From the beginning of March pay rates for student nurses are set to increase, under a new deal agreed between the Government and nursing unions. Nurses who spend at least 36 weeks working in a hospital or clinical setting will see their wage rise from 6.49 to 9.49 per hour. In 2013 pay for these…
Summer is slowly approaching, and if you’re thinking about participating in the J1 programme, I’m telling you book it now. I experienced the J1 last year, and I am again partaking this year with the new system. I’m going to highlight here the main dos and don’ts in my eyes in relation to the J1,…
The Union of Students in Ireland will host a General Election in UCC today, Wednesday 27th, in Boole 2 at 6pm. The hustings will be on the subject of graduate employment, enterprise, zero hour contracts and living wage. This will be a chance for students to question political representatives on their priorities for the third-level…
Last Tuesday, six young people, aged 18 to 37, were admitted to hospital after taking a psychoactive substance, called 25I-NBOMe, while at a house party in Cork. The HSE confirmed that emergency services were called to the property on the South side of the city in the early hours of the morning. Gerard Banks, who…
USI has released new survey information which shows that 93% of student nurses have considered emigrating when they finish college. Over 600 student nurses were surveyed across the country and 564 said they have thought about emigrating when they qualify. USI President, Kevin Donoghue, stated that “If the vast majority of student nurses emigrate Ireland…
The Union of Students in Ireland launched their General Election manifesto outside the Dáil last week, which emphasises the deciding impact young people will have on the makeup of the next government. The manifesto focuses on areas such as accommodation, Higher Education Funding and Repealing the 8th. USI President, Kevin Donoghue, stated that “The 32nd Dáil…
Ireland is failing victims of domestic abuse by not adequately intervening with the perpetrators, international experts will urge at UCC this Friday. a conference hosted by the School of Law at UCC will suggest existing state responses to domestic abuse are typically reactive and under-resourced. The need for a domestic abuse intervention system which seeks…
Starting in 2016, Irish students participating in the J-1 Work & Travel USA Program will be required to have a summer job vetted and approved before travelling to the U.S. The new regulation, introduced by J-1 visa sponsors CIEE and Interchange, will affect more than 7,000 Irish students every year. The new stipulation will affect all 38 countries currently…
My Belief in Humanity Issue 6, 17/11/2015, Zoe Cashman This week I received an email from one of my lecturers from last year, stating that he really enjoyed my editorial on fear in the last issue and that he feels “it should be on the required reading list for all students and lecturers”. Drawing attention…
On Monday the 5th of October, the Process and Chemical Engineering student body were collectively informed of the degredation of their degree from an MEng to a BEng level in the eyes of the IChemE (the global governing body for chemical engineers). The UCC students had their MEng accreditation revoked as the university had not…