The DITSU Podcast

00:00 - 11:00 Festivals happening in Ireland

11:00 - 19:00 Summer job. Employee rights. Trade unions.

19:00 - 28:30 Travelling

28:30 - 35:00 Summer sports

35:00 - 43:00 Round up

The first TU Dublin SU Elections is taking place on 26th and 27th March across all campuses - City Campus, Tallaght and Blanchardstown! The following candidates are running for the full-time positions on City Campus only and the Overall President position.

Episode breakdown:

00:00 - 01:00 Intro and election dates

01:00 - 08:30 Rebecca Gorman who is running for Deputy President of City Campus

08:00 - 15:30 Jess Morris who is running for Deputy President of City Campus

15:30 - 22:30 Daniel Sogaolu who is running for VP Education of City Campus 

22:30 - 29:30 Rob Nolan who is running for VP Education of City Campus 

29:30 - 39:00 Pierre Yimboy who is running for Overall president of TUD

The first TU Dublin SU Elections is taking place on 26th and 27th March across all campuses - City Campus, Tallaght and Blanchardstown! The following candidates are running for the full-time positions on City Campus only and the Overall President position.

Episode breakdown:

00:00 - 01:00 Intro & election dates 

01:00 - 09:00 Rosie White who is running for VP Welfare and Engagement 

09:00 - 14:30 Moya Brown who is running for VP Welfare and Engagemen

14:30 - 22:30 Barry Egan who is running for VP Events and Engagement 

22:30 - 23:35 Round up

00:00 - 01:00 Intro

01:00 - 06:00 What is TUDSU

06:00 - 08:50 Drafting up the constitution

08:50 - 18:20 The importantce of having a union

18:20 - 26:00 Bringing the constitution to TUD

26:00 - 38:45 Whats in the Consitution?

38:45 - 45:00 Struction and roles within the constitution

45:00 - 53:30- Why you hsould vote YES for TUDSU

53:30 - 55:30 One word to describe the TUD constitution process

55:30 - 56:44 Round up

Breakdown:

00:00 - 00:15 Leaving cert experience & getting results

00:15 - 00:30 Transition to 3rd level, assignments, essays, lectures.

00:30 - 00:45 Things Pierre, Roisin, Rebecca and Jess wish they had known when they started. Advice for incoming students.

00:45 - 01:00 Best of luck if you’re doing the LC, some tips on studying...

Topic: Students in Politics

Breakdown:

00:00 - 00:15 Student activism, nationally, worldwide, how things have changed with young people pushing against the norm.

00:15 - 00:30 Local issues, how DITSU affects change.

00:30 - 00:45 What will activism look like in the future

00:45 - 01:00 Final thoughts.

It's a well known fact that Ireland and in particular Dublin is going through a huge accommodation crisis. With rising rents, pressure from landlords and newly established private student accommodation coming onto the market, students are often taken advantage of. This week on The DITSU Podcast, Pierre, Roisin, Jess and Roisin chat all things accommodation.

This episode of the DITSU Podcast talks all things TUD and Grangegorman. Pierre, Roisin, Jess and Rebecca discuss the difficulties and opportunities as well as how is DITSU working towards fairness for students in the interim phase.

Between family stress, financial strain and exams, Christmas is not all jingle bells and holly for everyone. In this episode of the DITSU podcast, Pierre, Jess, Roisin and Rebecca chat the best and worst things about the festive season.

On the very first episode of the DITSU Podcast, Pierre, Jess, Roisin and Rebecca get down to the nitty gritty of what exactly DITSU is, what their roles are how students can get involved.