[…]all across the island. USI directly registered 30,000 students to vote and mobilised tens of thousands of students to turn out to vote, canvass their families and tell their stories. USI has always been a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights and campaigned for gender recognition and marriage equality in the north in recent years also. There is still so much to document about the impact that USI had and continues to have on equality in Ireland and this archive is a great way to document some of this work.” This archive is an ongoing project. If you […]
[…]the people who come to learn in their institution. “Again we can see firsthand the exploitative and cruel practices international and postgraduate students are on the receiving end of in Irish Higher Education. International students will be arriving back to Ireland later in the Summer and face significant barriers to accessing accommodation and affordable living with these fee increases piling on the pressure. Meanwhile postgrads are again exploited to fill Institutional coffers, disregarding the huge contributions they make to academic life.” Shane De Rís, President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union, stated that: “College has completely undermined the fee certainty […]
[…]and his recent work with the Psychological Counsellors in Higher Education in Ireland (PCHEI) and HSE and collaborations going forward. The Vice President for Equality & Citizenship worked with young people’s LGBT+ advocacy organisation BelongTo this weekend on developing the consultation for the upcoming National LGBTI+ Strategy at a weekend residential with the National Youth Advisory group in Booterstown. National Consultations will launch on Wednesday April 12th with a Facebook live event. The Vice President for Academic Affairs chaired the working group of the National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP) to determine its programme of work for the coming year On April 6th, […]
[…]Council where officers from around Ireland discussed issues related to welfare, academic affairs and equality and citizenship. Policy and Campaigns: The USI Vice President for Equality & Citizenship along with NUS-USI President and NUS UK VP for Society & Citizenship attended and spoke at NUS-USI’s ‘Big Gay Wedding’ outside Stormont in Belfast on Monday 22nd of May, on the 2nd Anniversary of the passing of the Marriage Equality Referendum in the Republic of Ireland. USI has issued guidance for students anxious to have a trouble-free departure from their current accommodation – and joined forces with Property Button to help prepare […]
[…]and internationally – including against apartheid in South Africa, for civil rights in the USA and to tackle the global climate crisis. Currently, Student’s Unions across Europe are also involved in supporting Ukrainian refugees and students remaining in Ukraine. USI is proud to stand with Palestine and in favour of peaceful resistance against apartheid and occupation, to be anti-war in all instances, to mobilise against the collective punishment of Palestinian people, and to give weight to credible news and information sources reporting on the situation as it escalates. The USI Coiste Gnó calls on the European Students Union (ESU) to […]
