weekly £30 EMA payments in Northern Ireland haven't increased one penny since 2004, make it make sense 🤷 this vital scheme hasn't been updated since 2013, with the number of students receiving EMA HALVED over the past decade. 📉 SIGN THE PETITION ✍️ www.nus-usi.org/support-stud...

NI students are getting 20% more in maintenance loans! That’s £1,000+ extra for most—tell your mates!

Hello Bluesky, our first post is a big one... 📢 NI Students set to receive significant 20% INCREASE to student maintenance loans! 📢 FULL STORY 🗞️https://www.nus-usi.org/ni_students_set_to_receive_20_uplift_to_student_maintenance_loans @economy_NI

The traffic crisis in Belfast has been years coming. The city simply cannot function if everyone has to go everywhere by car: and the investment in meaningful alternatives has been woeful- we can’t even get a pedestrian zone in Hill St.

Over the past week, Bluesky’s growth has exploded, more than doubling to 15 million-plus users as people seek alternatives to X, Facebook and Threads. Its ascent has been so rapid that the company has been forced to grow up practically overnight #bluesky www.irishtimes.com/technology/b...

Bluesky is starting to surge amid upheaval in the social media world

Network, which grew from an off-shoot of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter, experiencing ‘growing pains’ of popularity as membership passes 15m

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Something feels different about this space, and much warmer than the last one. A civil and supportive place. Would be good to make this one work. 😌 #Bluesky #Autumn #Ireland #CountyDerry #Downhill