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[…]Ireland we thought we could never return to. The decision the government has to make is simple – should Ireland be a better country for the next generation or will they be the first generation in Irish history to have a worse quality of life than their parents. If the answer is the former, we have an opportunity amid crisis to prioritise the most vulnerable at their time of need. Today, I challenge the government to combat the problem of youth unemployment and rebuild the smart economy from the ground up.” -ENDS- For more information, contact USI Media and Communications […]
[…]Comhairle Náisiúnta (16 May 2024) have been published and may be viewed below. Clár Clár – Bealtaine CN Minutes CN Minutes 25.03.2024 Reports BMW Report May CN Officer Report Canpaigns Officer Report VP Dublin Officer Report VP for Postgraduate affairs Officer Report VP South Policy Tracker & Campus Visits Tuairisc an LU don Ghaeilge Bealtaine Tuairisc an Uachtarán Tuairisc an LU um Ghnóthaí Acadúla VP Welfare Officer Report May 2024 Motions FFNPT Motion Logo Rebranding Minutes Motion on Irish at SUT (2) Motion on Irish Language Courses Updated […]
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[…]way on this issue. Even just over the last week, we have seen management go from fining the SU €214,000 and making threats of sanctions against individual students, to what has happened today. And that fine is still in place currently. The local union and USI will work together to ensure these promises are kept and that the arbitrary fines and threats are quashed. “Students all over Ireland have been calling for their institutions to divest from Israel and have led and joined protests for an end to the genocide and for a free Palestine. Trinity has realised the strength […]
The Union of Students in Ireland stands in solidarity with Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union and the Trinity students who have set up an encampment for Palestine on the campus. USI also strongly condemns attempts by the college to fine the Students’ Union €214,000 for using their right to protest to demand the university cuts ties with Israel, as it carries out genocide against the Palestinian people. TCD Students’ Union and Trinity students have carried out a number of protests against the college’s links with Israel and against attempts by Trinity management to increase rents and fees for students, […]
[…]out.” The six main demands are: Permanent funding to bring student counselling services to a 1:1000 ratio of counsellors to students Increase in core grant funding for institutions to plug the €307 million funding gap in the third-level education sector Abolish tuition fees and move to a fully free higher education system Seize vacant housing, restore the eviction ban and introduce rent controls to affordable levels End precarious work in universities, among both academic and professional workers including postgraduates Implement Universal Design for […]
The Union of Students in Ireland congratulates everyone involved in the Scrap the Green Paper coalition for its success in campaigning for Government not to go ahead with the changes to disability payments. USI is completely opposed to the changes that disability groups said would not help break down the barriers that face people trying to enter the workforce and would only leave them financially worse-off. In opposing the green paper, USI had said that Government should be looking to address the societal challenges that people with disabilities face in engaging with education, including third level, and in developing meaningful careers. And the union […]
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Now is the time for Taoiseach Simon Harris to prove to the students of Ireland that he is not just ‘all talk’ by delivering long overdue and badly needed change to our higher education system, says the Union of Students in Ireland. USI has met with Simon Harris on numerous occasions since he was appointed Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in June 2020, but has not seen any real change to improve the increasingly stressful situation facing students in Ireland. Any measures that have been introduced have been temporary, piecemeal, or simply PR exercises aimed at making […]
The results of the 2024/2025 USI Coiste Gnó elections have just been announced at USI Comhdháil in the Clayton Hotel, Sligo. The team for next year will be… President Chris Clifford (USI CG) Vice-President for Academic Affairs Bryan O’Mahony (USI CG) Vice-President for Welfare Niamh Doherty (MTUK SU) Vice-President for Campaigns Nathan Murphy (USI CG) Vice-President for Equality & Citizenship Aoife Hynes (USI CG) Vice-President for Postgraduate Affairs Sarah Fitzpatrick (DCU SU) Vice-President for the BMW Region Christopher Stewart (CMLOG) Vice-President for the Southern Region Niamh Kennedy (TUS SU) Vice-President for the Dublin Region Emma Monahan (DCU SU) Leas Uachtarán […]
