[…]Chris Clifford has been elected President of the Union of Students in Ireland for 2023-2024. A Health and Leisure graduate hailing from Tralee, Chris was today elected by delegates representing students and Students’ Unions from across the island of Ireland at USI’s Comhdháil. Over 250 delegates are attending the four day congress in the Clayton Hotel, Sligo. After graduating from MTU Kerry, Chris was elected Education Officer in his Students’ Union and then went on to be elected SU President and re-elected to the position last year. Chris will take up the role with USI on July 1, along with […]
[…]performance than recently Some pages being at different locations, resulting in dead links or 404 Errors Context display anomalies (stuff not looking like it was designed to). Inside Baseball: The core of the site has been updated and the taxonomical framework has been revised. We’ve moved from the theme ‘Extra’ to the Divi framework and moved the site to a faster host. Under the bonnet we’re trying to optimise images and load times, generate caches of regularly accessed files and purge old non-display data which was probably very useful at some point but now is just slowing things down. The […]
[…]Ireland are encouraging students to vote yes in the Divorce Referendum taking place this Friday, 24th May, after a decision to support a ‘Yes’ vote at the most recent meeting of the USI National Council in Waterford. Currently, the laws on Divorce in Ireland state that a married couple must be living apart for at least 4 years before they can consider divorcing one another, it also states that divorces that take place outside of the state are not legally recognised in Ireland. Students recognise that these laws are outdated and in particular don’t take into account the number […]
[…]onto the market at €230+ per week. Notes: The Union of Students in Ireland represent over 374,000 students across the island of Ireland USI are members of the National Homeless & Housing Coalition On the night of the 2016 census, students made up over 8% of total homeless numbers (429 students) This amendment to the Residential Tenancies Bill will come into effect on July 1st Last summer increases were made up to: 18% (Galway, affecting NUIG students) 27% (Dublin, affecting DCU students). Students held protests regarding both increases, to which Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, after a summer cabinet meeting a year […]
[…]for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor announced a ring-fenced funding allocation of €400,000 for HEIs to deliver on recommendations from the Expert Group for Consent at Third Level, which included representatives of the Union of Students in Ireland, a process concluding after months of lobby efforts by USI. The launch was attended by Mrs. Sabina Higgins, HEA Interim CEO Paul O’Toole, and SU representatives from across the country. USI also announced today a partnership with USI and COSC Smart Consent in NUI Galway, which will see a full-time postdoc student overseeing the delivery of a national survey on experiences by […]
