By Cork Student News | Jul 5 2010 | Posted in Other
New USI President to take office within the month
Gary Redmon: Former UCD Students Union chief to head up USI
Gary Redmond, the former President of UCD’s Students Union, is to take over as President of the Union of Students in Ireland, the USI, at the end of this month.
As part of his presidency he will also get to sit on the Boards of the Higher Education Authority (HEA), the Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB), the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC), National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) and the Irish Higher Education Quality Network (IHEQN).
Former presidents of the USI include Labour Party leader, Eamon Gilmore, Labour TD Pat Rabbitte, radio presenter, Joe Duffy, and Chief Justice John Murray.
The new President said that the Union: “aims to lobby the Government to introduce a comprehensive job strategy, including graduate work programmes, to ensure that Ireland can reap the rewards of the money already invested by the State in our graduates.”
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