[…]housing crisis. Ending the Government’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza – directly intervening in the International Court of Justice case against […]
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[…]I hereby certify that the foregoing are the nominations received as of the close of nominations at 16:00 on Monday 19th February 2024, typographical errors and omissions excepted. Barry Clohessy Returning […]
[…]are leaving students in crisis. TCDSU, USI and Trinity students are assembling at Front Square at 11.11am this morning and march to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to highlight the student accommodation crisis, the need for more student mental health resources and the need to abolish tuition fees. TCDSU President, László Molnárfi said: “This Government has done undeniable harm to our communities. This is not by accident, or by incompetence. The system is working exactly as it is intended to. They follow a neoliberal capitalist economic policy, and represent big capital, vulture funds and corporations – not the […]
[…]to do whatever they when renting out a room to students or others. With the ability to make €14,000 on offer, there should be some basic rules and requirements, to stop people being evicted or having their rent increased without any notice or discussion. Digs should also be brought into the scope of Rent Pressure Zone Legislation, which USI worked on in the past. The survey showed that respondents are paying an average of €660 across the country to live in digs, with just 43 per cent of them having use of the room for the full seven days a […]
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[…]new Student Accommodation Strategy would be published last summer – the current plan runs from 2017 to 2024, but its promises have not been implemented. That plan promised regular progress updates, but the last of those was published in Q3 of 2019. Members of the USI Coiste Gnó met with Minister Harris last Thursday, before Friday’s announcement, but were not given any concrete information on when this strategy would be published or any details on what will be delivered. USI Vice President for Campaigns, Zaid Al-Barghouthi said: “There is nothing that we can measure. There are no targets. All we […]
[…]Genocide Convention, which places an obligation on State parties to the Genocide Convention – which Ireland is – to take measures to prevent genocide. Additionally, it is noted that the Ireland has previously acted on its obligation under Article 1, filing an intervention in support of a case taken by Ukraine against Russia in 2022, under the Genocide Convention. Speaking ahead of the protest, USI Vice President for Campaigns, Zaid Al-Barghouthi said: “We call on our members to mobilise and turn out to show our support for this motion. We have a moral duty to do everything we can to […]
The recent announcement by Government that it is providing €17 million to expand apprenticeships across the higher education sector is positive, but the sector should not be expanding without the necessary supports, says the Union of Students in Ireland. USI believes that apprenticeships are an important way of opening up access to third level education to more potential students and should be put on an equal footing with other avenues into third-level education. However, while USI recognises the importance of providing these places, the union is worried that Government is again following its trend of expanding college places, without the […]
[…]Suicide Prevention Day in September, USI called for Government to increase this funding to €11.5 million in order to reach safe counsellor to student ratios to help combat the mental health crisis currently affecting our young people, including our students. Colette continued: “These aren’t USI recommended ratios, they are the internationally accepted figures. And I think if anyone considers the struggles young people currently face and how many people they know that suffer from mental health issues, they would not think that one counsellor for every 2,240 students is enough. Also, it is not fair for Government to expect these […]
The Union of Students in Ireland is backing calls by disability activist groups for the Government’s Green Paper on Disability Reform to be scraped and disabled people to be directly involved in preparing future plans. USI members attended today’s protest at Dáil Eireann organised by Neuro Pride Ireland, and the union is completely opposed to the changes that disability groups say will not help break down the barriers that face people trying to enter the workforce and will only leave them financially worse-off. Government should be looking to address the societal challenges that people with disabilities face in engaging with […]
