[…]for the Student Achievement Awards Ireland 2017 are now open. Click here for more information and to enter. USI Vice President for Campaigns presented the award for Best Interpretation at the Youth For Decent Work Awards run by ICTU. USI held a Student Summit pitch competition with Bank of Ireland in Dublin with student start-up Better Examinations going to the final round to win €3,000 on March 21st. Policy and Campaigns: The USI are the only group representing students and young people to have been asked to present to the Citizens’ Assembly on March 5th. This week, our Vice President for Equality and Citizenship and […]
[…]and understand the many different languages of union leaders across the island. He was equally comfortable debating the potential pitfalls of the Single European Act with his brother-in-arms Marty Whelan and the radical lefties in TCD as he was discussing social justice with the Jesuits in Milltown. With his protégé Éamonn Waters and the RTC’s, it was regional imbalance and the lack of degree recognition; while with Dáithí O’Connor and Aidan Kerins at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), it was inner-city deprivation and the cost, quality and availability of student accommodation. On his regular visits to the Belfast office, […]
[…]decreased availability and increased cost of accommodation for students forcing more students to commute to college. Congress recognises: The cost of public transport for students in Ireland is significantly higher than in other European countries. Congress mandates: The President and the Vice President for Welfare to lobby the relevant bodies including the Minister for Transport to provide improved student discounts on all forms of public transport, and to lobby for increased Nitelink bus services mid-week and to report to Council on both issues by September 2014. 14 NA 5 OPT-OUT ORGAN DONATION Congress notes: The importance of organ donation within […]