[…]while 18.3% of students said “cheer up!” is the worst. “393 young people under the age of 30 committed suicide last year.” Donoghue said, “43% of students said the worst part of feeling down is feeling isolated and hopeless with low self-esteem. We want to change these feelings. The Chats for Change campaign aims to change the stigma around mental health and encourage anyone feeling down to get into the habit of talking about it.” Chats for Change Survey Results If you’re feeling down does talking to someone help? Yes 82.6% No 17.4% Who would you talk […]
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Over 100 of Ireland’s top employers are heading to the RDS on October 5th, to meet with over 8,000 students as the 2017 gradireland Graduate Careers Fair takes place. The event, now in its 14th year, has officially been named ‘Ireland’s best exhibition’ at this year’s Event Industry Awards. Alongside many of Ireland’s top employers will be a range of start-up companies, a host of further study providers and an unbeatable selection of seminars, talks and panel discussions, the perfect place to find direction, or give direction to you career. Some of the major employers at this year’s event include […]
[…]enormous financial pressure on students and families. Today, the job begins to create a coalition for education to promote education and its outputs and make an election issue out of the value and cost of college. Education funded properly can be the spark to ignite our economy – students want to be that […]
[…]Committee on Education and Skills has concluded. The Student Contribution Charge jumped from €1500 to €2000 in Budget 2011 and continued to increase in increments of €250 until it reached €3000 in 2015. A decrease in fee level would come at a relatively small cost to the state and alleviate pressure on the payment of fees that have doubled over a period of six years. The Student Contribution Charge is abnormally high by European standards, and second only to the United Kingdom within in the EU. Public benefits include the additional income tax as a result of higher earnings, additional […]
