[…]from Government on the disaster that is the situation facing students looking for accommodation at the moment. The situation has been bad for several years, but after years of inaction from Government and the COVID-19 pandemic, it is an absolute mess. “I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for students at the moment. They are dropping out of college, deferring places, facing travelling long distances every day – that’s if there is even a public transport option – and living in hostels or hotels for crazy money. This cannot go on any longer and action must be taken. […]
[…]in the part time sector (AHEAD, 2014). It is unfair to punish students who are trying to further themselves through studying but due to circumstance cannot commit to attend a higher education institution in a full-time capacity. A student who is deaf but is studying part-time cannot access the current fund for students with disabilities, and has no access to support for costly sign language interpretation, and thus it is impossible to compete at a level playing field with their peers. Costing: €7.5m with €5m allocated for the part-time education sector as a student assistance fund support and €2.5m allocated […]
[…]Union are really excited about that. Consent has been a very visible issue in recent times across the island of Ireland, but consent has always been an issue even if it has been silent or invisible to many.” The campaign was launched on Monday the 23rd April in the Church Gallery at Limerick School of Art and Design – LIT. The campaign will be run from Monday April 23rd to Friday April […]
[…]Union are really excited about that. Consent has been a very visible issue in recent times across the island of Ireland, but consent has always been an issue even if it has been silent or invisible to many.” The campaign was launched on Monday the 23rd April in the Church Gallery at Limerick School of Art and Design – LIT. The campaign will be run from Monday April 23rd to Friday April […]
[…]and we wanted to foster links between activists and facilitate the sharing of ideas by bringing them together. We still live in an unequal society and gender equality activism, including feminism and Transgender equality campaigning, are as needed today as they ever were. As the national students’ union, we are proud of the work that our members are doing on this area and we will continue to work with them and support them as best we can. Hopefully, this is an event that will be continued on an annual basis.” Louise Riordan, The Y Factor Coordinator with NWCI said: “The Y […]