Actions by management in the Technological University of the Shannon to take a dedicated student space away from the Students’ Union will affect their ability to look after the welfare of their students and should be stopped, says the Union of Students in Ireland. Without notice or discussion, TUS SU was informed that university management is taking away the student space on the Athlone campus that is currently used by the Students’ Union to store and distribute free period products, condoms and exam packs, as well as for other student-focused campaigns. The Students’ Union received an email that the college […]
Students are being urged by the Union of Students in Ireland to join a solidarity protest at the front gate at Trinity College now (Wednesday evening, November 29), to support an occupation that is currently underway by TCD Students’ Union. On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, TCD SU and TCD BDS have occupied a room in the university in order to display banners looking out on College Green calling for the college to end ties with Israel, and in support of the Palestinian people. TCD SU President László Molnárfi has also been in direct contact with Trinity’s […]
Today’s workers gathering, organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, in solidarity with those affected by last week’s hate incited violence in Dublin city centre, sent an important message that Ireland is for all, says the Union of Students in Ireland. USI was proud to attend today’s rally, along with many students, to show that we condemn in the strongest terms, the racism that was on display last Thursday evening, and we will continue to work to end all forms of racism in our society. USI also attended to show its support to everyone who was affected by the […]
[…]Donnelly; and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, to implement the World Professional Association for Transgender Healthcare (WPATH) Standards of Care, which follow an informed consent model. There must be a stark improvement in the standards of Trans healthcare in Ireland, starting with following the informed consent model and allowing GPs to provide Hormone Replacement Therapy to their […]
[…]society organisations to organise the march from the Garden of Remembrance on Saturday, November 18 at 1pm. Organisers are hoping to bring record numbers to the streets, and USI wants students to show that we stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and are calling for an end to the on-going genocide in Gaza. USI Vice President for Campaigns, Zaid Al-Barghouthi said: “In line with our mandates and policies, USI strongly condemns the occupation of Palestine and the current attack on the people and infrastructure of Gaza. “The student movement has historically stood at the forefront of important societal change, […]
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[…]wait! Date: It will take place in Dublin on 24th & 25th March 2022 24th March 11:30am – 5:30pm with Dinner afterwards tbc 25th march from 11:30am – 4pm Location: Carmelite Community Centre, 56 Aungier Street, Dublin Accomodation: For anyone who needs to avail of accommodation on the night of 24th March, please note we have a LIMITED number of beds with the Generator hostel for €28. This payment will be required on arrival at the hostel and is payable by the attendee. If you would like to avail of this, please indicate this in the form before 22nd March at […]
[…]stood at the forefront of important societal change – nationally 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 […]
[…]do chúrsaí tríú leibhéal trí Ghaeilge. Chomh maith leis sin, táimid mar chuid de ‘Plean Fáis’ Chonradh na Gaeilge, ina leagtar amach plean infheistíochta don teanga. Faoin bplean sin, bheadh ardú céimnithe ar chaiteachas iomlán a chaitear ar an nGaeilge chuig 0.4 faoin gcéad sa Buiséad. I mBuiséad 2024, níl ach 0.17 faoin gcéad á chaitheamh ar an nGaeilge. “Cé go bhfáiltímid roimh an maoiniú breise do TG4 agus Roinn na Gaeltachta, ní théann sé fada go leor. Tá géarchéim sa Ghaeilge ó thaobh chaomhnú na Gaeltachta agus an teanga féin agus is cosúil nach n-admhaíonn an Rialtas é sin. […]
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[…]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 PhD research […]
[…]in Ireland. USI welcomes the repeat of the reduction in the Student Contribution Charge by €1,000 and €1,500, the €750 tax relief for renters, the increases in the SUSI grant and the increase in the minimum wage. As Minister Harris said in his statement, the package will put some money back in students’ pockets, however, Budget 2024 had no measures that will have a medium or long-term impact on the cost of third-level education, particularly the student accommodation crisis and USI sees that as a missed opportunity. As student representatives it is difficult for USI to look at this Budget […]
