[…]themselves through education, or those who have family members or friends who have recovered from drug or alcohol misuse. Clare said: “Today we are encouraging as many people as possible to get involved and light up their social media profiles in purple. We are also asking people to educate themselves, be aware of the issue and help de-stigmatise people who are dependent on drugs through the language we use. We have worked with the HSE to create student-specific content on Drugs.ie, which we feel will be very useful for students. “Today we want to celebrate each individual’s journey to recovery […]
[…]President for Equality and Citizenship, Bukky Adebowale said: “This horrific assault is just the latest violent incident perpetrated on people peacefully going about their lives. Homophobic violence is all too common, and work needs to be done to eradicate it from our society. Those who perpetrate these offences intend to send a message; it’s time for civilised society and Ireland’s criminal justice system to send a message in response – this behaviour and these attacks play no part in our society. All at USI send our solidarity and love to the two victims of this awful crime and to the […]
The Union of Students in Ireland urges the Government to reverse the increase in the GNIB Registration Certificate fee which was increased this week from €150 to €300. The fee was increased by 100% without any notice bar the low-key addition of a sentence on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) and Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) homepages last week. The absence of notice in relation to this fee increase will mean that some non-EEA students who have registered before this week will be paying double the fee of their peers who have already registered. These students have not planned […]
[…]dignity of person, self-determination, security and parity of esteem as all other peoples in the world today. That a boycott of Israel’s entire regime of oppression, including all of the Israeli companies and institutions that are involved in its violations of international law, is a reasonable non-violent activity that can be taken to register opposition to such crimes. That the Palestinian led BDS campaign does not target anyone or anything based on identity, but rather based solely on complicity in denying Palestinian rights and that BDS is a strategy for effective solidarity, not a dogma or ideology and certainly not […]
[…]which can best meet contemporary national and international challenges and demands.” Today, the Irish state funds 14 institutes of technology, seven universities and six colleges. While the public higher education sector has expanded to meet growing demand, funding has not kept pace with this development. Regrettably, it has decreased significantly. In the last seven years funding in the higher education sector was cut by 32% (over €428.3m). Aidan Kenny, Assistant General Secretary at TUI, welcomed the joint campaign by USI and TUI in support of free publically funded higher education. “It is vital that students and lecturers work together to […]
