[…]expectation heavily impact our female members trajectory, and ability to succeed throughout their lives. USI sees this as a fundamental moment in which the status quo, and the rate of change of mechanisms to advance equality, need to be challenged, improved, and re-energised. As the largest union in the country, USI sees its role as being integral to developing the National Women’s Strategy, particularly for a key cohort of female-identifying students between 18 and 24, who will have progressed into the working world as the strategy concludes in 2020, and will be heavily impacted by the strategy’s implementation. USI will […]
[…]College Dublin Front Square from 4:30pm. The rally comes as fears that a delay in voting on the wording of the referendum this week will see the referendum on the Eighth Amendment pushed to June. Speaking ahead of the rally, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “Millions of our young people have not had the opportunity to vote on this issue, and arguably it affects our future generations more than any other. UK Department of Health statistics show that over a quarter of those giving Irish addresses with their services are women between 18-24 years of age. Because of the reality […]
[…]just for those who can afford the significant costs. And while USI welcomes that Government has ruled out student loans as an approach to funding higher education, it is frustrating that student contributions will continue to be a key part of the funding stream. USI President, Clare Austick said: “We welcome that this conversation is happening and that we finally have some detail on how government plans to fund higher education in the future. The Cassells Report was published in 2016 and was sent to the European Commission in 2019 for further analysis, so this announcement was a long time […]
[…]listen to the personal stories told by students in the document about why marriage equality is a crucial step in realising the rights of LGBT persons in Ireland.” Amanda Piesse, Dean of Students at Trinity College Dublin said: “This proposal from the USI is extremely welcome, both in terms of its content and its timing. Our higher education institutions, vitally, foster engagement with social understandings of justice and equality, both in terms of what we pursue through our research and in the learning processes that students and staff engage in together. We work together for a society defined and determined […]