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[…]officially announced a national student demonstration to take place this Wednesday, October 4 at 12 noon. USI says that while Government intends to hoard €65 billion in the ‘rainy day’ fund, it is raining now for third-level students who are suffering financial hardship or dropping out of college due to the lack of affordable student accommodation and other costs. Student representatives met with politicians at a Lobby Day in July to hammer home how bad things are for students now and what needs to be done support them. And last week, every TD and senator was sent a copy of […]
[…]Prevention Framework. However, USI says Government needs a plan to increase this funding by €11.5 million in order to reach safe counsellor to student ratios to combat the mental health crisis currently affecting our young people, including our students. This crisis was shown in the Jigsaw My World 2 survey where 8,290 of those surveyed were students, and of the over 8,000 student respondents, 10 per cent said that they had attempted suicide. Of those who tried to take their own lives, 54 per cent said they tried to get help afterwards, and of those, 48 per cent said they found it […]
[…]while widening access to higher education is an important aim – that we share – increasing places without the required accommodation and support services that will keep students in education, such as mental health facilities, will only result in students struggling through college, deferring places or dropping out. USI Deputy President and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bryan O’Mahony said: “Simply increasing third-level places gives Government the chance to have positive headlines on CAO day, but without proper accommodation provision and adequate investment in colleges and universities, it is not going to achieve the aim of opening-up access to third-level […]
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[…]able to provide and what they are given funding to provide. DCU has planning permission to build 1,240 units and is only being providing funding to provide 405 of these. An affordability framework to be introduced for all Private-Built Student Accommodation. A rent freeze until rent inflation stabilises. Legislation for introduction of minimum standards, minimum notice periods, and protections for tenants in digs or rent-a-room schemes, where landlords can only get the rent breaks in these are met, with a nominating body for dispute resolution. The full background and details of USI’s observations and recommendations can be read in our […]
[…]for the Southern Region, Kelda McManus said: “Students now face the prospect of getting a €100 fine for not having their Leap Card on them, even if they can show their student ID – a situation that makes no sense to USI or our members. “Student cards are free for all students on registration, while Student and Young Adult Leap Cards incur a charge. This new policy would mean students who have no other need for a Leap Card and cannot even use it to purchase train tickets would have to buy and carry a Leap Card. “For many students […]
[…]also encourages every student to make sure they are registered to vote in next summer’s local elections. You can check the register or register online […]
[…]Senators were invited to the event, which took place in Buswells Hotel on Tuesday, July 11 from 11am to 4pm. Students’ Union representatives from across Ireland joined the new USI Coiste Gno to talk to the attending politicians ahead of the Dáil summer recess. The aim of the Lobby Day was to ensure Oireachtas members were aware of the six key issues for students before decisions on Budget 2024 start to be made. Some 39 TDs and Senators attended the Lobby Day – a list of who attended, or sent a representative, is included at the bottom of this statement. The […]
[…]€25,000, while seemingly promising, still falls below the living wage threshold. The review’s lack of tangible recommendations regarding work status, non-EEA PhD researchers, part-time PhD researchers, and a living wage level stipend, have raised significant disappointment among PhD researchers. “The review fails to recognise PhD researchers as employees with employee status, contracts of employment, and collective bargaining rights. It also fails to recommend adequate social security provisions such as sickness and parental benefits, protective leave, maternity and paternity leave, contract extension under extenuating conditions, and pension rights. The current system leads to inconsistencies, unequal opportunities, and limited resources for researchers.” […]
[…]2019, the last year before the pandemic, Leaving Cert. results were released on August 13 – almost two weeks earlier than this year. USI Vice President for Academic Affairs, Clodagh McGivern said: “Since the announcement by Minister Foley yesterday, we have been in touch with student representatives across the country. Everyone is more or less in agreement that the results still just aren’t early enough. “The Leaving Cert. already places huge stress and pressure on students and can have a significant impact on their mental health. The long wait for results, and the short turnaround to the new academic year, just creates more […]
