will narrow down applications to the ten best from the online submissions and the public will be […]
[…]Not Registered? For inclusion in the Register of Electors you must complete an application form RFA. So You Need Correction of Details If you are on the draft Register of Electors but your details are incorrect you may claim to have a correction made by completing an application form RFA1. You can also use this form to be added on to the Register of Electors after the register is published on November 1st. This form is only to be used in the period of November 1st to 25th. So You Wanna Vote Toe Remove the Eighth Amendment? You must fill […]
[…]Not Registered? For inclusion in the Register of Electors you must complete an application form RFA. So You Need Correction of Details If you are on the draft Register of Electors but your details are incorrect you may claim to have a correction made by completing an application form RFA1. You can also use this form to be added on to the Register of Electors after the register is published on November 1st. This form is only to be used in the period of November 1st to 25th. So You Wanna Vote Toe Remove the Eighth Amendment? You must fill […]
[…]at student mental health across Ireland. We got a great response to that survey with over 3300 people completing it. While this is not a large enough sample to be considered nationally representative, the results still hold value and point to areas of concern for students. We also hope to carry out several flash surveys that will give us a glimpse into specific issues for example the experience of international students or those who have had to repeat a year or come off books due to mental health, as well as producing some reports detailing deeper analysis of the data […]
