[…]between staff and students and for collaborations between institutions, students’ unions and national agencies to enhance the student experience. It offers: High quality training to students through the development and implementation of a highly successful programme of Class Representative Training for undergraduate and postgraduate students. This empowers them to engage and support institutions to develop their processes of listening and responding to the student voice, recognising that students need to be supported to engage in decision making, feedback and strategy development. Institutional analysis to enable institutions to progress a culture of meaningful engagement. NStEP has led 16 institutional analysis workshops […]
[…]and the sexualwellbeing.ie and man2man.ie websites, and I urge all young people to use these trusted resources. I’m delighted with the partnership approach we are taking with the third-level campuses and students, and we will build on this to support a broader Healthy Ireland Healthy Campus initiative across more health and wellbeing issues.” Helen Deely, Acting Assistant National Director for HSE Health and Wellbeing said, “Using condoms correctly and every time sex occurs reduces the risk of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) or experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. STI diagnoses have been increasing among young adults in recent years [note 6]. In the past, some […]
[…]but it would also demonstrate a genuine commitment to prioritising academic excellence in Ireland and opening that path to more members of our society.” USI also emphasises the need for equity in relation to PhD stipends – the increase should be uniformly applicable to all PhD researchers, irrespective of their funding source. Limiting this adjustment solely to Science Foundation of Ireland and Irish Research Council-funded researchers will neglect a significant portion of the research community, and USI believes in equal recognition and support for all postgraduate researchers. We look forward to further dialogue and positive action in support of our […]
[…]women’s safety, health and wellbeing. In the coming months, USI will also be registering thousands of students to vote ahead of the proposed date of May 25th. Speaking about the launch, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “Students are behind this campaign, and are willing to show compassion by voting ‘Yes’ so people can make personal and private decisions without the fear of being charged as criminals. We must remove the Eighth Amendment, and we must accommodate students to vote. Students are overwhelmingly in favour of changing our restrictive abortion laws to become a country that values dignity and respect of […]
[…]in Ireland have launched the National Accommodation Survey 2018, this survey takes 7 minutes and will provide useful data to make a positive impact in the current student accommodation crisis in Ireland. Take the survey now: LINK TO […]
