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The University of Limerick Students' Union (Aontas na Mac Léinn, Ollscoil Luimnigh) is the representative body for all students at the University of Limerick, situated in Limerick, Ireland
History
The National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) was founded in Limerick in 1972. The 113 students who started in NIHEL, that year, founded the Students' Union, which was later to become the University of Limerick Students' Union. From its inception in 1972, the union had been involved with USI. ULSU withdrew in 1991 from USI after it decided that the national union was no longer doing what it should be doing for ordinary students on the ground. ULSU has never gone back to USI and recent years has heard presidents claim that USI is "not value for money".
Organisation and Services
The Union represents UL Students at many fora within and external to the university. The four full time sabbatical officers, combined with a number of voluntary non-sabbatical positions are elected each year by the students. The Union employs six other full time members of staff and owns a company, ULSU Services Ltd., which run both Students' Union Shops on campus. The Union also provides other services to students - graphics, Nitelink bus service, education advice, welfare advice, second-hand bookshop, etc.
The Students' Union in UL has two main differences from other Students' Unions.
- It runs its own clubs and societies - these are administered through the union by and for the students.
- It has a Postgraduate Students Association - to represent all Postgraduate Students on postgraduate issues only. The Postgraduate students elect a full-time sabbatical president for the PSA.
Notable officers
Diarmuid Scully (President 1992-93) is a Limerick City Councillor and became Mayor of Limerick in 2005.
External link
- University of Limerick Students' Union — the ULSU website
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