Author
Dáire Martin
Dáire Martin is Head of Advocacy & Engagement at ATU Sligo Students’ Union
5 pieces
Newest first, since January 2024
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The great myth is that listening equals legitimacy
Dáire Martin challenges the comforting myth that listening to students is enough – arguing that legitimacy in higher education comes not from consultation, but from consequence.
· SUs
Student voice has never been louder, but student governance has never felt less powerful
As campuses evolve and student lives grow more complex, traditional governance structures are falling behind. Dáire Martin argues for a new model where students co-design the systems that shape their education
· SUs
Partnership isn’t a policy, it’s a practice – and it needs work
Dáire Martin argues that genuine student partnership requires moving beyond performative gestures to embrace uncomfortable power-sharing and sustained cultural change
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What if students were the architects of their own success?
Empowering students as real partners in systems that reflect their lived realities is key to success, argues Dáire Martin.
· SUs
Active student involvement is key to a university’s academic success
Venturing through the historic streets (and the snow) of the Baltic States and Finland, each step brought me closer to an educational revelation – one that I found nestled in the heart of Helsinki at its prestigious univ