[…]delegations in attendance this year to highlight the need for a referendum to repeal entirely the 8th amendment of the Irish […]
[…]work on issues like the refugee crisis, women’s rights and the environment Did you know the parliament has 3 main roles? Legislative (Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commission proposals) Supervisory (Democratic scrutiny of all EU institutions) Budgetary (Establishing the EU budget, together with the Council) Did you know that there’s an election in 2019? The next Elections to the European Parliament are expected to be held on the 23-26 May 2019. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament currently represent some 500 million people from 28 member states Did you […]
[…]Bernard Shaw Arts Centre and local third level students to discuss the educational issues facing them in the coming months. Members of IT Carlow SU (Institute of TechnologyCarlow Students’ Union) and Carlow College SU (Carlow College Students’ Union) hosted the event. IT Carlow SU President Podge Sheehan said: “Cuts across the education sector as a whole are really impacting families negatively, especially around this time of year. We are reaching out to the local Carlow community to gain support against cuts to education. As members of the community for at least 9 months of the year, it is vital we […]
[…]been asked to present to the Citizens’ Assembly on March 5th. This week, our VP Equality & the USI President presented the assembly with a paper, and are preparing further material for the day itself. Check out the full line up here. USI supported the Tesco Workers this week and prompted Students’ Unions to show support at the picket lines. Here’s a list of stores on strike: https://tescoworkers.com/strikes/ USI lobbied TDs, Ministers and Senators about publicly-funded higher education. Assisted National Forum in a scoping group on the relationship between research and teaching and learning in an Open Access environment. We encouraged graduates from […]
[…]Futures Coalition and the Education division of ICTU in which speakers outlined their views for the future of the sector. According to Fitzpatrick, a review of the student funding system is urgently required to ensure that those who need support to attend college can do so without worrying about the financial costs and instead concentrating on the academic requirements of their chosen course. Addressing the need for a revised funding model for the sector, she lamented education institutions being forced to behave as businesses and said: “The strategy for funding higher education really boiled down to the managed decline of […]