[…]is about healthcare at home, and providing regulated and safe care for pregnant people without shipping them away in shame across the Irish sea.” With the final week of the campaign seeing a push from both sides of the campaign, Mr Kerrigan called on students to travel home to canvass with local Together For Yes groups for one final push. “This is our future we’re talking about. We know if people hear the facts, minds will be changed to vote ‘Yes’ for a caring and compassionate Ireland. It’s crucial that students get home this weekend to canvass. If you’re studying […]
[…]supporting students financially to cover the cost of travel, accommodation, materials, and food in order to alleviate the financial burden placed on students. USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “The two-year masters course which replaced the one year Higher Diploma in Education, has placed a financial burden of up to €11,000 on prospective teachers. On top of this, many students are paying at least €50 a week for travelling to their placement over 10 weeks. Most students are spending at least €200 to buy professional clothes for placement.” Mr Kerrigan went on to say, ”Student teachers are exhausted from working part-time […]
[…]waiting on their first grant payment. An external review of SUSI will begin in the coming weeks in order to implement a major overhaul of the agency ahead of the next academic year. The centralised grant awarding agency has singularly failed to make the grant processing system more efficient and, as a result, many students are in serious financial difficulty. John Logue, President of the Union of Students in Ireland said: “As students return for the second term of the year, over 5,500 are still desperate for financial assistance. In order to alleviate some of the hardship caused by delayed […]
[…]citizens who returned home to vote on May 22nd. We should follow the example of over 100 countries worldwide and allow all citizens abroad to vote at Irish Embassies.’ Ms Harmon outlined the proposals for reform at an event at Dublin’s Buswells Hotel on […]
[…]Soroptimist International of Drogheda form part of the largest service organisation for women worldwide. Soroptimists inspire action and help create opportunities to ensure that women worldwide enjoy equality and have greater access to education and healthcare. http://dsoroptimist.wordpress.com/ About the Union of Students in Ireland (USI): USI is the national representative body for Ireland’s 250,000 students in third level education. www.usi.ie For further information please contact: Sorcha Lowry, See Change Communications & Partnership Coordinator, T: + 1 8601620 M: + 86 7954391 E: slowry@seechange.ie Twitter: […]
[…]a period when an election/referendum has been called and a person wishes to get on the register in order to be able to vote. So You Wanna Change of Address to Vote? If you are currently on the Register of Electors and you wish you change your address you must complete form RFA3. All forms are available to download from www.checktheregister.ie Students According to Citizens Information “Students living away from home while attending college have the choice of being registered at either their home address or their student residential address. You must be registered at one address only and you […]
[…]a period when an election/referendum has been called and a person wishes to get on the register in order to be able to vote. So You Wanna Change of Address to Vote? If you are currently on the Register of Electors and you wish you change your address you must complete form RFA3. All forms are available to download from www.checktheregister.ie Students According to Citizens Information “Students living away from home while attending college have the choice of being registered at either their home address or their student residential address. You must be registered at one address only and you […]
[…]Varadkar T.D. Minister for Social Protection Department of Social Protection, Government Office Store Street, Dublin 1 9th August 2016 Dear Minister, We write with reference to the now well-publicised decision of your department to refuse the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) to Erica Fleming, a homeless single parent who is currently raising her daughter in a hotel. As you know, education has a transformative quality. Education takes people out of poverty and dependence and gives them options in multiple fields of employment. Education quite literally changes lives. We are asking that Erica have the opportunity that she deserves […]
[…]of the Gender Recognition Bill, but urges the government to consider significant changes in order to further protect the rights of trans* people in Ireland. USI urges the government to amend the Bill to make allowance for marital status requirement, age provisions, and medical requirements. Annie Hoey, USI VP Equality and Citizenship, says “it is of great concern to see the inclusion of a single requirement and a medical evaluation. Ireland has strict divorce laws, which will force a trans person to chose between their marriage and living in their chosen gender identity. The requirement of a medical evaluation is […]
