[…]recent reports indicated that young Irish LGBT people report twice the level of self-harm, three times the level of attempted suicide and four times the level of severe and extremely severe stress, anxiety and depression as their […]
[…]the 2019 Pharmacy Students’ Campaign Report on the financial burden placed on students by the new integrated Pharmacy programme. Directly after the launch, over 500 students rallied outside the Dáil to express their anger at unpaid placements and increased fees. Last night, APPEL (the schools of pharmacy) lifted the ban on payment for placement for 4th and 5th year Pharmacy Students. USI and IPSA cautiously welcomed this statement and today called on the PSI to clarify its position and work with students’, pharmacists and colleges to protect the rights of students on placement. In 2018, USI alongside the […]
[…]well as climate justice, we refuse to be silenced.” Those who have ignored our calls will rue the day they did at ballot boxes right around the country this May 24th. The greatest threat to progress is complacency, so make sure you’re on the register and the people who should be representing you, get elected” “This time last year, students in their tens of thousands made it their business to register to vote ahead of the referendum to repeal the 8th amendment. It is imperative that the student voice is heard at our local and European elections, as […]
[…]with the USI means a college has their voice represented and amplified on a national level to the media, the public, the government and politicians.” Kevin Donoghue, USI president, and Jack Leahy, VP of Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance, with the Coláiste Dhúlaigh Union The formalities of joining the Union of Students in Ireland were completed today – after a unanimous decision at the USI National Council to approve the Coláiste Dhúlaigh membership proposal on November 6th in CIT. “We’re delighted to join USI and are looking forward to working as part of the national union.” Jessie O’Connell, President of […]
[…]education and experience. They also need and deserve to be paid by the employer for the work they do, or straightforward access without harassment to adequate welfare when they need it. JobBridge – along with other disgusting exploitative schemes such as Tus, Gateway, Intreo, Jobsplus, Jobpath, Momentum – are not any of those things. They are workfare schemes, modeled on Victorian times – the outrageous targeting of the young unemployed in particular”. Shane went on the question the governments real intent: “If the government’s actual intention was to provide quality training it would not be raising fees, cutting grants and […]
