[…]with Mediaplanet UK & Ireland for their Diversity & Inclusion publication which launched today. USI Vice President for Equality & Citizenship, Aisling Cusack was featured in this publication, speaking about USI’s role in leading positive change since it was founded in 1959. Others featured in this were; Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Samaritans and Engineers Ireland, just to name a few. This publication speaks about issues such as: Women in STEM, gender inequality, LGBT issues and much more. This publication can be accessed […]
[…]a new, joint publication – Locked out? Investing in a Future for Youth – launched today at 11.30am, DIT Aungier Street. The document is the result of a collaborative process between all three organisations, collectively representing more than one million people and includes a number of key demands: · National Jobs Strategy for Young People · Jobs Stimulus · Major investment in the Youth Guarantee · A legal framework for work placements · The creation of a new Career Information Service · Creating a new National skills map Speaking on behalf of the Congress Youth Committee, Lorraine Mulligan said: “We cannot afford to lose a generation to precarious […]
[…]resistance of the local community protesting against over-concentration of students in that area. Today, the Hall that accommodates 1,000 students is well integrated into community and offers student housing in a convenient location. Diverse and well-balanced local communities have a great potential for regeneration, civic activities and engagement.’ The Union noted that with the integrated national approach to student accommodation reflected in regional policies, both Councils and An Bord Pleanála have been equipped with tools to ensure balanced development of the communities and take a strategic approach to spatial distribution and concentration of particular social groups, particularly students, who are […]
[…]be a wakeup call to the HSE. They have a unique opportunity, which is not available to overseas recruiters, yet they continue each year to leave it too late to recruit, and then engage in a process which is not efficient or encouraging to graduating Irish nurses and midwives.” USI is the national representative body for the 354,000 students in third level education on the Island of Ireland. USI are a membership organisation – our members are our affiliated Students’ Unions around Ireland, North and South. See INMO full release and further information here. According to the USI research, 95% of student […]
[…]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 to do just that. Erica’s case has highlighted inconsistencies in criteria for BTEA that require urgent action from you in your capacity as Minister for Social Protection. The fundamental purpose of this support is to help people like her access better prospects through third-level education. The current arrangements are clearly antithetical to that important objective. Our colleague from Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union yesterday described the 2015 changes to one-parent family benefits as “thoughtless”. Those […]
